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. 2020 Mar 30;14:653–662. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S242141

Table 2.

The Health-Seeking Preference of the Sample

Variables Yes (N=1429) No (N=543) Chi-Square P
N/Mean %/SD N/Mean %/SD
Personal Characteristics
Gender Male 635 70.6 265 29.4 3.024 0.082
Female 794 74.1 278 25.9
Age (years) <60 369 78.7 100 21.3 11.906 0.000
≥60 1060 70.5 443 29.5
Education Primary school and below 515 74.1 180 25.9 12.038 0.002
Middle school 397 76.5 122 23.5
High school and above 517 68.2 241 31.8
BMI (kg/m2) <18.5 31 58.5 22 41.5 5.745 0.125
18.5–23.9 398 73.1 142 26.3
24-27.9 191 73.5 69 26.5
≥28 809 72.3 310 27.7
Complication Yes 323 69.6 141 30.4 2.063 0.151
No 964 73.1 355 26.9
Duration of diseasesa (years) 9.09 7.1 9.84 7.3 2.070 0.038
Self-report health Poor 266 68.2 124 31.8 4.627 0.032
Neutral 684 72.8 256 27.2
Good 479 74.6 163 25.4
Personal Behaviour
Smoke Yes 268 75.7 86 24.3 2.272 0.132
No 1161 71.8 457 28.2
Drink Yes 245 69.8 106 30.2 1.518 0.218
No 1184 73.0 437 27.0
Sleep quality Poor 361 72.3 138 27.7 0.322 0.570
General 469 71.3 189 28.7
Good 599 73.5 216 26.5
Interpersonal Levels
Marriage Married 1248 72.4 477 24.2 0.094 0.759
Unmarried 181 73.3 66 26.7
Monthly household income (RMB) <2000 310 68.7 141 31.3 4.349 0.037
2000–3999 699 72.9 260 27.1
≥4000 420 74.7 142 25.3
Institutional factors
CHCs A 292 73.0 108 27.0 6.736 0.010
B 276 69.4 122 30.7
C 273 69.3 121 30.7
D 312 82.3 67 17.7
E 276 68.8 125 31.2
Political Levels
Managed by GP team Yes 807 81.5 183 18.5 81.615 <0.001
No 622 63.4 360 36.7
Medical insurances Uninsured 84 60.0 56 40.0 21.142 <0.001
UEBMI 585 73.0 216 27.0
URBMI 689 75.2 227 24.8
Others 71 61.7 44 38.3

Note: at-test was used to compare the duration of diseases between different health-seeking preferences.