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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of personal characteristics

From: The patient’s anxiety before seeing a doctor and her/his hospital choice behavior in China

Dummy variables

Descriptions

Mean

Standard deviation

Age dummy variables

Sample person is between 18–30 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise

0.255

0.436

 

Sample person is between 31–45 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise

0.248

0.432

 

Sample person is between 46–55 years old, 1=Yes, 0=Otherwise

0.249

0.432

Gender dummy variable

1=Male, 0=Female

0.504

0.500

Marital status dummy variables

1=Unmarried, 0=Otherwise

0.017

0.129

1=Married, 0=Otherwise

0.910

0.286

1=Divorced, 0=Otherwise

0.026

0.158

1=Widowed, 0=Otherwise

0.045

0.207

Education dummy variables

1=Primary school or below, 0=Otherwise

0.094

0.292

1=Junior high school, 0=Otherwise

0.268

0.443

1=Senior high school, 0=Otherwise

0.260

0.439

1=Secondary, 0=Otherwise

0.098

0.297

1=College, 0=Otherwise

0.167

0.373

1=University, 0=Otherwise

0.106

0.307

Income dummy variables

1=Income is less than ¥3390, 0=Otherwise

0.121

0.326

1=Income is between ¥3390 and ¥5410, 0=Otherwise

0.124

0.330

1=Income is between ¥5411 and ¥7420, 0=Otherwise

0.124

0.329

1=Income is between ¥7421 and ¥9374, 0=Otherwise

0.126

0.332

1=Income is between ¥9375 and ¥11700, 0=Otherwise

0.124

0.330

1=Income is between ¥11701 and ¥15180, 0=Otherwise

0.127

0.333

1=Income is between ¥15180 and ¥21860, 0=Otherwise

0.127

0.333

Employment status dummy variables

1=Employees of state-owned enterprises, 0=Otherwise

0.328

0.469

1=Employees of various non-state-owned enterprises, 0=Otherwise

0.201

0.401

1=Urban self-employed and private entrepreneurs, 0=Otherwise

0.068

0.252

1=Homeworkers, 0=Otherwise

0.246

0.431

1=Unemployed, to be distributed or other non-employed, 0=Otherwise

0.020

0.139

1=Students, 0=Otherwise

0.042

0.202

1=Reemployment of retired or retired personnel, 0=Otherwise

0.023

0.150

Job occupation dummy variables

1=Professional and technical personnel, 0=Otherwise

0.028

0.164

1=Managers in government and government related enterprises, 0=Otherwise

0.141

0.348

1=The clerk and manager, 0=Otherwise

0.214

0.410

1=Commercial staff, 0=Otherwise

0.134

0.341

1=Service staff, 0=Otherwise

0.002

0.050

1=Farmers, animal husbandry and fishery workers, 0=Otherwise

0.103

0.304

1=Production workers, transport workers and associated personnel, 0=Otherwise

0.001

0.032

Health status dummy variable

1=Average level or above average level, 0=Otherwise

0.842

0.364

Medical insurance dummy variables

1=Medical insurance for local urban workers, 0=Otherwise

0.553

0.497

1=Medical insurance for local migrant workers, 0=Otherwise

0.003

0.056

1=Self-financing medical insurance sponsored by the company or unit, 0=Otherwise

0.055

0.229

1=Commercial medical insurance bought by employer, 0=Otherwise

0.005

0.072

 

1=Privately purchased commercial medical insurance, 0=Otherwise

0.057

0.232

 

1=Government funded health care reimbursement, 0=Otherwise

0.053

0.223

 

1=The new rural cooperative medical insurance, 0=Otherwise

0.055

0.228

 

1=Other medical insurance, 0=Otherwise

0.066

0.249

 

1=No medical insurance, 0=Otherwise

0.148

0.355

Reimbursement percentage of medical costs dummy variables

1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is 100%, 0=Otherwise

0.071

0.256

1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 70% and 99%, 0=Otherwise

0.175

0.380

1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 40% and 69%, 0=Otherwise

0.148

0.355

1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 20% and 39%, 0=Otherwise

0.060

0.238

 

1=Reimbursement percentage of medical costs is between 1% and 19%, 0=Otherwise

0.032

0.175

Severity of disease dummy variables

1=Not serious, 0=Otherwise

0.395

0.489

1=General, 0=Otherwise

0.448

0.497

1=Serious, 0=Otherwise

0.112

0.315

Stage of disease dummy variables

1=Emergency and serious disease, 0=Otherwise

0.158

0.364

 

1=Non-emergency disease at initial stage, 0=Otherwise

0.596

0.491

 

1=Non-emergency disease at medium stage, 0=Otherwise

0.151

0.358

 

1=Non-emergency stable disease at late stage, 0=Otherwise

0.095

0.293