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Table 3 Characteristics of households interviewed, China, 2015–2017

From: Financial protection effects of private health insurance: experimental evidence from Chinese households with resident basic medical insurance

Variables

2015

2017

N

%

N

%

Medical insurance

  RBMI + PHI

419

2.31

1399

7.71

  RBMI alone

17,730

97.69

16,750

92.29

Inpatient

  Yes

5453

30.05

5915

32.59

  No

12,696

69.95

12,234

67.41

Household members aged < = 5

  Yes

2257

12.44

2987

16.46

  No

15,892

87.56

15,162

83.54

Household members aged > = 60

  Yes

10,398

57.29

9858

54.32

  No

7751

42.71

8291

45.68

Geographic location

  East

7487

41.25

7487

41.25

  Central

5602

30.87

5602

30.87

  West

5060

27.88

5060

27.88

Residency location

  Urban

9537

52.55

9559

52.67

  Rural

8612

47.45

8590

47.33

Gender of household head

  Female

3221

17.75

2824

15.56

  Male

14,928

82.25

15,325

84.44

Education of household head

  Illiterate

1731

9.54

1633

9.00

  Primary school

5679

31.29

5610

30.91

  Middle school

6477

35.69

6581

36.26

  High school and above

4262

23.48

4325

23.83

Marriage of household head

  Married

16,316

89.90

16,108

88.75

  Unmarried

1833

10.10

2041

11.25

Employment status of household head

  Unemployed and others

4285

23.61

4036

22.24

  Employed

13,070

72.01

12,897

71.06

  Retired

794

4.37

1216

6.70

Self-rated health of household head

  Healthy

14,599

80.44

14,133

77.87

  Unhealthy

3550

19.56

4016

22.13

Observations

18,149

100.00

18,149

100.00

  1. Note: RBMI Resident basic medical insurance; PHI Private health insurance