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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Soc Policy. 2014 Oct 30;27(2):123–138. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2014.977662

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Variables Total Cases (N=1070) Participation (N=920) Non-participation (N=150)
Mean(SE)/% Mean(SE)/% Mean(SE)/%
Gender(Male) 64.76% 62.05% 69.65%
Age 70.24(0.31) 70.54(0.35) 68.75(0.69)*
Marital status(Married) 45.30% 45.34% 45.10%
Education
 Illiterate 50.34% 52.63% 39.22%**
 Primary School 38.93% 36.84% 49.02%*
 High school and above 10.74% 10.53% 11.76%
Household income per capita (Ln+1) 8.02(0.06) 7.98(0.05) 8.22(0.21)
Income square(Ln+1) 66.34(0.75) 65.15(0.75) 72.09(2.42)**
ADL 40.43(0.25) 40.61(0.27) 39.55(0.66)
Chronic disease 80.59% 79.96% 83.65%
Family structure
 Childlessness 8.13% 5.41% 21.36%***
 Only daughters 8.14% 8.81% 4.85%
 One child 19.77% 19.64% 20.39%
 At least one son 63.95% 66.13% 53.40%**
Quality of life 77.98(0.53) 79.19(0.54) 72.09(1.51)***
SAB 11.87(0.14) 11.87(0.16) 11.89(0.31)
AUT 13.40(0.14) 13.51(0.15) 12.87(0.34)*
PPF 12.66(0.11) 12.85(0.12) 11.69(0.29)***
SOP 12.77(0.12) 13.00(0.13) 11.61(0.32)***
DAD 12.59(0.11) 12.80(0.12) 11.58(0.26)***
INT 14.17(0.14) 14.53(0.14) 12.39(0.44)***

Note:

***

P<0.001,

**

P<0.01,

*

P<0.05