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. 2019 Sep 10;9:100479. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100479

Table 3.

Types of activities by socio-demographic variables at baseline, 2005 (%).

Cards/Mahjong
TV/Radio
Social Activities
Freq. Occ. Nev. Freq. Occ. Nev. Freq. Occ. Nev.
Gender p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Male 14.7 8.7 76.6 66.0 11.2 22.7 7.4 12.7 79.9
 Female 7.9 4.4 87.8 47.1 11.9 41.0 3.4 6.7 89.9
Age Group p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 65-74 18.3 10.4 71.4 80.7 8.6 10.7 9.3 16.1 74.7
 75-84 15.5 8.1 76.5 68.1 10.4 21.5 6.8 13.3 79.9
 85+ 6.7 4.1 89.2 42.0 13.1 44.9 3.1 5.6 91.3
Ethnicity p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Han 11.2 6.4 82.4 55.8 11.8 32.4 5.2 9.5 85.2
 Others 5.6 2.9 91.5 46.1 8.8 45.1 3.6 5.5 90.9
Residence p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Rural 9.2 5.6 85.2 48.6 12.2 39.2 3.1 6.7 90.3
 City & Towns 12.9 6.9 80.2 63.5 10.8 25.7 7.7 12.5 79.8
Marital Status p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Not married 8.5 4.8 86.7 46.9 12.8 40.3 3.7 6.9 89.4
 Married 16.1 9.5 74.5 74.2 8.9 16.9 8.4 14.7 76.9
Living Arrangement p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Household 10.6 6.2 83.2 56.5 11.7 31.8 4.9 9.1 85.9
 Alone 10.8 6.3 82.8 46.8 11.0 42.2 5.0 8.3 86.6
 Institution 17.1 5.2 77.7 59.0 10.9 30.1 11.1 18.5 70.4
Education p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 No schooling 7.1 4.2 88.7 44.5 12.6 42.9 2.7 5.2 92.1
 >1 year 16.7 9.5 73.8 72.3 10.1 17.6 9.0 15.7 75.3
Self-rated Health p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p < 0.01
 Very good 18.5 8.1 73.4 73.2 8.3 18.4 11.7 14.6 73.7
 Good 13.4 7.6 79.0 62.6 11.4 26.0 6.3 11.3 82.4
 So 9.7 6.8 83.5 55.4 13.5 31.1 4.3 9.5 86.2
 Bad 6.7 3.3 89.9 45.6 12.2 42.2 2.1 5.5 92.4
 Very bad 3.0 3.4 93.6 27.5 11.4 61.0 1.3 3.0 95.8

Note: Freq. – Frequent; Occ. – Occasional; Nev. – Never.