Table 2 Summary statistics for independent variables (mean/percent)
UEBMI | URBMI | Uninsured | |
|---|---|---|---|
Annual personal expenditure (RMB, 2008) | 8862 | 7086 | 6866 |
Gender | |||
Male† | 54.6 | 42.1 | 42.5 |
Female | 45.4 | 57.9 | 57.5 |
Age (years) | |||
15-44† | 32.1 | 60.6 | 61.2 |
45-59 | 41.3 | 22.9 | 22.3 |
60+ | 26.5 | 16.4 | 16.5 |
Health status | 77.8 | 81.4 | 81.8 |
Marital status | |||
Single† | 4.6 | 25.2 | 26.0 |
Married | 87.6 | 64.0 | 63.6 |
Others | 7.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
Education status | |||
Illiterate† | 3.1 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
Primary school | 8.8 | 8.3 | 10.3 |
Junior middle school | 26.1 | 28.6 | 32.8 |
Senior middle school | 39.1 | 42.7 | 34.2 |
Diploma | 14.3 | 8.4 | 7.2 |
College degree or above | 8.5 | 4.1 | 7.0 |
Employment status | |||
Employed† | 50 | 28 | 20.9 |
Retired | 42.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Student | 0.1 | 13.5 | 16.0 |
Unemployed | 7.8 | 51.1 | 55.8 |
Region | |||
Shanbei† | 6.3 | 4.6 | 9.0 |
Guanzhong | 87.5 | 95.3 | 80.5 |
Shannan | 6.2 | 0.1 | 10.6 |
Commercial health insurance | |||
Insured | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
Uninsured† | 94.0 | 94.9 | 95.8 |
Household population | 3.00 | 3.08 | 3.15 |