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Self-rated health and interviewer-rated health: differentials in predictive power for mortality among subgroups of Chinese elders

Table 1. Sample Characteristics, CLHLS 2005, n=12,583
Men Women
Stratifying Variables
Age (%)
65-79 38.4 27.3
80+ 61.6 72.7
Residency (%)
Rural 57.9 59.2
Urban 42.1 40.8
Years of Schooling (%)
0 35.8 82.2
1+ 64.2 7.8
Family Economic Condition (%)
Poor 82.6 86.0
Good 7.4 4.0
Marital status (%)
No 49.2 81.4
Yes 50.8 18.6
Control Variables
Average IADL disability score (range 0–8) 2.6 4.2
Average ADL disability score (range 0–6) 0.46 0.88
Average No. of chronic diseases (range 0–11) 0.76 0.69
Cognitively impaired (%) 27 49
Covered by public medical service (%)
Yes 89.4 86.9
No 10.6 13.1
Family/social connection (%)
Poor 9.8 10.9
Good 90.2 89.1
Current smoker (%)
No 63.8 92.9
Yes 36.2 7.1
Current alcohol consumer (%)
No 67.4 88.7
Yes 32.6 11.3
Currently doing regular exercise (%)
No 63.1 76.3
Yes 36.9 23.7
Good life satisfaction (%)
No 41.6 41.1
Yes 58.4 58.9
Geographic area (%)
Northern 5.7 5.5
Northeastern 9.8 7.6
Eastern/Southeastern 37.1 36.4
Central 32.0 34.8
Northwestern 15.4 15.7
Note: estimates are unweighted.

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