| Total | 1993 | 1999 | 2007 |  |  | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n = 5264 | n = 868 | n = 1876 | n = 2520 |  |  | ||||
Characteristics | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | chi-sq | p-value |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 2770 | 52.63 | 493 | 56.80 | 1009 | 53.78 | 1268 | 50.32 | 3.07 | 0.22 |
   Female | 2494 | 47.37 | 375 | 43.20 | 867 | 46.22 | 1252 | 49.68 |  |  |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   60~69 | 1722 | 32.70 | 244 | 28.11 | 346 | 18.44 | 1132 | 44.92 | 1152.6 | < 0.0001 |
   70~79 | 2298 | 43.66 | 421 | 48.50 | 1075 | 57.30 | 802 | 31.83 |  |  |
   80~89 | 1106 | 21.01 | 188 | 21.66 | 402 | 21.43 | 516 | 20.48 |  |  |
   90~99 | 138 | 2.62 | 15 | 1.73 | 53 | 2.83 | 70 | 2.78 |  |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Illiterate | 1800 | 34.20 | 409 | 47.12 | 710 | 37.85 | 681 | 27.02 | 243.08 | < 0.0001 |
   Under high school | 2847 | 54.09 | 346 | 39.86 | 949 | 50.59 | 1552 | 61.59 |  |  |
   College and above | 273 | 5.19 | 29 | 3.34 | 89 | 4.74 | 155 | 6.15 |  |  |
   Can read | 340 | 6.44 | 81 | 9.33 | 127 | 6.77 | 132 | 5.24 |  |  |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Fuchien | 3544 | 67.32 | 567 | 65.32 | 1232 | 65.67 | 1745 | 69.25 | 9.14 | 0.17 |
   Hakka | 894 | 16.99 | 162 | 18.66 | 307 | 16.36 | 425 | 16.87 |  |  |
   Mainlander | 726 | 13.79 | 115 | 13.25 | 298 | 15.88 | 313 | 12.42 |  |  |
   Others | 85 | 1.62 | 19 | 2.19 | 32 | 1.71 | 34 | 1.35 |  |  |
Living place | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Large city | 753 | 14.31 | 98 | 11.29 | 262 | 13.97 | 393 | 15.60 | 36.5 | < 0.0001 |
   Big city | 661 | 12.56 | 127 | 14.63 | 236 | 12.58 | 298 | 11.83 |  |  |
   Small city | 1196 | 22.72 | 181 | 20.85 | 412 | 21.96 | 603 | 23.30 |  |  |
   Township | 1032 | 19.59 | 174 | 20.05 | 350 | 18.66 | 508 | 20.16 |  |  |
   Rural area | 1622 | 30.82 | 288 | 33.18 | 616 | 32.84 | 718 | 28.49 |  |  |
Partnership status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Living without partner | 1972 | 37.45 | 413 | 47.58 | 1113 | 59.33 | 1766 | 70.07 | 67.34 | < 0.0001 |
   Living with partner | 3291 | 62.53 | 455 | 52.42 | 763 | 40.67 | 753 | 29.88 |  |  |
Co-residence with children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 1914 | 36.35 | 274 | 31.57 | 642 | 34.22 | 998 | 39.60 | 53.7 | < 0.0001 |
   Yes | 3350 | 63.65 | 592 | 68.20 | 1234 | 65.78 | 1522 | 60.4 |  |  |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No job | 4515 | 85.77 | 745 | 85.83 | 1675 | 89.29 | 2095 | 83.13 | 61.95 | < 0.0001 |
   Full time job | 582 | 11.06 | 72 | 8.29 | 158 | 8.42 | 352 | 14.0 |  |  |
   Part time job | 167 | 3.17 | 51 | 5.88 | 43 | 2.29 | 73 | 2.9 |  |  |
Self-reported health status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Bad to very bad | 1851 | 35.17 | 235 | 27.07 | 791 | 42.16 | 825 | 32.7 | 110.14 | < 0.0001 |
   Good to normal | 3291 | 62.53 | 633 | 72.93 | 1085 | 57.84 | 1695 | 67.3 |  |  |
Attitude toward NHI | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Satisfaction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Very satisfied to normal | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1454 | 77.51 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unsatisfied to very unsatisfied | Â | Â | Â | Â | 154 | 8.21 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Secured for your future health life by NHI | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Not helpful |  |  |  |  | 150 | 8.00 |  |  |  |  |
   Very helpful to some help |  |  |  |  | 1398 | 74.52 |  |  |  |  |
   Others |  |  |  |  | 117 | 6.24 |  |  |  |  |