Table 2 Social-demographic characteristics of the sample (n = 1953).

From: A multicenter cross-sectional study on quality of life and influencing factors in patients with 10 kinds of chronic diseases

Characteristics

N

%

Characteristics

N

%

Gender

  

Marital status

  

Male

896

45.88

Married

1602

82.03

Female

1057

54.12

Others

351

17.97

Ethnicity

  

Occupation

  

Han

1916

98.11

Farmer

675

34.56

Others

37

1.89

Others

1278

65.44

Education

  

Medical format

  

Primary school

552

28.26

Self-paid

558

28.57

Middle school or

High school

1110

56.84

Cooperative

medicine

329

16.85

Tertiary

education

291

14.90

Other medical

insurance

1022

54.58

Perceived Income

  

Treatments

  

Poor

569

29.13

Monotherapy

1220

62.47

Fair

1250

64.00

Two-drug

treatment

414

21.20

High

134

6.86

Three or more

medications

319

16.34

Age

     

1–32

315

16.13

   

33–64

1117

57.19

   

≥65

521

26.68

   

\(\bar {X} \pm S\)

52.30 ± 17.39