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. 2019 Jun 24;9(6):e029176. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029176

Table 1.

Summary statistics of variables

Whole sample (n=236 030) Reported good health (n=156 222) Reported fair or poor health (n=79 808)
Self-reported health (%)
 Good 66.19
 Fair or poor 33.81
Predictors (prefecture-level variables)
 Land-use conversion in 2005 (%) 1.95 (3.48) 2.06 (3.65) 1.76 (3.13)
 GDP per capita in 2005 (¥10 000) 1.87 (1.49) 1.91 (1.53) 1.77 (1.40)
 Population density in 2005 (population per km2) 548.98 (443.51) 562.51 (449.37) 522.51 (430.58)
 The no of hospital beds per 1000 population in 2005 (bed) 2.93 (1.53) 2.96 (1.55) 2.88 (1.49)
 The change in land-use conversion from 2000 to 2005 (%) 59.10 (88.93) 60.70 (92.26) 55.98 (81.92)
 The change in GDP per capita from 2000 to 2005 (%) 87.47 (41.19) 87.39 (41.90) 87.63 (39.77)
 The change in population density from 2000 to 2005 (%) 3.40 (11.88) 3.59 (13.11) 3.02 (8.97)
 The change in no of hospital beds per 1000 population from 2000 to 2005 (%) 5.21 (13.46) 5.42 (13.44) 4.80 (13.48)
Gender (%)
 Female 48.74 45.96 54.18
 Male 51.26 54.04 45.82
Age (years) (%)
 60–64 33.64 41.11 19.02
 65–69 28.49 29.86 25.80
 70–74 23.09 19.18 30.76
 75–79 14.78 9.85 24.42
Ethnicity (%)
 Han Chinese 96.49 96.70 96.08
 Minority 3.51 3.30 3.92
Marital status (%)
 Single, divorced or widowed 75.34 79.77 66.67
 Married 24.66 20.23 33.33
Hukou status (%)
 Local agricultural 63.77 60.35 70.48
 Local non-agricultural 28.68 31.13 23.87
 Non-local agricultural 2.37 2.59 1.93
 Non-local non-agricultural 5.18 5.93 3.72
Education (%)
 No schooling 34.73 28.09 47.72
 Elementary school or junior high school 55.04 59.58 46.14
 Senior high school 6.12 7.32 3.78
 College or above 4.11 5.01 2.36
Primary endowment insurance (%)
 Had 24.68 27.55 19.05
 Did not have 75.32 72.45 80.95
Basic medical insurance (%)
 Had 41.44 43.67 37.07
 Did not have 58.56 56.33 62.93
Urbanicity of current residence (%)
 Rural areas 52.20 48.92 58.61
 Urban areas: towns 14.87 15.47 13.69
 Urban areas: cities 32.93 35.61 27.70
 Housing area per capita (m2) 32.57 (25.98) 32.76 (25.81) 32.21 (26.30)
Housing construction time (%)
 Before 1978 22.62 20.63 26.52
 After 1978 77.38 79.37 73.48
Housing facilities (%)
 None, one or two types of facilities 45.64 42.92 50.97
 Three types of facilities 24.84 24.04 26.41
 Four types of facilities 29.52 33.04 22.62

Results are presented as proportion for categorical variables and as mean (SEs) for continuous variables.

GDP, gross domestic product.