Table 1 Description of the sample
From: Bathing and toileting difficulties of older adults in rural China: the role of environment
|  | Total | Ages 55–74 | Ages 75 | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size | 10,689 | 8261 | 2428 | 5437 | 5252 |
Difficulty in Bathing (%) | 7.4 | 4.8 | 16.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 |
Difficulty in Toileting (%) | 4.0 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
Bathing facility (%) | |||||
 Showering indoors at home | 42.4 | 44.8 | 34.2 | 43.0 | 41.7 |
 Bathing indoors at home | 40.3 | 37.0 | 51.5 | 37.9 | 42.8 |
 Bathing in public facility | 14.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 13.4 |
 Bathing outdoors | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
Toileting facility (%) | |||||
 Squatting indoors | 29.5 | 29.3 | 30.2 | 29.7 | 29.3 |
 Pedestal pan indoors | 24.0 | 23.5 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 25.1 |
 Bucket indoors | 4.4 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
 Outdoors | 42.1 | 44.1 | 35.4 | 43.1 | 41.1 |
Neighborhood amenity (mean, SD) (ranges 0–20) | 18.8 (3.1) | 18.8 (3.1) | 18.8 (3.1) | 18.8 (3.1) | 18.8 (3.1) |
Region (%) | |||||
 North | 10.8 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
 Northeast | 6.0 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
 East | 43.8 | 42.0 | 49.8 | 44.6 | 43.0 |
 Central South | 19.4 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 20.3 |
 Southwest | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 14.2 |
 Northwest | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
Age (mean, SD) (ranges 55–99) | 69.0 (7.4) | 65.8 (4.5) | 79.9 (4.2) | 68.9 (7.2) | 69.2 (7.6) |
Women (%) | 49.1 | 48.6 | 50.9 | 0 | 100 |
Self-reported health (%) | |||||
 Bad | 18.6 | 16.9 | 24.5 | 15.4 | 21.9 |
 Fair | 34.5 | 34.0 | 36.3 | 33.4 | 35.7 |
 Good | 46.9 | 49.1 | 39.3 | 51.2 | 42.4 |
Having 1 chronic disease (%) | 61.5 | 61.0 | 63.2 | 57.7 | 65.4 |
Having 1 year schooling (%) | 65.6 | 71.3 | 46.3 | 79.6 | 51.1 |
Economic condition (%) | |||||
 Bad | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
 Fair | 31.5 | 31.7 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 31.3 |
 Good | 57.5 | 57.4 | 58.0 | 57.9 | 57.1 |
Occupation (%) | |||||
 Agriculture | 80.8 | 80.3 | 82.5 | 73.7 | 88.2 |
 Non-agriculture | 19.2 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 26.3 | 11.8 |
Living arrangement (%) | |||||
 Live alone | 11.7 | 9.1 | 20.4 | 9.9 | 13.6 |
 Live with spouse only | 40.5 | 43.7 | 29.9 | 45.4 | 35.5 |
 Live with children and/or spouse | 45.5 | 44.9 | 46.9 | 42.8 | 48.1 |
 Live with others | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.8 |