Table 2 Household and village characteristics
Variables | Values | |
|---|---|---|
Independent Variables | Â | Â |
Household level - household head characteristics (N = 3,319) | ||
   Gender | Male (%) | 83.9 |
| Â | Female (%) | 16.1 |
   Age (Mean, SD†) |  | 49.9 (±12.2) |
Ethnicity | Han (%) | 96.1 |
| Â | Other (%) | 3.9 |
Education level | None (%) | 19.0 |
| Â | Primary school (%) | 39.3 |
| Â | Junior high school (%) | 35.1 |
| Â | Senior high school or above (%) | 6.7 |
Occupation | Farmer (%) | 85.6 |
| Â | Non-farmer (%) | 8.4 |
| Â | Unemployed (%) | 5.8 |
Household level - income, health status, insurance status and hospitalization (N = 3,319) | ||
Per capita income (1,000 Yuan, median and IQR‡) | 4.9 (3.3-7.4) | |
Size (Mean, SD) | 3.3 (±1.4) | |
Proportion of members aged over 65 (%) | 0.1 (±0.3) | |
Proportion of Members aged under 5 (%) | 0.03 (±0.09) | |
Members with serious chronic illness (%) | 31.0 | |
Hospitalized members (%) | 17.1 | |
NRCMS participant (%) | 91.2 | |
Village level (N = 97) | Â | |
Number of households, median and IQR | 23.8 (14.1-36.4) | |
Per capita annual income (×1,000 Yuan, Mean, SD) | 2.0 (±1.3) | |
Adult illiteracy rate (%) | 25.8 (±14.3) | |
Distance from village to town health center (Kilometers, median and IQR) | 6 (3.0-10.0) | |
Distance from village to county hospital (Kilometers, median and IQR) | 48 (29-75) | |
With village health clinic (%) | 53.6 | |
Mountainous village (%) | 45.4 | |
Dependent Variables | Â | |
Average percentage of catastrophic health payment(N = 3,319) | 18.4 | |
Average percentage of households impoverished by health spending (N = 3,077)* | 12.0 | |