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. 2021 Nov 6;20:241. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01560-w

Table 1.

Variable description and statistics

Type Name Description Mean SD
Health Variable Xlhealth MH, score range: 1–5, the large score, the healthier 4.239 0.818
Kghealth PH, score range: 1–4, the large score, the healthier 3.378 0.845
IIequality Kakwani calculated using KI, value is 0–1 0.508 0.246
SC Trust Average value of trust, ranges 0–10, large value means higher trust 5.575 1.343
Fair Average value of fairness, score ranges 1–8, fairness score from low to high 3.309 1.540
Support Social support, total reciprocal financial assistance, logarithm 4.220 3.983
Relations Relationship level: 0–10 level increasing 7.109 1.981
Jiegousc Network density, measured by expense of favors gifts, logarithm 7.277 2.437
ICV Urban Household registration, urban = 1, rural = 0 0.493 0.500
Gender Gender: male = 1, female = 0 0.478 0.500
Age Age, actual age, value ranges: 20–81 47.77 15.44
Marriage Marital status, with spouse = 1, without spouse = 0 0.825 0.380
Education Years of education, from illiterate to doctorate, value range: 0–22 7.331 4.920
SCV Employ Working status, employed = 1, unemployed = 0 0.777 0.416
Insurance Insurance participation, Is there social medical insurance? Yes = 1, No = 0 0.916 0.277
Family Family size, number of family members, value range: 1–21 4.145 2.081
Status Social status, range: 1–5, mean from low to high 3.103 1.092
Living habit Exercise Exercise, the frequency of physical exercise in last week. Value is 0–50 2.496 3.295
Smoke Smoking: Smoking in the past month? Yes = 1, No = 0 0.299 0.458
Drink Drinking: 3 times per week in the past month? Yes = 1, No = 0 0.155 0.362
Break Lunch break, Yes = 1, No = 0 0.536 0.499
ME Satisfaction Medical condition, score range: 1–5, means dissatisfied to satisfied 3.628 0.814
Care Medical level, score range: 1–5, from very bad to very good 3.499 0.885

SD Standard deviation, IIequality Income inequality, SC Social capital, ICV Individual characteristic variables, SCV Social characteristic variables, ME Medical Environment, MH Mental health, PH Physical health, KI Kakwani index