| | All | Men | Women |
|---|
| (N = 9645) | (N = 4561) | (N = 5084) |
|---|
| Proportion (%) |
| Marital status |
| Married | 88.7 | 91.3 | 86.3 |
| Never married | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Divorced/Separated | 10.6 | 7.2 | 13.6 |
| Family arrangement |
| Living with children | 28.2 | 23.5 | 32.4 |
| Living with parents | 17.7 | 14.5 | 20.5 |
| Socioeconomic status at baseline |
| Educational attainment | | | |
| Primary school or below | 63.5 | 53.3 | 72.6 |
| Junior high school | 22.6 | 28.7 | 17.2 |
| Senior high school | 11.1 | 13.9 | 8.7 |
| College or above | 2.8 | 4.1 | 1.6 |
| Urban hokou | 41.6 | 40.6 | 42.4 |
| Work status |
| Non-working | 31.9 | 25.5 | 37.6 |
| Employed | 17.3 | 23.4 | 11.8 |
| Self-employed | 6.9 | 9.2 | 4.9 |
| Others | 54.2 | 56.9 | 51.7 |
| Experienced retirement | 28.2 | 23.5 | 32.4 |
| Living environment |
| Own house | 87.2 | 87.7 | 86.8 |
| Having running water | 62.0 | 61.3 | 62.5 |
| Health care insurance |
| Public health insurance | 91.7 | 92.5 | 91.0 |
| Private health insurance | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Regions |
| East | 30.9 | 31.1 | 30.8 |
| Central | 33.9 | 34.4 | 33.3 |
| West | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.1 |
| Northeast | 18.2 | 17.5 | 18.8 |
| Age (M, years) | 58.7 | 59.5 | 58.1 |
| Household consumption | 7981 | 8239 | 7749 |
| (M; per capita, annual, RMB) |
- Note: a East = Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Hainan; Central = Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hernan, Hubei, Hunan; West = Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang; Northeast = Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang
