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Table 3 Self-rated Health Status by Ethnicity (Minzu)

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

 

Ethnic minority

Han Chinese

Poor health

Good health

P

Poor health

Good health

P

Age

  

.000

  

.000

 Young

7.9%

92.1%

 

3.9%

96.1%

 

 Middle aged

20.4%

79.6%

 

16.8%

83.2%

 

 Old

39.5%

60.5%

 

29.6%

70.4%

 

Gender

  

.000

  

.001

 Women

18.8%

81.2%

 

14.7%

85.3%

 

 Men

13.3%

86.7%

 

12.1%

87.9%

 

Marital Status

  

.060

  

.865

 Non-partnered

18.4%

81.6%

 

13.6%

86.4%

 

 Partnered

15.1%

84.9%

 

13.4%

86.6%

 

Education

  

.000

  

.000

 Illiterate

25.5%

74.5%

 

32.1%

67.9%

 

 Primary school

17.3%

82.7%

 

19.6%

80.4%

 

 Middle school

7.3%

92.7%

 

10.5%

89.5%

 

 Senior high school

9.9%

90.1%

 

6.1%

93.9%

 

 College/university or above

5.8%

94.2%

 

2.9%

97.1%

 

SSS

  

.000

  

.000

 Lower

25.3%

74.7%

 

21.0%

79.0%

 

 Lower-middle

19.4%

80.6%

 

11.9%

88.1%

 

 Middle

10.0%

90.0%

 

8.4%

91.6%

 

 Upper-middle

8.6%

91.4%

 

8.2%

91.8%

 

 Upper

0.0%

100.0%

 

21.9%

78.1%

 

Smoking

  

.001

  

.192

 Current smoker

12.5%

87.5%

 

12.7%

87.3%

 

 Non-smoker

17.2%

82.8%

 

13.8%

86.2%

 

Alcohol

  

.000

  

.000

 High-risk drinker

9.3%

90.7%

 

8.2%

91.8%

 

 Moderate-risk drinker

9.2%

90.8%

 

5.8%

94.2%

 

 Low-risk drinker

9.5%

90.5%

 

9.2%

90.8%

 

 Non-drinker

19.0%

81.0%

 

17.4%

82.6%

 

Physical Exercise

  

.000

  

.000

 Regularly/every day

14.5%

85.5%

 

15.4%

84.6%

 

 Several times a week

6.2%

93.8%

 

7.7%

92.3%

 

 Several times a month

11.0%

89.0%

 

5.6%

94.4%

 

 Once a month or less

12.1%

87.9%

 

7.7%

92.3%

 

 Never

18.0%

82.0%

 

16.2%

83.8%

 

Health Problems

  

.000

  

.000

 Person with chronic disease

41.5%

58.5%

 

36.0%

64.0%

 

 Non-sufferer

4.2%

95.8%

 

3.0%

97.0%

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