Table 2 Basic characteristics of the sample.

From: The association between family doctor contract services and the health of middle-aged and older people in China: an instrumental variables analysis

Variables

Total (n = 19,438)

Contracted (n = 800)

No contracted (n = 18,638)

P/t

Area

 < 0.001

 West

6333 (32.58)

281 (35.12)

6052 (32.47)

 

 Centre

6535 (33.62)

216(27.00)

6319 (33.90)

 

 East

6570 (33.80)

303 (37.88)

6267 (33.62)

 

Residence

0.102

 Urban

7805 (40.15)

299 (37.38)

7506 (40.27)

 

 Rural

11633 (59.85)

501 (62.62)

11132 (59.73)

 

Gender

0.002

 Male

9242 (47.55)

424 (52.00)

8818 (47.31)

 

 Female

10196 (52.45)

376 (47.00)

9820 (52.69)

 

Age (years)

− 3.784

Mean ± S.D

61.99 ± 10.03

63.31 ± 10.15

61.94 ± 10.02

 

Education

0.009

 Junior high school and above

6695 (34.44)

310 (38.75)

6385 (34.26)

 

 Elementary school and below

12743 (65.56)

490 (61.25)

12253 (65.74)

 

Marital status

0.691

 Marriage

19320 (99.39)

796 (99.50)

18524 (99.39)

 

 Unmarried

118 (0.61)

4 (0.50)

114 (0.61)

 

Insurance

0.012

 Yes

18860 (97.03)

788 (98.50)

18072 (96.96)

 

 No

578 (2.97)

12 (1.50)

566 (3.04)

 

Ln (house income) (yuan)

− 0.548

Mean ± S.D

8.87 ± 2.60

8.92 ± 2.50

8.87 ± 2.61

 

Smoke

0.611

 Yes

898 (4.62)

34 (4.25)

864 (4.64)

 

 No

18540 (95.38)

766 (95.75)

17774 (95.36)

 

Drink

0.925

 Yes

6566 (33.78)

269 (33.62)

6297 (33.79)

 

 No

12872 (66.22)

531 (66.38)

12341 (66.21)

 

Chronic diseases

 < 0.001

 Yes

9581 (49.29)

465 (58.13)

9116 (48.91)

 

 No

9857 (50.71)

335 (41.88)

9522 (51.09)

 

Outpatient

 < 0.001

 Yes

3201 (16.47)

181 (22.62)

3020 (16.20)

 

 No

16237 (83.53)

619 (77.38)

15618 (83.80)

 

Inpatient

0.001

 Yes

3282 (16.88)

170 (21.25)

3112 (16.70)

 

 No

16156 (83.12)

630 (78.75)

15526 (83.30)

 

Social activities

0.037

 Yes

10305 (53.01)

453 (56.62)

9852 (52.86)

 

 No

9133 (46.99)

347 (43.38)

8786 (47.14)

 
  1. (1) Pearson’s chi-squared test was used for categorical variables and t-test was used for continuous variables.
  2. (2) Due to the high number of zeros and extreme values of the ‘household income’ variable, it was treated logarithmically, with ‘Ln’ denoting the logarithm with ‘e’ as the base.