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Table 1 Socio-demographic attributes of the study participants (N = 1153)

From: Current state, equality level and trends of self-rated health among old adults with intact physical condition

Index

Total

Hubei

Guangdong

Guizhong

people (%)

Scorea (\(\overline x\pm s\))

t/Fe

P

Scorea (\(\overline x\pm s\))

Scorea (\(\overline x\pm s\))

Scorea (\(\overline x\pm s\))

Age (years)

       

  ≤ 65

526 (45.62)

73.74 ± 14.03

3.818

0.022

73.79 ± 14.51**d

80.33 ± 9.88

67.29 ± 12.18

 65–80

575 (49.87)

75.23 ± 12.61

74.96 ± 12.20

83.15 ± 10.69

69.17 ± 13.32

  > 80

52 (3.51)

70.73 ± 10.22

70.28 ± 10.24

82.50 ± 3.54

70.00 ± 10.00

Sex

       

 Male

598 (51.86)

74.45 ± 13.09

0.274

0.784

74.23 ± 13.23

81.32 ± 9.93

69.21 ± 12.30

 Female

555 (48.14)

74.24 ± 13.38

74.17 ± 13.15

82.13 ± 10.74

66.59 ± 13.04

Residence

       

 Rural

510 (44.23)

70.90 ± 14.28

-7.925

 < 0.001

71.38 ± 14.75***

82.39 ± 9.15

67.90 ± 12.72

 Urban

643 (55.77)

77.08 ± 11.62

76.07 ± 11.68

81.53 ± 10.48

76.00 ± 5.48

Marital status

       

 Unmarried

18 (1.56)

71.94 ± 16.19

0.404

0.750

67.27 ± 16.18

85.00 ± 7.07

60.00 ± 14.14

 Married

959 (83.17)

74.48 ± 13.16

74.45 ± 13.07

81.10 ± 10.27

68.18 ± 13.03

 Divorced

10 (0.87)

75.90 ± 19.34

73.00 ± 7.34

87.50 ± 3.54

-

 Widowed and others

166 (14.40)

73.72 ± 12.90

73.49 ± 12.99

86.00 ± 11.5

68.87 ± 10.33

Education level

       

 Illiteracy

159 (13.79)

70.50 ± 14.38

12.843

 < 0.001

71.25 ± 14.47***

84.17 ± 10.21*

67.53 ± 13.71

 Primary school

344 (29.84)

72.22 ± 14.25

73.04 ± 14.31

74.17 ± 17.69

68.29 ± 12.78

 Junior high school

314 (27.23)

74.67 ± 12.58

74.64 ± 12.57

81.25 ± 10.06

67.29 ± 11.61

 High school/Technical school

202 (17.52)

77.65 ± 10.71

76.89 ± 11.35

81.59 ± 7.62

73.00 ± 7.15

 College degree and above

134 (11.62)

78.64 ± 11.56

75.32 ± 11.77

83.27 ± 9.59

67.53 ± 13.71

Pre-retirement occupationb

       

 Government staffs

339 (29.40)

77.37 ± 10.99

30.500

 < 0.001

75.60 ± 11.02***

81.85 ± 9.76

75.00 ± 5.00

 Industry and service workers

245 (21.25)

77.15 ± 12.07

76.97 ± 12.23

79.64 ± 11.54

73.13 ± 8.84

 Agricultural staffs and others

569 (49.35)

71.34 ± 14.22

71.98 ± 14.40

83.68 ± 10.78

67.74 ± 12.85

Medical insurance

       

 Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Employees

487 (42.24)

77.72 ± 11.16

30.246

 < 0.001

77.33 ± 11.20***

80.23 ± 10.91

77.50 ± 5.00

 Basic Medical Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents

640 (55.51)

71.71 ± 14.09

71.29 ± 14.34

82.8 ± 9.16

67.92 ± 12.68

 Others

26 (2.25)

76.08 ± 12.38

  

70.00 ± 9.20

83.17 ± 12.11

68.17 ± 12.62

Communication methodsc

       

 Smartphone

584 (50.65)

77.07 ± 12.68

19.127

 < 0.001

75.88 ± 13.06***

81.63 ± 10.10

71.67 ± 12.58

 Non-smartphone

498 (43.19)

71.56 ± 13.16

72.50 ± 13.04

81.63 ± 12.47

67.46 ± 12.70

 Landline

25 (2.17)

76.00 ± 12.67

74.52 ± 12.44

83.33 ± 15.28

85.00 ± 3.00

 Others

46 (3.99)

69.02 ± 13.40

69.75 ± 15.09

-

68.46 ± 12.23

  1. aScore: The score of self-rated health of old adults with intact physical condition (0–100); bPre-retirement occupation: Occupations that older people mainly engaged in before retirement; cCommunication methods: The most important tool or means of communication used by older adults in their daily life; d***, **, * indicate significant at 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 level, respectively; eFor two variable classification categories, the independent variable t-test was applied; for three or more variable classification categories, the one-way ANOVA method was applied
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