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Table 1 Demographic and social contacts of internal elderly migrants (n = 1544)

From: Factors influencing utilization of primary health care by elderly internal migrants in China: the role of social contacts

 

All respondents

n (%)

Respondents attending community free medical examinations

n (%)

All

1544 (100.0)

511 (100.0)

Gender*

 Male

858 (55.6)

304 (59.5)

 Female

686 (44.4)

207 (40.5)

Age**

 60–64

775 (50.2)

229 (44.8)

 65–69

387 (25.1)

132 (25.8)

 70–74

208 (13.5)

75 (14.7)

 75–79

125 (8.1)

54 (10.6)

 80-

49 (3.2)

21 (4.1)

Education

 Primary school or below

683 (44.2)

218 (42.7)

 Middle and high schools

685 (44.4)

232 (45.4)

 College and above

176 (11.4)

61 (11.9)

Marital status

 Married

1208 (78.2)

397 (77.7)

 Single

336 (21.8)

114 (22.3)

Regional classification***

 Eastern region

1153 (74.7)

325 (63.6)

 Central region

46 (3.0)

14 (2.7)

 Western region

169 (10.9)

106 (20.7)

 Northeast region

176 (11.4)

66 (12.9)

Medical insurance

 None

138 (8.9)

39 (7.6)

 NCMS

811 (52.5)

272 (53.2)

 Urban and Rural Resident Cooperative Medical Insurance

62 (4.0)

26 (5.1)

 URBMI

149 (9.7)

43 (8.4)

 UEBMI

352 (22.8)

121 (23.7)

 Free Medical Care

32 (2.1)

10 (2.0)

Self-perceived health

 Healthy

837 (54.2)

284 (55.6)

 Basically healthy

626 (40.5)

201 (39.3)

 Unhealthy, but can take care of themselves

69 (4.5)

25 (4.9)

 Unhealthy, and cannot take care of themselves

12 (0.8)

1 (0.2)

Number of local friends***

 0

199 (12.9)

23 (4.5)

 1–2

248 (16.1)

74 (14.5)

 3–4

233 (15.1)

76 (14.9)

 5–6

262 (17.0)

95 (18.6)

 7–8

91 (5.9)

37 (7.2)

 9–10

236 (15.3)

90 (17.6)

 Above 10

275 (17.8)

116 (22.7)

Exercise time per day**

 0 min

81 (5.2)

14 (2.7)

 Within 30 min

352 (22.8)

116 (22.7)

 31–60 min

608 (39.4)

206 (40.3)

 61–90 min

61 (4.0)

29 (5.7)

 91–120 min

335 (21.7)

108 (21.1)

 Over 120 min

106 (6.9)

38 (7.4)

  1. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001