Chronic disease knowledge and its determinants among chronically ill adults in rural areas of Shanxi Province in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of rural adults with CDs in Shanxi Province of China

Characteristics	Participants (n = 1060)	Percent (%)
Gender
Male	340	32.10
Female	720	67.90
Age
30-39	19	1.79
40-49	101	9.53
50-59	311	29.34
60-69	386	36.42
70-	243	22.92
Education level
less than 6 years elementary study	398	37.50
Elementary	365	34.40
Middle school	236	22.30
high school and above	61	5.80
Chronic diseases
Hypertension	874	82.50
Diabetes	186	17.50
Marital Status
Unmarried	11	1.00
Married	878	82.80
Divorced	7	0.70
Widowed	164	15.50
Occupation
Farmer	724	68.30
migrant worker ^a	19	1.80
self-employed ^b	15	1.40
factory workers	90	8.50
no work	212	20.00
Family history of chronic diseases
Yes	347	32.74
no	713	67.26
Length of illness(hypertension/T2D)
1-5	523	49.34
6-10	316	29.81
11-15	118	11.13
16-	103	9.72

Note: a. migrant worker means the rural people leave their villages and go into the cities to do an off-farm work. b. self-employment labourers refer to people who run a private small-scale business by themselves, such as vendors, food-shop owners, repair-shop owners and rice-noodle sellers

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