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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Association between catastrophic health expenditure and mental health among elderly in China: the potential role of income and social activity

 

Full sample

(N = 15406)

No CHE

(N = 11873)

CHE, 10% threshold

(N = 3533)

CES-D 10 score, mean (SD)

9.0(6.5)

8.4(6.2)

10.2(6.8)

Age, mean (SD)

67.96(6.28)

68.56(6.49)

68.10(6.33)

Income

   

 Low

5494(35.7)

4296(36.2)

1198(33.9)

 Medium

5039(32.7)

3846(32.4)

1193(33.8)

 High

4873(31.6)

3731(31.4)

1142(32.3)

Social activity

   

 No

8192(53.2)

6186(52.1)

2006(56.8)

 Yes

7213(46.8)

5687(47.9)

1526(43.2)

Sex

   

 Male

7670(49.8)

5857(49.3)

1813(51.3)

 Female

7736(50.2)

6016(50.7)

1720(48.7)

Education

   

 Less than lower secondary

14,159(91.9)

10,893(91.8)

3266(92.4)

 Upper secondary & vocational training

969(6.3)

747(6.3)

222(6.3)

 Tertiary

278(1.8)

233(2.0)

45(1.3)

location

   

 Urban

5857(38.0)

4463(37.6)

1394(39.5)

 Rural

9549(62.0)

7410(62.4)

2139(60.5)

Marriage

   

 No spouse

3258(21.2)

2557(21.5)

701(19.8)

 Having spouse

12,148(78.9)

9316(78.5)

2832(80.2)

Work

   

 No

7585(49.8)

5525(47.0)

2060(59.0)

 Yes

7660(50.3)

6228(53.0)

1432(41.0)

Public health Insurance

   

 No

837(5.5)

689(5.9)

148(4.3)

 Yes

14,405(94.5)

11,067(94.1)

3338(95.8)

Number of living children

3.0(1.7)

3.0(1.6)

3.0(1.7)

Drinking alcohol

   

 No

10,761(69.9)

8054(67.9)

2707(76.6)

 Yes

4640(30.1)

3815(32.1)

825(23.4)

Smoking

   

 No

11,112(76.0)

8389(74.5)

2723(81.0)

 Yes

3517(24.0)

2879(25.6)

638(19.0)

ADL

   

 No

11,025(71.6)

8785(74.0)

2240(63.4)

 Yes

4381(28.4)

3088(26.0)

1293(36.6)

IADL

   

 No

10,629(69.0)

8563(72.1)

2066(58.5)

 Yes

4777(31.0)

3310(27.9)

1467(41.5)

Chronic disease

   

 No

1963(12.7)

1687(14.2)

276(7.8)

 Yes

13,443(87.3)

10,186(85.8)

3257(92.2)

Out-of-pocket health expenditure

(thousand yuan)

4.37(20.65)

0.10(0.45)

12.06(33.19)