Table 2.
Summary statistics by level of health literacy on CDP
| Sample | Health literacy | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Inadequate | ||
| Number of observations | n = 2114 | n = 6080 | |
| Variables | mean | mean | |
| Key variables of interest | |||
| Any chronic diseases (=1) | 0.225 | 0.273 | 0.000 |
| Hypertension (=1) | 0.164 | 0.198 | 0.001 |
| Heart problems (=1) | 0.021 | 0.019 | 0.437 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (=1) | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.291 |
| Diabetes (=1) | 0.039 | 0.052 | 0.018 |
| Cancer (=1) | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.610 |
| Other chronic diseases (=1) | 0.031 | 0.038 | 0.132 |
| Adequate health literacy on CDPa (=1) | 1.000 | 0.000 | / |
| Demographics | |||
| Region (=1 urban) | 0.541 | 0.470 | 0.000 |
| Has local hukou (=1) | 0.939 | 0.924 | 0.023 |
| Gender (=1 male) | 0.484 | 0.490 | 0.659 |
| Age in years | 45.236 | 50.208 | 0.000 |
| 1:Aged 15–44 | 0.457 | 0.301 | 0.000 |
| 2:Aged 45–59 | 0.360 | 0.400 | 0.002 |
| 3:Aged 60–69 | 0.182 | 0.299 | 0.000 |
| Household size | 2.934 | 2.787 | 0.000 |
| Annual income (1000 CNY) | 106.421 | 79.643 | 0.000 |
| Education level | |||
| 1:Illiterate | 0.053 | 0.098 | 0.000 |
| 2:Elementary | 0.177 | 0.308 | 0.000 |
| 3:Middle school | 0.257 | 0.315 | 0.000 |
| 4:High school | 0.206 | 0.155 | 0.000 |
| 5:College or above | 0.307 | 0.125 | 0.000 |
| Occupation | |||
| 1:Working in public sectors | 0.153 | 0.072 | 0.000 |
| 2:Farmers | 0.244 | 0.304 | 0.000 |
| 3:Manual labourers | 0.172 | 0.188 | 0.090 |
| 4:Working in private sectors | 0.220 | 0.156 | 0.000 |
| 5:Other | 0.211 | 0.280 | 0.000 |
Note: The p-value is calculated using either the t-test (if continuous) or the proportion test (if binary); a pre-test of equality of variance is also conducted. a CDP refers to chronic disease prevention