Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample in Jiangsu, China (2016)

Characteristics	Total		Non-disabled seniors		Disabled seniors		P
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Observation	2493	100.0	2091	83.9	402	16.1
Willingness of institutional care	355	14.2	264	12.6	91	22.6	< 0.001
Predisposing factors
Age							< 0.001
60–69	858	34.4	773	37.0	85	21.1
70–79	1278	51.3	1083	51.8	195	48.5
80+	357	14.3	235	11.2	122	30.4
Gender							0.413
Female	1314	52.7	1110	53.1	204	50.7
Male	1179	47.3	981	46.9	198	49.3
Marital status							< 0.001
Married	1874	75.2	1619	77.4	255	63.4
Others	619	24.8	472	22.6	147	36.6
Education							0.091
Primary or below	1606	64.4	1328	63.5	278	69.2
Junior	581	23.3	498	23.8	83	20.6
High or above	306	12.3	265	12.7	41	10.2
Enabling factors
Residence							0.101
Urban	909	36.5	777	37.2	132	32.8
Rural	1584	63.5	1314	62.8	270	67.2
Living arrangements							< 0.001
Alone	330	13.2	243	11.6	87	21.6
With children or others	2163	86.8	1848	88.4	315	78.4
Insurance a							0.335
None	96	3.9	74	3.5	22	5.5
MIUE	340	13.6	291	13.9	49	12.2
MIUR	595	23.9	499	23.9	96	23.9
NCMS	1389	55.7	1168	55.9	221	55.0
Others	73	2.9	59	2.8	14	3.5
Household income b							0.002
Q4	117	4.7	100	4.8	17	4.2
Q3	327	13.1	268	12.8	59	14.7
Q2	855	34.3	749	35.8	106	26.4
Q1	1194	47.9	974	46.6	220	54.7
Need factors
NCD c							< 0.001
Yes	2176	87.3	1797	85.9	379	94.3
No	317	12.7	294	14.1	23	5.7

^aNCMS New cooperative medical scheme, MIUR Medical insurance for urban residents scheme, MIUE Medical insurance for urban employee scheme

^bQuartile 4 (Q4) is the richest and Quartile 1 (Q1) is the poorest

^cNCD Non-communicable chronic disease