Groups | Number | Percent | Groups | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Profession types before retirement | ||
 Male | 287 | 42.02% | Agriculture | 143 | 21.22% |
 Female | 396 | 57.98% | Industry | 322 | 47.77% |
Age (years) | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Others | 18 | 2.67% |
 Han | 678 | 99.27% | Profession types of adult children | ||
 Other minorities | 5 | 0.73% | Agriculture | 15 | 2.26% |
Religion | Â | Â | Industry | 246 | 37.05% |
 Yes | 31 | 4.71% | Government | 35 | 5.27% |
 No | 627 | 95.29% | Enterprise | 138 | 20.78% |
Marital status | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | 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% |