Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

Table 1 Description of variables (N = 6176)

	Total sample (N = 6176)		Female (N = 2978)		Male (N = 3198)
Variables	N/ mean	%/SD	N/ mean	%/SD	N/ mean	%/SD
Age	67.63	6.36	67.45	6.42	67.81	6.31
Gender
Female	2978	48.22
Male	3198	51.78
Educational level
Illiteracy or Elementary	4847	78.48	2587	86.87	2260	70.67
Middle school and above	1329	21.52	391	13.13	938	29.33
Marital status
Unmarried	1221	19.77	743	24.95	478	14.95
Married	4955	80.23	2235	75.05	2720	85.05
Employment
Unemployed	2673	43.28	1441	48.39	1232	38.52
Employed	3503	56.72	1537	51.61	1966	61.48
Residence
Urban	1554	25.16	657	22.06	897	28.05
Rural	4622	74.84	2321	77.94	2301	71.95
Regions
Western	2156	34.91	1040	34.92	1116	34.90
Central	2093	33.89	1012	33.98	1081	33.80
Eastern	1927	31.20	926	31.09	1001	31.30
With chronic diseases
No	1633	26.44	718	24.11	915	28.61
Yes	4543	73.56	2260	75.89	2283	71.39
With physical disabilities
No	4207	68.12	2070	69.51	2137	66.82
Yes	1969	31.88	908	30.49	1061	33.18
Having ever smoked or smoking now
No	3308	53.56	2641	88.68	667	20.86
Yes	2868	46.44	337	11.32	2531	79.14
Taking medical examination during the last two years
No	3368	54.53	1624	54.53	1744	54.53
Yes	2808	45.47	1354	45.47	1454	45.47
Level of social medical insurance
Low	4697	76.05	2374	79.72	2323	72.64
Middle	442	7.16	266	8.93	176	5.50
High	1037	16.79	338	11.35	699	21.86
Equivalized per capita income (thousand Yuan)	13.77	24.54	12.95	18.42	14.54	29.08
Self-rated health status
Very poor	360	5.83	186	6.25	174	5.44
Poor	1351	21.88	731	24.55	620	19.39
Fair	3170	51.33	1505	50.54	1665	52.06
Good	835	13.52	379	12.73	456	14.26
Very good	460	7.45	177	5.94	283	8.85

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