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. 2021 Mar 19;20:82. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01422-5

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study population of non-cognitive impairment vs. cognitive impairment.

Variable Prevalence of non- cognitive impairment
(n = 8556)
Prevalence of cognitive impairment
(n = 2000)
χ2
n % n %
Demographic factors
Sex 162.049***
  Male 4083 86.45 640 13.55
  Female 4473 76.68 1360 23.32
Age (years old) 1696.464***
  65 ~ 74 2390 98.43 38 1.57
  75 ~ 84 2788 94.80 153 5.20
   ≥ 85 3378 65.12 1809 34.88
Marital status 781.131***
  Separated/divorced/widowed/never married 4386 71.94 1711 28.06
  Currently married and living with a spouse 4170 93.52 289 6.48
Residential area 1.269
  Urban/Town 4799 81.44 1094 18.56
  Rural 3757 80.57 906 19.43
Socioeconomic status
Education level 514.650***
  No schooling 3675 72.10 1422 27.90
  Primary school 3103 89.19 376 10.81
  Middle school or more 1778 89.80 202 10.20
Occupation 44.838***
  non-white-collar 7486 80.13 1856 19.87
  white-collar 1070 88.14 144 11.86
Economic status (quintile) 18.861**
  1 (poorest) 1696 80.34 415 19.66
  2 1683 79.73 428 20.27
  3 1687 79.88 425 20.12
  4 1712 81.10 399 18.90
  5 (richest) 1778 84.23 333 15.77
Social support
Emotional support 933.919***
  Nobody 122 53.51 106 46.49
  Relatives/friends/neighbors and others 1164 87.85 161 12.15
  Children 3666 70.83 1510 29.17
  Spouse 3604 94.17 223 5.83
Financial support 24.983***
  No 2320 78.01 654 21.99
  Yes 6236 82.25 1346 17.75
Living arrangement 61.264***
  Alone 1412 86.52 220 13.48
  In an institution 189 68.73 86 31.27
  With household member(s) 6955 80.41 1694 19.59
Social participation
Organized activities 1.066
  No 7366 81.21 1704 18.79
  Yes 1190 80.08 296 19.92
Informal activities 11.444**
  No 3147 79.39 817 20.61
  Yes 5399 81.90 1193 18.10