Table 2.
Summary Statistics for Independent Variables in 2010 in the Regression Analysis of Self-Rated Health among Chinese Adults (18–70 years old; N = 17,877)
| Unweighted Mean (SD) or % |
Weighteda Mean (SD) or % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | ||
| 18–30 | 17.1 | 19.9 |
| 31–40 | 21.0 | 20.9 |
| 41–50 | 25.6 | 24.7 |
| 51–60 | 22.8 | 21.6 |
| 61–70 | 13.6 | 13.0 |
| Male (%) | 48.2 | 49.0 |
| Marital status (%) | ||
| Single | 8.6 | 10.9 |
| Married | 87.0 | 84.3 |
| Divorced/Widowed | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Educational attainment (%) | ||
| None | 20.1 | 20.2 |
| Primary school | 22.7 | 21.5 |
| Junior high school | 33.8 | 32.9 |
| Senior high school or above | 23.5 | 25.4 |
| Verbal test | 17.4 (10.5) | 17.8 (10.6) |
| Annual family income per capita (1,000 yuan) | 9.9 (15.9) | 10.2 (16.8) |
| Family wealth (1,000 yuan) | 286.9 (740.4) | 303.3 (770.0) |
| Family cadre/party member (%) | 28.6 | 28.3 |
| Urban (%) | 44.6 | 47.5 |
| Smoking (Ref: no) | 31.5 | 31.4 |
| Drinking alcohol (Ref: no) | 16.7 | 16.5 |
| Physical exercise (Ref: no) | 25.3 | 26.7 |
| County GDP per capita (1,000 yuan) | 41.6 (53.1) | 43.8 (55.3) |
Notes SD = standard deviation; “party” refers to both the Chinese Communist Party and the eight minority parties that enjoy certain constitutional and political privileges.
a
Weighted by the inverse of the probability that the observation was successfully interviewed in the 2012 follow-up survey.