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Table 1 Socio-demographic data of community-dwelling older adults (n = 683)

From: Influencing factors of attitudes towards death and demands for death education among community-dwelling Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study

Groups

Number

Percent

Groups

Number

Percent

Gender

  

Profession types before retirement

 Male

287

42.02%

Agriculture

143

21.22%

 Female

396

57.98%

Industry

322

47.77%

Age (years)

  

Government

26

3.86%

 60–69

244

35.72%

Enterprise

76

11.28%

 70–79

261

38.21%

Education

56

8.31%

 Over 80

178

26.06%

Medicine

33

4.90%

Ethnicity

  

Others

18

2.67%

 Han

678

99.27%

Profession types of adult children

 Other minorities

5

0.73%

Agriculture

15

2.26%

Religion

  

Industry

246

37.05%

 Yes

31

4.71%

Government

35

5.27%

 No

627

95.29%

Enterprise

138

20.78%

Marital status

  

Education

106

15.96%

 Married

481

70.94%

Medicine

43

6.48%

 Unmarried

5

0.74%

Others

81

12.20%

 divorced

32

4.72%

Self-care ability

  

 Widowed

148

21.83%

Totally by self-care

573

85.78%

 Remarried

12

1.77%

Need others help

82

12.28%

Education

  

Totally by others help

13

1.95%

 Illiteracy

53

7.82%

Number of deseases

  

 Primary

213

31.42%

0

109

22.71%

 Junior

186

27.43%

1

216

45.00%

 Senior / Secondary

133

19.62%

2

96

20.00%

 College

51

7.52%

 ≥ 3

59

12.29%

 Graduate

42

6.19%

Discussion about life and death

Average income per month

Yes

297

43.48%

 Under 150 $

35

5.23%

No

386

56.52%

 150–449 $

185

27.65%

Experience of others death or dying

 450–749 $

321

47.98%

Yes

625

91.51%

 Over 750 $

128

19.13%

No

58

8.49%