Table 1 Descriptive statistical (based on confidence)
From: Confidence in China’s healthcare system: a focus on lower-middle class
Characteristics | Full sample (N, %) | Not confident | Confident | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample Size | 2341 | 678 (29.0%) | 1663 (71.0%) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Unpartnered | 565 (24.1%) | 140 (20.6%) | 425 (25.6%) | 0.011 | |
De facto married | 1776 (75.9%) | 538 (79.4%) | 1238 (74.4%) | ||
Social status | |||||
Lowest | 261 (11.1%) | 79 (11.7%) | 182 (10.9%) | < 0.001 | |
Lower-middle | 836 (35.7%) | 298 (44.0%) | 538 (32.4%) | ||
Middle | 769 (32.8%) | 195 (28.8%) | 574 (34.5%) | ||
Upper-middle | 371 (15.8%) | 89 (13.1%) | 282 (17.0%) | ||
Upper | 104 (4.4%) | 17 (2.5%) | 87 (5.2%) | ||
Age | |||||
Below 60 | 1586 (67.7%) | 443 (65.3%) | 1143 (68.7%) | 0.113 | |
60 and over | 755 (32.3%) | 235 (34.7%) | 520 (31.3%) | ||
Gender | |||||
Female | 1,283 (54.8%) | 385 (56.8%) | 898 (54.0%) | 0.219 | |
Male | 1,058 (45.2%) | 293 (43.2%) | 765 (46.0%) | ||
Education | |||||
Primary and below | 679 (29.0%) | 206 (30.4%) | 473 (28.4%) | 0.009 | |
Middle school | 1,151 (49.2%) | 350 (51.6%) | 801 (48.2%) | ||
Undergraduate | 472 (20.2%) | 117 (17.3%) | 355 (21.3%) | ||
Graduate | 39 (1.7%) | 5 (0.7%) | 34 (2.0%) | ||
Ethnicity | |||||
Others | 156 (6.7%) | 39 (5.8%) | 117 (7.0%) | 0.252 | |
Han | 2185 (93.3%) | 639 (94.2%) | 1546 (93.0%) | ||
Religious beliefs | |||||
No religious beliefs | 2173 (92.8%) | 631 (93.1%) | 1542 (92.7%) | 0.769 | |
With religion | 168 (7.2%) | 47 (6.9%) | 121 (7.3%) | ||
Political affiliation | |||||
No-affiliation | 1886 (80.6%) | 574 (84.7%) | 1312 (78.9%) | 0.001 | |
CPC members | 455 (19.4%) | 104 (15.3%) | 351 (21.1%) | ||
Employment status | |||||
Unemployed | 74 (3.2%) | 27 (4.0%) | 47 (2.8%) | 0.156 | |
Employed | 2267 (96.8%) | 651 (96.0%) | 1616 (97.2%) | ||
Childcare responsibilities | |||||
None | 1690 (72.2%) | 490 (72.3%) | 1,200 (72.2%) | 0.989 | |
One | 347 (14.8%) | 101 (14.9%) | 246 (14.8%) | ||
Two or more | 304 (13.0%) | 87 (12.8%) | 217 (13.0%) | ||
Status of health insurance holdings | |||||
None | 93 (4.0%) | 22 (3.2%) | 71 (4.3%) | 0.136 | |
Basic medical insurance | 1839 (78.6%) | 553 (81.6%) | 1,286 (77.3%) | ||
Commercial/ Supplementary/ Other medical insurance | 108 (4.6%) | 29 (4.3%) | 79 (4.8%) | ||
Two or more of the above types | 301 (12.8%) | 74 (10.9%) | 227 (13.7%) | ||
With chronic disease | |||||
No | 1529 (65.3%) | 401 (59.1%) | 1128 (67.8%) | < 0.001 | |
Yes | 812 (34.7%) | 277 (40.9%) | 535 (32.2%) | ||
Recent healthcare experience | |||||
Dissatisfied | 597 (25.5%) | 248 (36.6%) | 349 (21.0%) | < 0.001 | |
Fair | 1201 (51.3%) | 352 (51.9%) | 849 (51.1%) | ||
Satisfied | 543 (23.2%) | 78 (11.5%) | 465 (28.0%) | ||
Residence | |||||
Rural | 998 (42.6%) | 292 (43.1%) | 706 (42.5%) | 0.785 | |
Urban | 1343 (57.4%) | 386 (56.9%) | 957 (57.5%) | ||
Region | |||||
East | 882 (37.7%) | 264 (38.9%) | 618 (37.2%) | 0.484 | |
Central | 707 (30.2%) | 212 (31.3%) | 495 (29.8%) | ||
West | 644 (27.5%) | 174 (25.7%) | 470 (28.3%) | ||
Northeast | 108 (4.6%) | 28 (4.1%) | 80 (4.8%) | ||