Table 1 Encodings, means, and notes of variables
From: Health status in a transitional society: urban-rural disparities from a dynamic perspective in China
| Independent variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
male female |
30,330 32,425 |
48.3 51.7 | |
| Age |
Mean = 46.22 Standard Deviation = 15.48 | |||
| Hukou |
urban rural |
29,401 33,354 |
46.9 53.1 | |
| Political status |
party member not party member |
6608 56,147 |
10.5 89.5 | party is the Communist Party of China (CPC) |
| Marital status |
being married single/divorce/widowed |
50,703 12,052 |
80.8 19.2 | |
| Education |
illiteracy primary school junior high school senior high school college or more |
8029 14,680 18,919 12,675 8452 |
12.8 23.4 30.1 20.2 13.5 | |
| Work status |
employment unemployment |
41,154 21,601 |
65.6 34.4 | unemployment includes jobless, students, and retirement |
| Period | 2005–2013 | 7 periods | ||
| Cohort | 15 cohort groups | |||
| Dependent variable | ||||
| SRH |
very poor poor fair good very good |
2332 10,484 11,883 22,470 15,586 |
3.7 16.7 18.9 35.8 24.8 | treating as continuous variable approximately |