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. 2021 Mar 12;9:656104. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.656104

Table 1.

Variable description.

Variable Description of variable setting Mean Standard deviation
Age 0–49 = 1, 50–59 = 2, 60–69 = 3, 70, or more = 4 2.75 1.124
Gender Male = 1, Female = 2 1.54 0.498
BMI Underweight (BMI < 18.5) = 1, Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 24) = 2, Overweight (BMI ≥ 24) = 3 1.21 0.668
Marital status Unmarried/Divorced/Widowed = 1, Married = 2 1.82 0.384
Education level Below junior high school education = 1, Junior high school, and above = 2 1.30 0.460
Income level 0–999 = 1, 1000–1999 = 2, 2000–2999 = 3, 3000, and more = 4 2.46 1.221
Health insurance Urban residents basic health insurance = 1, Urban workers basic health insurance = 2, New rural cooperative health insurance = 3, Others = 4 2.11 0.978
Health file Yes = 1, No = 2, Unknown = 3 2.02 0.707
Drug accessibility Can medicines needed be purchased in public medical and health institutions?
Very inconsistent 1-2-3-4-5 Very consistent
4.33 0.902
OOP level Do you think the cost of medicine is heavy?
Very heavy 1-2-3-4-5 Very light
2.66 1.196
Chronic disease Monopathy = 1, Multimorbidity = 2 1.17 0.378
Province Gansu = 1, Hebei = 2, Sichuan = 3, Tianjin = 4, Zhejiang = 5 2.71 1.503
Mobility Extremely difficulty 1-2-3-4-5 No difficulty 0.63 0.483
Self care Extremely difficulty 1-2-3-4-5 No difficulty 0.66 0.475
Usual activities Extremely difficulty 1-2-3-4-5 No difficulty 0.62 0.485
Pain or discomfort Extremely difficulty 1-2-3-4-5 No difficulty 0.32 0.467
Anxiety or depression Extremely difficulty 1-2-3-4-5 No difficulty 0.41 0.493
Utility Calculated based on EQ-5D-5L and its newly developed Chinese value set, the maximum value is 1, the minimum value is −0.391. 0.727 0.345