The evolution trend of availability of China’s community-based care services and its impact on the cognitive function of elderly people: 2008-2018

Table 3 The changes in the cognitive function of participants and the differences among different genders, marital statuses, residences, and education levels (2008-2018)

		2008	*p- value*	2011	*p- value*	2014	*p- value*	2018	*p- value*
Gender	female	21.50	<0.001	20.50	<0.001	21.75	<0.001	22.16	<0.001
Gender	male	25.00	<0.001	24.52	<0.001	25.21	<0.001	25.23	<0.001
Residence	urban	23.76	<0.001	22.66	<0.001	23.52	0.167	23.95	0.022
Residence	rural	22.67	<0.001	21.95	<0.001	23.19	0.167	23.15	0.022
Marital status	married	25.86	<0.001	26.06	<0.001	26.10	<0.001	25.97	<0.001
Marital status	other	21.13	<0.001	20.16	<0.001	21.55	<0.001	21.98	<0.001
Education	illiterate	20.91	<0.001	19.94	<0.001	21.22	<0.001	21.27	<0.001
Education	literate	25.96	<0.001	25.46	<0.001	25.76	<0.001	25.76	<0.001

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