Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of respondents in different counties (%)
From: Self-rated health among elders in different outmigration areas—a case study of rural Anhui, China
Variable | Total | County A | County B | County C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Men | 40.3 | 42.6 | 40.4 | 36.8 |
Women | 59.7 | 57.4 | 59.6 | 63.2 | |
Age | 65~ | 24.7 | 37.3 | 32.6 | 45.3 |
Household structure | Parents and children | 25.8 | 26.2 | 30.4 | 19.8 |
Three generations | 21.4 | 27.3 | 19.5 | 15.2 | |
Elderly and children | 9.1 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 14.0 | |
Elderly only | 43.3 | 37.5 | 43.8 | 50.7 | |
Other | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
Education | No education | 44.0 | 42.6 | 38.6 | 52.0 |
Primary school | 26.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 25.6 | |
Middle school + | 29.5 | 31.3 | 33.4 | 22.4 | |
Occupation | Farming | 69.0 | 68.5 | 57.0 | 83.5 |
Other | 31.0 | 31.5 | 43.0 | 16.5 | |
Chronic disease | No | 48.8 | 48.9 | 54.5 | 42.1 |
Yes | 51.2 | 51.1 | 45.5 | 57.9 | |
Illness within 2 weeks | No | 54.1 | 62.0 | 58.0 | 40.0 |
Yes | 45.1 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 60.0 | |
Hospitalization in past year | No | 85.0 | 89.0 | 88.3 | 77.5 |
Yes | 14.4 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 22.5 | |
Exercise outdoor | No | 73.9 | 80.3 | 68.4 | 73.4 |
Yes | 25.2 | 19.7 | 31.6 | 26.6 | |
Smoke | No | 79.1 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 83.6 |
Yes | 20.3 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 16.4 | |