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Table 4 Binary logistic regression outcomes

From: Exploring the medical decision-making patterns and influencing factors among the general Chinese public: a binary logistic regression analysis

Factor

Variable

Regression Coefficient

Standard Error

Wald χ2

Odds Ratio (OR)

95% Confidence Interval (CI) for OR

Individual Characteristics

Gender: Male (Reference Group: Female)

0.206* (2.243)

0.092

5.031

1.228

1.026 ~ 1.470

Education Level

-0.113* (-1.988)

0.057

3.950

0.893

0.800 ~ 0.998

Age

0.163 (1.469)

0.111

2.157

1.177

0.947 ~ 1.462

Religious Belief: Yes (Reference Group: No)

0.237* (2.182)

0.108

4.762

1.267

1.024 ~ 1.567

Family Characteristics (Reference Group: Unmarried)

Family Status_2.0

0.307* (2.467)

0.124

6.086

1.359

1.065 ~ 1.734

Family Status_3.0

0.172 (0.618)

0.279

0.382

1.188

0.688 ~ 2.052

Family Status_4.0

0.065 (0.366)

0.177

0.134

1.067

0.754 ~ 1.511

Family Status_5.0

-0.220 (-1.774)

0.124

3.146

0.802

0.629 ~ 1.023

Family Status_6.0

-0.479 (-1.771)

0.270

3.135

0.620

0.365 ~ 1.053

Family Status_7.0

-0.385 (-1.169)

0.330

1.366

0.680

0.356 ~ 1.298

Family Status_8.0

-0.796 (-1.243)

0.640

1.546

0.451

0.129 ~ 1.582

Monthly Family Income

-0.029 (-0.667)

0.043

0.444

0.972

0.893 ~ 1.057

Occupational Characteristics (Reference Group: Unemployed)

Occupation_1.0

1.101** (4.261)

0.258

18.153

3.008

1.812 ~ 4.992

Occupation_2.0

0.473 (1.923)

0.246

3.700

1.604

0.991 ~ 2.597

Occupation_3.0

0.706** (2.719)

0.260

7.395

2.027

1.218 ~ 3.372

Occupation_4.0

0.707** (2.592)

0.273

6.720

2.029

1.188 ~ 3.464

Occupation_5.0

0.746* (2.278)

0.327

5.190

2.108

1.110 ~ 4.003

Occupation_6.0

0.476 (1.050)

0.454

1.102

1.610

0.662 ~ 3.919

Occupation_7.0

0.276 (1.028)

0.269

1.058

1.318

0.779 ~ 2.232

Occupation_8.0

0.102 (0.384)

0.267

0.147

1.108

0.656 ~ 1.871

Occupation_9.0

0.401 (1.636)

0.245

2.678

1.493

0.924 ~ 2.412

Medical Insurance Characteristics (Reference Group: Fully Self-Paid)

Rural Residents' Basic Medical Insurance

-0.503** (-3.805)

0.132

14.478

0.605

0.466 ~ 0.783

Urban Residents' Basic Medical Insurance

-0.193 (-1.818)

0.106

3.306

0.825

0.670 ~ 1.015

Occupational Basic Medical Insurance

-0.333** (-3.412)

0.098

11.639

0.716

0.592 ~ 0.868

Commercial Insurance

0.261* (2.394)

0.109

5.730

1.299

1.048 ~ 1.608

Publicly Funded Medical Care

0.236* (2.345)

0.101

5.497

1.266

1.039 ~ 1.542

Regional Characteristics (Reference Group: Western Region)

Central

-0.074 (-0.505)

0.146

0.255

0.929

0.698 ~ 1.236

Eastern

0.075

(0.624)

0.120

0.390

1.078

0.852 ~ 1.365

 

Intercept

-1.182** (-3.733)

0.317

13.935

0.307

0.165 ~ 0.570

  1. Dependent Variable: Decision-making Category; Unilateral Decision-making set as the dummy variable (value = 1), with Collaborative Decision-making as the reference category (value = 0)
  2. McFadden's R-squared: 0.065
  3. * p<0.05 ** p<0.01 (z-values in parentheses)