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Table 1 Characteristics of households and household heads

From: Catastrophic health expenditure incidence and its equity in China: a study on the initial implementation of the medical insurance integration system

Variable

Total N (%)

Integrated area n (%)

Non-integrated area n (%)

Household head

Gender

 Men

38,221 (74.1)

14,706 (74.3)

23,515 (74.0)

 Women

13,364 (25.9)

5082 (25.7)

8282 (26.0)

Marital status

 Unmarried and other

8201 (15.9)

3339 (16.9)

4862 (15.3)

 Married

43,384 (84.1)

16,449 (83.1)

26,935 (84.7)

Educational attainment

 Illiterate

5332 (10.3)

2052 (10.4)

3280 (10.3)

 Primary school

14,594 (28.3)

5553 (28.1)

9041 (28.4)

 Junior high school

18,050 (35.0)

6740 (34.1)

11,310 (35.6)

 High school and above

13,609 (26.4)

5443 (27.5)

8166 (25.7)

Occupation

 Employed

35,080 (68.0)

13,074 (66.1)

22,006 (69.2)

 Retired

9720 (18.8)

3844 (19.4)

5876 (18.5)

 Other

6785 (13.2)

2870 (14.5)

3915 (12.3)

Medical insurance

 UEBMI

14,697 (28.5)

6171 (31.2)

8526 (26.8)

 URBMI

2715 (5.3)

–

2715 (8.5)

 NRCMS

17,875 (34.7)

–

17,875 (56.2)

 USBMI

930 (1.8)

930 (4.7)

–

 URRBMI

11,104 (21.5)

11,104 (56.1)

–

 Mixed medical insurance

3050 (5.9)

1106 (5.6)

1944 (6.1)

 Uninsured and other

1214 (2.4)

477 (2.4)

737 (2.3)

Household

Location

 Eastern

20,401 (39.5)

10,791 (54.5)

9610 (30.2)

 Middle

14,384 (27.9)

2397 (12.1)

11,987 (37.7)

 Western

16,800 (32.6)

6600 (33.4)

10,200 (32.1)

Residence

 Urban

26,382 (51.5)

10,801 (54.6)

15,581 (49.0)

 Rural

25,203 (48.9)

8987 (45.4)

16,216 (51.0)

Household size

  ≤ 2

23,459 (45.5)

8882 (44.9)

14,577 (45.8)

 3–4

21,351 (41.4)

8077 (40.8)

13,274 (41.7)

  ≥ 5

6775 (13.1)

2829 (14.3)

3946 (12.4)

Hospitalized member

 Yes

11,147 (21.6)

3987 (20.1)

7160 (22.5)

 No

40,438 (78.4)

15,801 (79.9)

24,637 (77.5)

Member with chronic disease

 Yes

23,634 (45.8)

9342 (47.2)

14,292 (44.9)

 No

27,951 (54.2)

10,446 (52.8)

17,505 (55.1)

Member > 60 years of age

 Yes

23,367 (45.3)

9030 (45.6)

14,337 (45.1)

 No

28,218 (54.7)

10,758 (54.4)

17,460 (54.9)

Member < 5 years of age

 Yes

8712 (16.9)

3210 (16.2)

5502 (17.3)

 No

42,873 (83.1)

16,578 (83.8)

26,295 (82.7)

Preferred medical institution

 Primary medical institutions

41,028 (79.5)

15,193 (76.8)

25,835 (81.2)

 Non-primary medical institutions

10,557 (20.5)

4595 (23.2)

5962 (18.8)

Household income

 Quintile I (Poorest)

10,328 (20.0)

3962 (20.0)

6366 (20.0)

Quintile II

10,329 (20.0)

3954 (20.0)

6375 (20.0)

 Quintile III

10,298 (20.0)

3957 (20.0)

6341 (19.9)

 Quintile IV

10,345 (20.1)

3958 (20.0)

6387 (20.1)

 Quintile V (Richest)

10,285 (19.9)

3957 (20.0)

6328 (19.9)

  1. UEBMI urban employee basic medical insurance, URBMI urban resident basic medical insurance, NRCMS new rural cooperative medical scheme, URRBMI urban and rural residents’ basic medical insurance system, USBMI universal social basic medical insurance