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Table 2 Descriptive information of population with different types of insurance in 2006 and 2009

From: Income-related inequality in health insurance coverage: analysis of China Health and Nutrition Survey of 2006 and 2009

 

Year 2006

Year 2009

 

NCMSa

BHISb

NCMS

BHIS

URBMIc

Number of observations

2694

1274

5683

1807

999

Residence, n (%)

     

 Urban

305 (11.32)

898 (70.49)

919 (16.17)

1196 (66.19)

496 (49.65)

 Rural

2389 (88.68)

376 (29.51)

4764 (83.83)

611 (33.81)

503 (50.35)

Gender, n (%)

     

 Male

1246 (46.25)

660 (51.81)

2658 (46.77)

972 (53.79)

415 (41.54)

 Female

1448 (53.75)

614 (48.19)

3025 (53.23)

835 (46.21)

584 (58.46)

Marital status, n (%)

     

 Unmarried

368 (13.66)

157 (12.32)

848 (14.92)

247 (13.67)

200 (20.02)

 Married

2326 (86.34)

1117 (87.68)

4835 (85.08)

1560 (86.33)

799 (79.98)

Education attainment, n (%)

     

 Low education

2333 (86.60)

503 (39.48)

5109 (89.90)

796 (44.05)

691 (69.17)

 Median education

340 (12.62)

504 (39.56)

547 (9.63)

712 (39.40)

260 (26.03)

 High education

21 (0.78)

267 (20.96)

27 (0.48)

299 (16.55)

48 (4.80)

Retirement, n (%)

     

 Not retired

2649 (98.33)

748 (58.71)

5612 (98.75)

1056 (58.44)

806 (80.68)

 Retired

45 (1.67)

526 (41.29)

71 (1.25)

751 (41.56)

193 (19.32)

Occupations, n (%)

     

 Officials

46 (1.71)

210 (16.48)

95 (1.67)

257 (14.22)

49 (4.90)

 Professionals

40 (1.48)

228 (17.90)

67 (1.18)

287 (15.88)

22 (2.20)

 Technicians

309 (11.47)

148 (11.62)

517 (9.10)

214 (11.84)

69 (6.91)

 Farmers

1188 (44.10)

3 (0.24)

2545 (44.78)

3 (0.17)

39 (3.90)

 Service sector workers

196 (7.28)

69 (5.42)

446 (7.85)

134 (7.42)

169 (16.92)

 Others

88 (3.27)

27 (2.12)

155 (2.73)

52 (2.88)

33 (3.30)

 Not working

827 (30.70)

589 (46.23)

1858 (32.69)

860 (47.59)

618 (61.86)

Age in years, mean (SD)

48.9 (14.2)

52.4 (14.2)

49.3 (15.1)

52.5 (14.6)

52.4 (15.7)

Household size, mean (SD)

3.8 (1.5)

3.1 (1.3)

4.0 (1.7)

3.1 (1.3)

3.4 (1.5)

Household income per capita in 10000 RMB, mean (SD)

0.72 (1.21)

1.42 (1.09)

0.93 (1.35)

1.74 (1.56)

1.17 (1.16)

  1. a Basic health insurance scheme (employee).
  2. b New cooperative medical scheme.
  3. c Urban resident basic medical insurance.