Table 1. Comparison of demographic characteristics of the respondents by region and area type — 6 provinces, China, 2018.
| Demographic characteristic |
Total
n (%) |
Region | Area type | ||||
|
Eastern
n (%) |
Central
n (%) |
Western
n (%) |
Urban
n (%) |
Rural
n (%) |
|||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 50–55 | 1,949(38.6) | 675(39.6) | 669(40.1) | 605(36.0) | 915(36.3) | 1,034(40.9) | |
| 56–60 | 968(19.2) | 333(19.6) | 328(19.7) | 307(18.3) | 502(19.9) | 466(18.4) | |
| 61–65 | 1,140(22.6) | 367(21.6) | 367(22.0) | 406(24.2) | 612(24.3) | 528(20.9) | |
| ≥66 | 992(19.6) | 328(19.3) | 303(18.2) | 361(21.5) | 494(19.6) | 498(19.7) | |
| Education degree | |||||||
| Primary school education or illiterate | 2,766(55.0) | 1,094(64.3) | 795(48.0) | 877(52.5) | 937(37.3) | 1,829(72.7) | |
| Junior and senior high school | 2,109(42.0) | 564(33.2) | 789(47.7) | 756(45.3) | 1,425(56.8) | 684(27.2) | |
| College or above | 151(3.0) | 43(2.5) | 71(4.3) | 37(2.2) | 147(5.9) | 4(0.2) | |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Farmers | 2,764(55.2) | 898(53.1) | 772(46.7) | 1,094(65.9) | 598(24.1) | 2,166(86.0) | |
| Retirees | 856(17.1) | 383(22.6) | 238(14.4) | 235(14.1) | 627(25.2) | 229(9.1) | |
| Workers | 470(9.4) | 211(12.5) | 152(9.2) | 107(6.4) | 424(17.1) | 46(1.8) | |
| Business and service staff | 244(4.9) | 68(4.0) | 122(7.4) | 54(3.3) | 197(7.9) | 47(1.9) | |
| Professional and technical personnel | 156(3.1) | 46(2.7) | 79(4.8) | 31(1.9) | 138(5.6) | 18(0.7) | |
| Others | 515(10.3) | 85(5.0) | 290(17.5) | 140(8.4) | 502(20.2) | 13(0.5) | |
| Monthly income of the family (RMB) | |||||||
| <3,000 | 2,644(52.9) | 731(43.2) | 744(44.8) | 1,169(71.1) | 1,062(42.7) | 1,582(63.0) | |
| 3,000–4,999 | 1,355(27.1) | 479(28.3) | 537(32.3) | 339(20.6) | 768(30.9) | 587(23.4) | |
| 5,000–7,999 | 586(11.7) | 244(14.4) | 250(15.1) | 92(5.6) | 379(15.2) | 207(8.2) | |
| ≥8,000 | 412(8.2) | 237(14.0) | 130(7.8) | 45(2.7) | 277(11.1) | 135(5.4) | |