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Table 1 Basic characteristics of respondents in 2011 (n = 11,912)

From: Trends in equity of inpatient health service utilization for the middle-aged and elderly in China: based on longitudinal data from 2011 to 2018

Variables

Group

Rural (n = 9808)

Urban (n = 2092)

P

Demographics

 Sex

Male

4423(45.13)

1081(51.67)

< 0.001

Female

5377(54.86)

1011(48.33)

 

 Age (years)

45–50

2477(25.25)

443(21.18)

< 0.001

51–60

3825(39.00)

760(36.32)

 

61–70

2531(25.81)

615(29.40)

 

≥71

975(9.95)

274(13.10)

 

 Education

≤Elementary school

7302(74.50)

792(37.93)

< 0.001

≥Middle school

2499(25.50)

1296(62.07)

 

 Insurance

No

702(7.20)

330(15.96)

< 0.001

Yes

9045(92.80)

1738(84.04)

 

 Household income per capita (CNY)

Low

2595(27.11)

297(14.86)

< 0.001

Medium

5072(52.98)

714(35.72)

 

High

1906(19.91)

988(49.42)

 

Life style

 Living status

Live with others

8122(82.81)

1819(86.95)

< 0.001

Live alone

1686(17.19)

273(13.05)

 

 Sleeping hours

7–8 h

3762(38.36)

883(42.21)

< 0.001

≤6 h

4576(46.66)

980(46.85)

 

> 8 h

1470(14.98)

229(10.95)

 

 Smoking status

Yes

3768(38.53)

787(37.84)

0.554

No

6011(61.47)

1293(62.16)

 

 Alcohol consumption

Yes

3215(32.89)

693(33.32)

0.709

No

6559(67.11)

1387(66.68)

 

Health status

 Disability

No

8035(82.21)

1815(87.22)

< 0.001

Yes

1739(17.79)

266(12.78)

 

 Chronic disease

No

3205(33.14)

615(29.70)

0.002

Yes

6467(66.86)

1456(70.30)