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. 2016 Feb 4;16:42. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1276-y

Table 2.

The differences of individual level characteristics by BPHS provision in China

Variables Low-level BPHS (n = 170) Percentage (%) High-level BPHS (n = 979) Percentage (%) P value b
Gender 0.002
 Male 65.9 76.8
 Female 34.1 23.2
Age (years) 0.030
 20–39 30.6 29.8
 40–59 45.9 54.4
 60 + 23.5 15.8
Education <0.001
  ≤ Junior high school 24.1 11.0
 Secondary school 65.3 68.6
  > Secondary school 10.6 20.3
Average monthly income (CNY) c <0.001
 Low 49.5 31.5
 Ordinary 22.9 34.5
 High 27.6 34.0
Frequency of training in last 3 years a 11.5 12.9 0.049
Monthly public health care subsidy (CNY) c <0.001
 None 17.6 13.2
 1–300 74.2 56.4
 More than 300 8.2 30.4
Integrated Management <0.001
 Low 82.4 43.0
 High 17.6 57.0
NCMS-contracted <0.001
 No 70.0 24.8
 Yes 30.0 75.2

a Training opportunity last 3 years is a continuous variable, presented by mean instead of percentage

b P value by chi-square test in categorical variables and t-test in continuous variables

c USD $1 = CNY 6.199 (June 1, 2015)