Table 1 The description of variables
From: The effect of religious belief on Chinese elderly health
Variables | Description |
|---|---|
Dependent variables | |
SRH | Self-rated health, very healthy = 1/ relatively healthy = 2/ healthy = 3/ fair = 4/ unhealthy = 5 |
CESD | It includes 20 kinds of feelings and behaviors, every kind of feelings and behaviors have been divided into 0 (barely) to 3 (always) point |
Independent variables | |
Religious belief | Buddhism/Taoism/Protestant/Catholicism/Islam = 1; Otherwise = 0 |
Control variables | |
Age | The age of the respondent |
Gender | Female = 0; Male = 1 |
Marital status | Married or cohabitation = 1; Single, divorced or widowed = 0 |
Ethnicity | Han ethnicity = 1; Ethnic minorities = 0 |
Baseline health | The self-rated health of respondents in 2012 |
Family size | The number of family members |
Household registration | Urban = 1; Rural = 0 |
Educational level | |
Illiterate | Illiterate = 1, others = 0 |
Primary school | Primary school = 1, others = 0 |
Junior middle school | Junior middle school = 1, others = 0 |
Senior middle school | Senior middle school = 1, others = 0 |
College and above | College and above = 1, others = 0 |
The average household income | The log of per capita net income of the household |
Medical insurance | One of free medical insurance, urban employee basic medical insurance, urban resident basic medical insurance, supplementary medical insurance or new cooperative medical scheme = 1; Otherwise = 0 |
Water | The source of drinking water is from tap water/mineral water/purified water/filtered water = 1; otherwise = 0 |
Time | The time of the fastest way to the nearest medical point (Unit, minute) |
Region | |
Eastern | Eastern = 1, others = 0 |
Central | Central = 1, others = 0 |
Western | Western = 1, others = 0 |