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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Sep 18;120:224–232. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.028

Appendix Table 2.

Summary statistics of independent variables

Men Women


Mean SE N Mean SE N
Age 59.8 0.165 8426 59.64 0.226 8890
Aged 45–49 0.2 0.007 8426 0.22 0.008 8890
Aged 50–54 0.15 0.006 8426 0.15 0.005 8890
Aged 55–59 0.2 0.007 8426 0.2 0.006 8890
Aged 60–64 0.16 0.006 8426 0.15 0.005 8890
Aged 65–69 0.11 0.006 8426 0.09 0.004 8890
Aged 70–74 0.09 0.004 8426 0.08 0.004 8890
Aged 75+ 0.1 0.005 8426 0.12 0.005 8890
Illiterate 0.12 0.007 8415 0.39 0.013 8872
Can read or write 0.17 0.008 8415 0.16 0.007 8872
Finished primary 0.25 0.008 8415 0.17 0.007 8872
Junior high or above 0.46 0.016 8415 0.27 0.013 8872
logPCE 9.07 0.046 8320 9.11 0.045 8765
Rural 0.51 0.028 8437 0.49 0.026 8902
Recent widowed 0.0073 0.00113 8425 0.0121 0.00143 8884
Recent father death 0.0162 0.00295 8410 0.0148 0.00283 8877
Recent mother death 0.0199 0.00366 8410 0.018 0.00338 8877
Recent child death 0.0041 0.00085 8410 0.0054 0.00093 8877
Poor childhood health 0.06 0.003 8219 0.08 0.005 8679
Leg length 49.86 0.14 6406 46.37 0.108 7069
Accident injury 0.13 0.006 7580 0.07 0.004 8327
Fall down last 2 years 0.13 0.007 7577 0.16 0.007 8325
Physical function difficulty 0.53 0.011 7726 0.69 0.011 7729
Disability (Any ADL or IADL) 0.23 0.009 8360 0.31 0.011 8811
Moderate or severe body pain 0.18 0.007 8349 0.27 0.009 8788
Mental intactness 8.92 0.056 7215 7.95 0.078 7743
Episodic memory 3.42 0.047 7219 3.27 0.051 7842

Notes: Sample include respondents not younger than 45.

All weighted at individual level with household and non-response adjustment except leg length. Leg length is weighted using biomarker individual level weights with household and biomarker non-response adjustment.

Source: CHARLS national baseline.