Table 1.

Analysis of the willingness to live in elder care institutions according to individual characteristics of the respondents

Variables	Total		Willingness to live in elder care institutions
	n	%	n	%
Residence
Urban	581	57.9	281	48.4
Rural	422	42.1	173	41.0
χ2			5.36
P value			0.02
Sex
Male	474	47.3	215	45.4
Female	529	52.7	239	45.2
χ2			0.00
P value			1.00
Age (years)
60–69	508	51.0	188	37.0
70–79	280	27.9	122	43.6
≥80	215	21.1	144	67.0
χ2			55.21
P value			< 0.001
Monthly income (¥)
<500	314	31.3	124	39.5
500–999	125	12.5	55	44.0
1000–1999	251	25.0	124	49.4
2000–3000	197	19.6	95	48.2
>3000	116	11.6	56	48.3
χ2			7.16
P value			0.12
House property
Yes	615	61.3	221	35.9
No	388	38.7	233	60.1
χ2			55.85
P value			< 0.001
Financial independence
Yes	725	72.3	346	47.7
No	278	27.7	108	38.8
χ2			6.39
P value			0.01
Education
No education	195	19.4	85	43.6
Primary school	327	32.6	151	46.2
Junior high school	288	28.7	132	45.8
Senior high school	118	11.8	55	46.6
College degree or above	75	7.5	31	41.3
χ2			0.92
P value			0.92

Bold values emphasize the statistical significance.