Table 2.
Univariate analysis of the Chi-square test about mutual-support needs
| Characteristic | n = 2102(%) | moderate /high n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristic | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| 60–70 | 1243 (59.1) | 883 (71.0) | <0.001 |
| 70–80 | 626 (29.8) | 480 (76.7) | |
| 80~ | 233 (11.1) | 197 (84.5) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 899 (42.8) | 644 (71.6) | 0.033 |
| Female | 1203 (57.2) | 916 (76.1) | |
| nation | |||
| Minority nationality | 252 (12.0) | 195 (77.4) | 0.393 |
| Han nationality | 1850 (88.0) | 1365 (73.8) | |
| Education level | |||
| Illiteracy | 375 (17.8) | 297 (79.2) | <0.001 |
| primary school | 921 (43.8) | 687 (74.6) | |
| Secondary and higher | 806 (38.3) | 576 (71.5) | |
| marital status | |||
| Never married | 89 (4.2) | 62 (69.7) | <0.001 |
| Married | 1528 (72.7) | 1114 (72.9) | |
| Divorced | 63 (3.0) | 47 (74.6) | |
| Widowed | 422 (20.1) | 337 (79.9) | |
| The physical condition | |||
| can’t take care of oneself | 54 (2.6) | 44 (81.5) | <0.001 |
| Partially self-care | 863 (41.1) | 713 (82.6) | |
| Can take care of oneself | 1185 (56.4) | 1059 (89.4) | |
| Family environment | |||
| Number of children | |||
| 0 | 42 (2.0) | 22 (52.3) | <0.001 |
| 1 | 298 (14.2) | 228 (76.5) | |
| 2 or more | 1762 (83.8) | 1310 (74.3) | |
| Who cares for life | |||
| Oneself | 707 (33.6) | 499 (70.6) | <0.001 |
| spouse | 938 (44.6) | 696 (74.2) | |
| children | 384 (18.3) | 299 (77.9) | |
| Others | 73 (3.5) | 48 (65.8) | |
| Relationships among family members | |||
| Not harmonious | 132 (6.3) | 90 (68.2) | 0.001 |
| General harmony | 482 (22.9) | 389 (80.7) | |
| harmonious | 1488 (70.8) | 1081 (72.6) | |
| Does the family support mutual support | |||
| not support | 222 (10.6) | 157 (70.7) | 0.062 |
| General support | 820 (39.0) | 602 (73.4) | |
| support | 1060 (50.4) | 801 (75.6) | |
| Economic status | |||
| Average monthly income | |||
| Less than 200 yuan | 975 (46.4) | 730 (74.9) | 0.125 |
| 200 to 500 yuan | 454 (21.6) | 345 (76.0) | |
| Over 500 yuan | 673 (32.0) | 485 (72.1) | |
| source of income | |||
| Subsistence allowances or pension | 742 (35.3) | 560 (75.5) | 0.006 |
| Income from labor | 457 (21.7) | 324 (70.9) | |
| From children | 697 (33.2) | 526 (75.5) | |
| Other sources | 206 (9.8) | 150 (72.8) | |
| Satisfaction with the current economic situation | |||
| No | 339 (16.1) | 251 (74.0) | <0.001 |
| General | 956 (45.5) | 750 (78.5) | |
| Yes | 807 (38.4) | 559 (69.3) | |
| Medical factors | |||
| Self-assessment of health status | |||
| Unhealthy | 392 (18.6) | 316 (80.6) | <0.001 |
| Suboptimal | 889 (42.3) | 692 (77.8) | |
| healthy | 821 (39.1) | 552 (67.2) | |
| Current diseases | |||
| No disease | 731 (34.8) | 491 (67.2) | 0.049 |
| One or two disease | 1092 (52.0) | 840 (76.9) | |
| Three or more | 279 (13.3) | 229 (82.1) | |
| Regular physical examination | |||
| No | 1287 (61.2) | 971 (75.4) | 0.142 |
| Yes | 815 (38.8) | 589 (72.3) | |
| Health knowledge needs | |||
| No | 282 (13.4) | 182 (64.5) | <0.001 |
| General | 934 (44.4) | 666 (71.3) | |
| Yes | 886 (42.2) | 712 (80.4) | |
| Medical accessibility (Whether serious illness can be treated in time) | |||
| No | 573 (27.3) | 469 (81.8) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1529 (72.7) | 1091 (71.4) | |
| mutual-support behavior | |||
| government support | |||
| No | 535 (25.5) | 397 (74.2) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1567 (74.5) | 1163 (74.2) | |
| Accepting others support | |||
| No | 261 (12.4) | 162 (62.1) | <0.001 |
| General | 955 (45.4) | 700 (73.3) | |
| Yes | 886 (42.2) | 698 (78.8) | |
| help others | |||
| No | 197 (9.4) | 143 (72.6) | <0.001 |
| General | 937 (44.6) | 677 (72.3) | |
| Yes | 968 (46.1) | 740 (76.4) | |
| Social support | |||
| Low | 32 (1.5) | 16 (50.0) | 0.006 |
| moderate | 1815 (86.3) | 1351 (74.4) | |
| high | 255 (12.1) | 193 (75.7) | |
| participate in mutual support after understanding | |||
| No | 277 (13.2) | 175 (63.2) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1825 (86.8) | 1385 (75.9) | |
| Mutual-support needs | |||
| Low | 542 (25.8) | ||
| moderate | 1210 (57.6) | ||
| High | 350 (16.7) | ||