Determinants of self-rated health among shanghai elders: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and health risk behaviours of respondents

SRH		Good		Fair		Poor		Total
SRH		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
socio-demographic
residence^**	urban	272	35.6	390	51.1	101	13.2	763	38.2
	suburbs	428	51.4	320	38.5	84	10.1	832	41.7
	outer suburbs	188	46.8	144	35.8	70	17.4	402	20.1
gender^*	male	409	48.6	342	40.7	90	10.7	841	42.2
gender^*	female	479	41.5	511	44.3	163	14.1	1153	57.8
age^**	60~	320	49.8	259	40.3	64	10.0	643	32.2
	65~	161	47.5	140	41.3	38	11.2	339	17.0
	70~	139	44.3	134	42.7	41	13.1	314	15.7
	75~	152	40.4	172	45.7	52	13.8	376	18.8
	80~	116	35.8	148	45.7	60	18.5	324	16.2
education level	illiterate	243	42.6	241	42.2	87	15.2	571	28.7
	primary	280	44.1	266	41.9	89	14.0	635	31.9
	Middle/high	314	46.7	295	43.9	63	9.4	672	33.7
	College or above	50	43.9	49	43.0	15	13.2	114	5.7
health risk behaviours
smoking^*	never	677	43.5	676	43.4	203	13.0	1556	77.9
	occasionally	45	53.6	32	38.1	7	8.3	84	4.2
	often	131	52.6	93	37.3	25	10.0	249	12.5
	quit	35	32.4	53	49.1	20	18.5	108	5.4
drinking^*	never	669	42.7	680	43.5	216	13.8	1565	78.4
	occasionally	77	51.3	65	43.3	8	5.3	150	7.5
	often	32	59.3	20	37.0	2	3.7	54	2.7
	quit	110	48.2	89	39.0	29	12.7	228	11.4
outdoor activities^**	yes	603	51.8	453	38.9	108	9.3	1164	58.4
outdoor activities^**	no	284	34.2	401	48.3	145	17.5	830	41.6

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