Relationship preferences and experience of primary care patients in continuity of care: a case study in Beijing, China

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Characteristic		Number of respondents	Percentage	Population of users in 2014
Sex
	Female	414	59.1	62.2
	Male	286	40.9	37.8
Age
	<35	50	7.1	7.6
	35–44	93	13.3	6.3
	45–54	196	28.0	16.0
	55–64	229	32.7	32.3
	≥65	132	18.9	37.8
Education
	Without a degree	347	49.6
	Associate degree	199	28.4
	Bachelor degree	137	19.6
	Postgraduate degree	17	2.4
Medical insurance
	No insurance	13	1.9	8.3
	Rural insurance	40	5.7	0.9
	Urban insurance	610	87.1	90.0
	Free medicine	32	4.6	0.8
	Commercial insurance	5	0.7	0
Monthly income
	≤2000	74	10.6
	2001–4000	397	56.7
	4001–6000	167	23.9
	6001–8000	45	6.4
	8001–10,000	14	2.0
	>10,000	3	0.4
Setting
	Centre	350	50.0
	Station	350	50.0

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