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Table 1 Background characteristics, frequencies, percentage, median and inter-quartile range (IQR) for the sample

From: Should the poor have no medicines to cure? A study on the association between social class and social security among the rural migrant workers in urban China

 

Not well-off (%)

Average (%)

Well-off (%)

N (%)

Median (IQR)

N (%)

Median (IQR)

N (%)

Median (IQR)

Age group (N = 824)

 Adolescent

29 (3.52)

20 (10–40)k

65 (7.89)

26 (15–40)k

11 (1.33)

40 (30–50)k

 Young

142 (17.23)

23.2 (18–37.5)k

222 (26.94)

35 (24–50)k

53 (6.43)

45 (30–75)k

 Middle age

108 (13.11)

22 (15–30)k

115 (13.96)

30 (20–45)k

21 (2.55)

35 (20–48)k

 Old age

29 (3.52)

21.36 (16–30)k

26 (3.16)

27.5 (20–40)k

3 (0.36)

200 (48–300)k

Gender (N = 825)

 Male

163 (19.76)

24 (15–38)k

201 (24.36)

30 (20–50)k

40 (4.85)

40 (30–75)k

 Female

146 (17.70)

20 (15–31)k

227 (27.52)

30 (20–45)k

48 (5.82)

40 (24–60)k

Educational level (N = 825)

 Primary education

185 (22.42)

20 (14.4–30)k

247 (29.94)

27.15 (18.5–40)k

41 (4.97)

32 (23–47)k

 Middle education

97 (11.76)

27 (18–40)k

134 (16.24)

37 (25–50)k

29 (3.52)

50 (30–72.5)k

 Higher education

27 (3.27)

40 (20–50)k

47 (5.70)

50 (25–60)k

18 (2.18)

60 (35–150)k

Family income (N = 791)

 CNY 0–19,999

95 (12.01)

10 (8.5–15)k

80 (10.11)

12 (9.8–15)k

8 (1.01)

12.06 (10.5–14)k

 CNY 20000-

202 (25.54)

30 (22–40)k

328 (41.47)

36 (26.25–50)k

78 (9.86)

45 (30–75)k

SES group (N = 797)

 Lower class

112 (14.05)

20 (13–27)k

125 (15.68)

25.75 (19–40)k

17 (2.13)

37.5 (25 –49)k

 Middle class

87 (10.92)

20 (12–33.3)k

149 (18.70)

30 (20–50)k

29 (3.64)

30 (26–50)k

 Upper class

104 (13.05)

30 (20–46)k

137 (17.19)

35.6 (25–60)k

37 (4.64)

55 (32.5–80)k

  1. k = 1000. CNY Chinese Yuan, SES socioeconomic status