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Table 1 Characteristics of households enrolled in this study (%)

From: Assessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China

Variables

Description

Rural

(n = 13,200)

Urban

(n = 7500)

Household head’s gender

1a if the head of household was male

74.91

65.31

2 if the head of household was female.

25.09

34.69

Household size

1a if 1–2 household members

32.13

44.48

2 if 3–4 household members

46.71

44.89

3 if more than 5 household members.

21.16

10.63

Having children in the household

1 if household having members below 5 years old

13.13

15.87

0a otherwise.

86.87

84.13

Household head’s educational level

1a if the head of household was illiteracy,

18.69

9.89

2 if the head of household was elementary,

31.58

17.21

3 if the head of household was middle school,

35.81

32.52

4 if the head of household was high school,

7.57

12.73

5 if the head of household was university.

6.35

27.66

Household head’s marriage

1a if the head of household was not married,

5.46

2.83

2 if the head of household was married,

72.02

74.84

3 if the head of household was else marriage

22.52

22.33

Outpatient service usage

1a if household members used outpatient services in the past two weeks,

19.23

23.13

2 if no household members used outpatient services in the past two weeks.

80.77

76.87

Inpatient service usage

1a if household members used inpatient services in the past year,

9.11

10.50

2 if no household members used inpatient services in the past year,

90.89

89.50

Social health insurance

1a if having household members covered by UEMS,

1.04

25.38

2 if having household members covered by URMS,

1.03

13.45

3 if having household members covered by NCMS.

86.80

57.26

4 else.

11.13

3.92

Commercial health insurance

1 if having household members covered by commercial health insurance,

4.81

5.22

0a otherwise.

95.19

94.78

Low-income family

1 if household was low-income family,

17.28

9.61

0a otherwise.

82.72

90.39

The percentage of chronic disease in the households

1a if the percentage of chronic disease in the households was 0,

59.12

57.15

2 if the percentage of chronic disease in the households was 1~ 40,

16.36

17.33

3 if the percentage of chronic disease in the households was 41~ 50,

12.83

12.75

4 if the percentage of chronic disease in the households was 51~ 100.

11.70

12.77

Economic status

1a if the 20% low income households,

27.09

20.09

2 if the 20% low middle income households,

21.14

19.91

3 if the 20% middle income households,

18.05

21.33

4 if the 20% high middle income households,

17.11

18.75

5 if the 20% high income households.

16.61

19.92

Region

1a if household in Shannan,

36.36

27.97

2 if household was in Guanzhong,

45.45

56.03

3 if household in Shanbei.

18.18

16.00

  1. areference groups