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Table 1 Sensitivity analysis: basic epidemiological characteristics of study population and excluded sample

From: Expenditure projections for community home-based care services for older adults with functional decline in China

Category

General information

Variables

Study population (‾x ± s/%)

Excluded sample (x ± s/%)

P value

 

Gender

Men

2994 (49.97)

593 (50.99)

0.519

Women

2998 (50.03)

570 (49.01)

 

Missing value

 

0

 

Age (years)

60 ~ 69

3559(59.40)

623(53.57)

0.945

≥ 70

2433(40.60)

540(46.43)

 

Missing value

 

0

 

Residential areas

Urban areas

1226 (20.46)

169 (14.57)

0.035

Rural areas

4766 (79.54)

991 (85.43)

 

Missing value

 

4 (0.26)

 

BMI (kg/m =2 )

BMI index

22.88 ± 4.12

22.35 ± 4.20

0.714

Missing value

 

1009 (86.68)

 

Blood pressure (mmHg)

Systolic pressure

136.03 ± 25.37

136.85 ± 24.05

0.507

Diastolic pressure

75.21 ± 11.81

74.69 ± 11.75

0.600

Missing value

 

1014 (87.11)

 

Educational level

Illiterate

2212 (36.92)

430 (37.20)

0.538

Primary school

2721 (45.41)

444 (38.41)

 

Vocational school

951 (15.87)

243 (21.02)

 

College and above

108 (1.80)

39 (3.37)

 

Missing value

 

8 (0.69)

 

Marital status

Married

4705 (78.52)

907 (77.99)

0.679

Divorced

1238 (20.66)

243 (20.89)

 

Single

49 (0.82)

13 (1.18)

 

Missing value

 

1 (0.09)

 

Social behavior

Sleep duration (h)

Sleep time

6.17 ± 2.02

6.84 ± 2.32

< 0.001

Missing value

 

366 (31.44)

 

Smoking

Yes

2552 (42.59)

476 (40.96)

0.253

No

3440 (57.41)

686 (59.04)

 

Missing value

 

2 (0.17)

 

Alcohol consumption

≥ 1time/month

1404 (23.43)

269 (23.19)

0.702

<1time/month

398 (6.64)

82 (7.07)

 

No alcohol consumption

4190 (69.93)

809 (67.74)

 

Missing value

 

4 (0.26)

 

Life satisfaction

Extremely satisfied

99 (1.65)

18 (2.69)

0.831

Very satisfied

1208 (20.16)

140 (20.96)

 

Fairly satisfied

3940 (65.75)

435 (65.12)

 

Not very satisfied

613 (10.23)

64 (9.58)

 

Not at all satisfied

132 (2.21)

11 (16.47)

 

Missing value

 

496 (42.61)

 

Self-rated health

Very good

206 (3.44)

27 (4.62)

0.300

Good

750 (12.52)

99 (16.92)

 

Fair

2675 (44.64)

221 (37.78)

 

Poor

1831 (30.56)

193 (32.99)

 

Very poor

530 (8.84)

45 (7.69)

 

Missing value

 

579 (49.74)

 

Number of children

0

1662 (27.74)

543 (47.47)

0.416

1 ~ 2

3581 (59.76)

201 (17.57)

 

3 or more

749 (12.5)

400 (34.97)

 

Missing value

 

20 (1.72)

 

Long-term care (h)

Formal care

19.84 ± 72.93

22.90 ± 90.52

< 0.001

Informal care

7.24 ± 40.96

4.46 ± 101.16

< 0.001

Missing value

 

915 (78.61)