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Table 1 Characteristics of the sampled individuals (N = 11252)

From: The influence of the rural health security schemes on health utilization and household impoverishment in rural China: data from a household survey of western and central China

Variables

n (%)

Sex

  

   Male

5829 (51.8)

   Female

5423 (48.2)

Age

 

38.4 (19.7)*

Ethnicity

  

   Han

10761 (95.6)

   Mongolian

402 (3.6)

   Other

89 (0.5)

Level of Education

 

   None

2608 (23.2)

   Primary school

3787 (33.7)

   Junior high school

3802 (33.8)

   Senior high school and above

1055 (9.4)

Occupation

  

   Unemployed

1299 (11.5)

   Farmer

7168 (63.7)

   Non-farmer

1313 (11.7)

   Student

1472 (13.1)

Religion

  

   None

10208 (90.7)

   Buddhism

494 (4.4)

   Christianity

240 (2.1)

   Other

310 (2.8)

Marital status

 

   Unmarried

3275 (29.1)

   Married

7510 (66.7)

   Divorced or widowed

467 (4.2)

Insurance status

 

   None

905 (8.0)

   NRCMS only

9820 (87.3)

   Private insurance only

131 (1.2)

   NRCMS + private insurance

396 (3.5)

  1. * Mean and standard deviation