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Table 2 Sample Characteristics (n = 10,819)

From: Ethnicity and health inequalities: an empirical study based on the 2010 China survey of social change (CSSC) in Western China

 

Ethnicity

Whole sample

P

Ethnic minority

Han Chinese

No

N %.

No

N %.

No

N %.

Self-rated Health

Poor health

466

15.7%

1054

13.4%

1520

14.0%

0.002

Good health

2496

84.3%

6803

86.6%

9299

86.0%

Age

Young

1421

48.0%

2934

37.3%

4355

40.3%

0.000

Middle aged

1336

45.1%

4020

51.2%

5356

49.5%

Old

205

6.9%

903

11.5%

1108

10.2%

Gender

Female

1333

45.0%

4004

51.0%

5337

49.3%

0.000

Male

1629

55.0%

3853

49.0%

5482

50.7%

Marital Status

Non-partnered

538

18.2%

1424

18.1%

1962

18.1%

0.962

Partnered

2424

81.8%

6433

81.9%

8857

81.9%

Education

Illiterate

847

28.6%

916

11.7%

1763

16.3%

0.000

Primary school

902

30.5%

1891

24.1%

2793

25.8%

Middle school

717

24.2%

2505

31.9%

3222

29.8%

Senior high school

324

10.9%

1646

20.9%

1970

18.2%

College/university or above

172

5.8%

899

11.4%

1071

9.9%

Subjective Social Status (SSS)

Lower

648

21.9%

2466

31.4%

3114

28.8%

0.000

Lower-middle

798

26.9%

2186

27.8%

2984

27.6%

Middle

1307

44.1%

2869

36.5%

4176

38.6%

Upper-middle

185

6.2%

304

3.9%

489

4.5%

Upper

24

.8%

32

.4%

56

0.5%

Smoking Status

Current smoker

2056

69.4%

5070

64.5%

7126

65.9%

0.000

Non-smoker

906

30.6%

2787

35.5%

3693

34.1%

Alcohol Consumption

High-risk drinker

214

7.2%

679

8.6%

893

8.3%

0.000

Moderate-risk drinker

360

12.2%

1062

13.5%

1422

13.1%

Low-risk drinker

420

14.2%

1535

19.5%

1955

18.1%

Non-drinker

1968

66.4%

4581

58.3%

6549

60.5%

Physical Exercise

Regularly/every day

476

16.1%

2029

25.8%

2505

23.2%

0.000

Several times a week

208

7.0%

891

11.3%

1099

10.2%

Several times a month

181

6.1%

662

8.4%

843

7.8%

Once a month or less

240

8.1%

673

8.6%

913

8.4%

Never

1857

62.7%

3602

45.8%

5459

50.5%

Health Problems

Person with chronic disease

918

31.0%

2482

31.6%

3400

31.4%

0.551

Non-sufferer

2044

69.0%

5375

68.4%

7419

68.6%