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Table 2 Variable definitions and descriptive statistics

From: The effect of serving as a danwei leader before retirement on self-rated post-retirement health: empirical evidence from China

Variable

Variable definition

Obs.

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Self-rated health

Very healthy=5, relatively healthy=4, average=3, relatively unhealthy=2, very unhealthy=1

5910

3.317

0.864

1

5

Occupation

Retired danwei leader=1, other retired individuals=0

5910

0.061

0.240

0

1

Sex

Male=1, female=0

5910

0.504

0.500

0

1

Age

The actual age of the respondent

5910

71.708

7.379

60

101

Education

Illiterate=1, old-style private school=2, elementary school=3, junior high school=4, high school and above=5

5910

3.085

1.295

1

5

Ethnic

Han ethnicity=1, minority ethnicity=0

5910

0.955

0.207

0

1

Religious belief

Has religious beliefs=1, has no religious beliefs=0

5910

0.065

0.247

0

1

Marital status

Has spouse=1, has no spouse=0

5910

0.765

0.424

0

1

Offspring

Number of surviving children

5910

2.463

1.334

1

10

Living situation

Living with children=1, not living with children=0

5910

0.368

0.482

0

1

Social support

The social support scale contains six questions, including “At least how many family members/relatives can you meet or contact in a month?" Each question is answered on a five-point scale. The higher the score, the stronger the social support.

5910

13.7618

5.239

0

30

Basic activity ability

Basic activity ability, has ability barrier=1, has no ability barrier=0

5910

0.289

0.453

0

1

Daily activity ability

Daily activity ability, has ability barrier=1, has no ability barrier=0

5910

0.198

0.399

0

1

Hospitalization

"Have you been hospitalized in the past two years?" yes=1, no =0

5910

0.290

0.454

0

1

Region

Eastern province=1, other province=0

5910

0.443

0.497

0

1

lncome

Logarithm of income in the past year

5910

8.508

1.365

4.248

12.899

Mediation of disputes

Yes=1,no=0

5910

0.213

0.409

0

1

Study

Completely non-conforming=1, comparatively non-conforming=2, general=3, comparatively conforming=4, completely conforming=5

5587

2.821

1.108

1

5

  1. SD Standard Deviation