Table 1 Variable introduction and description statistics (N = 9701)
From: Early life adversity and health inequality: a dual interaction model
Variable | Measurement | Mean value | Standard deviation | Minimum value | Maximum value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-rated health | The answers of “not good” and “very bad” are assigned to 1, and the answers of “excellent”, “very good,” “good,” and “general” are assigned to 0 | 0.255 | 0.436 | 0 | 1 |
The types of early life adversities | |||||
1 type | Experienced 1 type of adversity | 0.315 | 0.465 | 0 | 1 |
2 types | Experienced 2 types of adversity | 0.162 | 0.369 | 0 | 1 |
3 types | Experienced 3 types of adversity | 0.072 | 0.259 | 0 | 1 |
≥ 4 types | Experienced 4 or more types of adversity | 0.031 | 0.173 | 0 | 1 |
Duration of starvation in early life | |||||
1 period | 1 period of starvation | 0.354 | 0.478 | 0 | 1 |
2 periods | 2 periods of starvation | 0.161 | 0.368 | 0 | 1 |
3 periods | 3 periods of starvation | 0.190 | 0.392 | 0 | 1 |
Gender | Male = 1, female = 0 | 0.477 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
Age | Choose age between 40-80 | 59.29 | 8.381 | 40 | 80 |
Marriage | Married = 1, not married = 0 | 0.893 | 0.309 | 0 | 1 |
Whether mother lived a long life | Mother’s age > =70s 1, < 70s 0 | 0.742 | 0.438 | 0 | 1 |
Father literacy | Literacy = 1, illiteracy = 0 | 0.460 | 0.498 | 0 | 1 |
Mother literacy | Literacy = 1, illiteracy = 0 | 0.136 | 0.343 | 0 | 1 |
Birthplace | Urban = 1, rural = 0 | 0.081 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 |
Father’s occupation | Manager or technician = 1, ordinary worker = 0 | 0.165 | 0.371 | 0 | 1 |
Number of siblings | Size of the original family; assign 12 people or more to 12 | 4.053 | 1.897 | 0 | 12 |
Serious illness in early life | Whether seriously sick for over 1 month before the age of 15 | 0.053 | 0.223 | 0 | 1 |
Self-rated early life heath | Poor self-rated health = 1, average, good = 0 | 0.048 | 0.214 | 0 | 1 |
Education | Years of education | 5.549 | 4.163 | 0 | 19 |
Occupation | Non-agricultural employment = 1, farmer = 0 | 0.491 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
Attribute of residence | Rural assigned to 0, central village district assigned to 1, the special district assigned to 2, rural-town fringe zone assigned to 3, central town district assigned to 4, rural-urban fringe zone assigned to 5, and main urban zone assigned to 6 | 1.654 | 2.241 | 0 | 6 |
Relative economic status | Compared with the neighborhood, self-rated economic status | 2.637 | 0.829 | 1 | 5 |
Disability | Whether respondent is disabled | 0.237 | 0.425 | 0 | 1 |
Depressed mode | Using CED-10 depression self-rating scale | 7.821 | 5.761 | 0 | 30 |