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.