Table 2 Confidence in healthcare system and socioeconomic association(logistic regression)

Marital status

 Unpartnered

reference

 De facto married

0.78**¹

0.046

0.61–1.00

Social status

 Lowest

reference

 Lower-middle

0.64***

0.006

0.47–0.88

 Middle

1.03

0.842

0.74–1.44

 Upper-middle

1.11

0.582

0.76–1.62

 Upper

1.71*

0.083

0.93–3.15

Age

 Below 60

reference

 60 and above

0.86

0.226

0.68–1.10

Gender

 Female

reference

 Male

1.18*

0.095

0.97–1.43

Education

 Primary and below

reference

 Middle school

0.96

0.701

0.76–1.21

 Undergraduate

1.01

0.939

0.72–1.43

 Graduate

1.81

0.257

0.65–5.07

Ethnicity

 Others

reference

 Han

0.84

0.412

0.57–1.26

Religious beliefs

 No religious beliefs

reference

 With religion

1.14

0.491

0.78–1.66

Political affiliation

 No-affiliation

reference

 CPC members

1.24

0.138

0.93–1.63

Employment status

 Unemployed

reference

 Employed

1.46

0.151

0.87–2.43

Childcare responsibility

 None

reference

 One

0.99

0.937

0.74–1.31

Two or more

1.04

0.778

0.77–1.41

Status of health insurance holdings

 None

reference

 Basic medical insurance

0.70

0.172

0.42–1.17

 Commercial/ Supplementary/ Other medical insurance

0.80

0.521

0.41–1.57

 Two or more of the above types

0.85

0.570

0.47–1.51

With chronic disease

 No

reference

 Yes

0.66***

< 0.001

0.53–0.82

Recent healthcare experience

 Dissatisfied

reference

 Fair

1.77***

< 0.001

1.43–2.19

 Satisfied

4.58***

< 0.001

3.39–6.19

Residence

 Rural

reference

 Urban

1.05

0.664

0.85–1.29

Region

 East

reference

 Central

1.07

0.574

0.85–1.35

 West

1.27*

0.058

0.99–1.64

 Northeast

1.21

0.431

0.75–1.95

Constant

2.01

0.122

0.83–4.88

Observations

2341

Pseudo R-squared

0.068