Regional differences and determinants of self-rated health in a lower middle income rural Society of China

Wang, Lidan; Dong, Weizhen; Ou, Yunqing; Chen, Shuting; Chen, Jingjing; Jiang, Qicheng

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0875-0

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Percentage of self-rated health among different groups (%)

From: Regional differences and determinants of self-rated health in a lower middle income rural Society of China

Characteristic		Southern region				Central region				Northern region
Characteristic		Poorest	Poor	Good	Best	Poorest	Poor	Good	Best	Poorest	Poor	Good	Best
Gender	Male	21.27^**	20.48	26.84	31.41	25.19	20.00	25.19	29.62	46.25	20.75	16.50	16.50
Gender	Female	27.09	22.37	27.76	22.78	26.08	22.11	25.06	26.76	48.98	21.51	15.55	13.95
Age(y)	15~	10.86^**	16.00	31.14	42.00	10.54^**	16.97	27.76	44.73	25.35^**	16.90	22.54	35.21
	45~	18.18	23.58	28.13	30.11	21.75	25.56	25.34	27.35	42.66	21.33	19.58	16.43
	55~	35.85	24.53	23.40	16.23	33.14	18.44	25.65	22.77	51.12	24.25	14.55	10.07
	65~	39.93	23.38	25.54	11.15	40.00	23.10	21.41	15.49	65.11	21.50	9.35	4.05
Education	No education	35.34^**	24.74	26.40	13.51	36.64^**	21.37	23.51	18.47	57.07^**	21.55	12.90	8.48
	Primary school	28.45	22.99	25.86	22.70	22.50	24.25	24.50	28.75	44.24	22.30	16.55	16.91
	Middle school or higher	9.38	16.83	29.81	43.99	13.51	18.50	27.65	40.33	31.15	19.26	22.13	27.46
Employment status	Subsistence farmers	28.87^**	23.38	27.32	20.42	29.53^**	22.79	24.41	23.27	47.91^**	22.69	16.19	13.22
Employment status	Others	19.25	19.25	27.48	34.02	17.36	17.77	26.65	38.22	48.33	13.89	14.44	23.33
Marital status	Married	22.77^**	21.65	27.84	27.74	24.39^**	21.08	25.50	29.03	46.23^**	21.34	16.27	16.16
Marital status	Others	36.52	21.35	24.72	17.42	35.56	22.22	22.22	20.00	57.86	20.75	13.84	7.55
Income	Q1 (~ 25%)	45.66^**	21.86	21.22	11.25	40.38^**	22.22	20.05	17.34	65.09^**	18.18	12.00	4.73
	Q2	23.30	25.89	26.86	23.95	28.53	22.01	24.73	24.73	49.65	25.18	13.83	11.35
	Q3	16.61	20.27	30.56	32.56	19.47	20.43	25.96	34.13	42.52	21.65	17.32	18.50
	Q4(75%~)	12.94	19.09	30.74	37.22	16.09	19.84	29.22	34.85	34.19	19.85	20.59	25.37
Household composition	Parents and children	17.15^**	20.84	25.07	36.94	17.37^**	21.84	23.33	37.47	35.19^**	17.59	18.52	28.70
	Three generations	20.16	19.75	28.40	31.69	21.67	20.00	29.05	29.29	36.97	20.61	18.79	23.64
	Elderly and children	25.00	20.83	31.94	22.22	30.00	17.69	20.00	32.31	44.08	27.63	15.13	13.16
	Only elderly	31.93	23.30	27.89	16.88	33.80	22.01	24.78	19.41	57.07	21.20	14.31	7.43
	Others	33.33	0.00	33.33	33.33	0.00	57.14	14.29	28.57	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Medical insurance	NRCMs	24.68^**	22.87	27.22	25.23	26.05	20.84	25.03	28.08	48.00^**	21.40	15.91	14.70
	Other medical insurances	20.41	14.29	26.53	38.78	18.18	29.55	25.00	27.27	37.50	0.00	12.50	50.00
	No medical insurance	35.56	6.67	33.33	24.44	13.33	33.33	33.33	20.00	60.00	20.00	20.00	0.00
Social support	Q1 (~ 25%)	38.06^**	21.67	24.44	15.83	35.42^**	21.30	21.30	21.99	61.09^**	19.94	10.93	8.04
	Q2	26.86	24.03	26.50	22.61	26.97	21.72	23.63	27.68	48.03	23.03	16.12	12.83
	Q3	18.55	22.01	29.56	29.87	20.96	20.40	25.21	33.43	42.11	26.32	16.12	15.46
	Q4(75%~)	12.68	18.66	29.58	39.08	16.52	21.32	31.83	30.33	34.32	11.24	24.26	30.18
Chronic disease	No	11.95^**	17.99	31.12	38.94	11.58^**	16.78	27.96	43.68	25.11^**	22.49	24.24	28.17
Chronic disease	Yes	40.04	25.93	22.93	11.11	39.19	25.45	22.39	12.98	64.60	20.32	9.84	5.24
Clinic visit	No	13.29^**	18.88	30.91	36.92	15.07^**	18.65	28.13	38.15	24.19^**	22.56	24.42	28.84
Clinic visit	Yes	40.46	25.43	22.93	11.18	42.96	25.60	19.93	11.51	63.88	20.16	10.39	5.58
Hospitalization	No	20.55^**	22.11	28.99	28.35	22.63^**	21.09	26.01	30.27	42.89^**	21.98	18.40	16.73
Hospitalization	Yes	56.25	18.06	16.67	9.03	50.30	22.49	17.16	10.06	65.84	18.52	7.41	8.23
Active exercise	No	25.30	21.38	28.38	24.94	27.73^**	21.04	24.47	26.75	46.59	21.34	16.92	15.15
Active exercise	Yes	23.39	22.37	25.96	28.28	17.28	21.93	27.24	33.55	51.92	20.91	13.24	13.94
Smoke	No	26.27^**	22.95	27.00	23.78	27.14^**	21.78	24.54	26.55	50.17^**	21.82	15.06	12.96
Smoke	Yes	19.12	16.91	29.41	34.56	20.30	19.70	26.57	33.43	37.29	18.08	20.34	24.29
Drink	No	27.25^**	22.38	26.74	23.63	29.14^**	21.07	24.13	25.66	50.43^**	22.49	14.39	12.69
	< 3 times/week	16.48	20.88	19.78	42.86	8.27	20.30	27.07	44.36	35.71	10.71	28.57	25.00
	≥3 times/week	15.87	17.99	34.39	31.75	18.06	22.47	29.07	30.40	30.85	14.89	23.40	30.85
Region^**		24.74	21.61	27.39	26.27	25.70	21.21	25.11	27.98	47.98	21.23	15.90	14.89

^*significant difference among groups at P < 0.05 level; ^**significant difference among groups at P < 0.01 level

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