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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: The association between community-level socioeconomic status and cognitive function among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a study based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Characteristics

Total (n = 26,065)

Urban (n = 9155)

Rural (n = 16,910)

P value for urban-rural difference

N (%) or Mean (SD)

N (%) or Mean (SD)

N (%) or Mean (SD)

Outcome

 Cognitive function

14.86 (5.46)

16.05 (5.27)

14.22 (5.45)

< 0.001

Community-level SES variables

 Percentage of the illiterate (%)

11.90 (12.69)

9.11 (9.97)

13.41 (13.72)

< 0.001

 Per-capita net income, Yuan

4895.66 (5751.73)

6802.77 (7306.49)

3863.15 (4365.55)

< 0.001

 Community-level SES

0.00 (1.00)

0.38 (1.03)

−0.20 (0.92)

< 0.001

Community-level SES, n (%) a

   

< 0.001

 Low

8685 (33.32)

1697 (18.54)

6988 (41.32)

 

 Middle

8683 (33.31)

2741 (29.94)

5942 (35.14)

 

 High

8697 (33.37)

4717 (51.52)

3980 (23.54)

 

Individual-level SES variables

 Years of schooling, years

5.14 (4.56)

6.37 (4.74)

4.49 (4.32)

< 0.001

 Per household income, Yuan

8910.97 (20,379.19)

13,830.77 (28,937.33)

6247.42 (12,909.19)

< 0.001

 Individual-level SES

−0.00 (1.00)

0.33 (1.24)

−0.18 (0.78)

< 0.001

Individual-level SES, n (%) a

   

< 0.001

 Low

8685 (33.32)

2027 (22.14)

6658 (39.37)

 

 Middle

8691 (33.34)

2545 (27.80)

6146 (36.35)

 

 High

8689 (33.34)

4583 (50.06)

4106 (24.28)

 

Community-level sociodemographic variables

 Percentage of residents with non-agricultural work (%)

52.39 (24.64)

74.42 (22.58)

40.46 (15.96)

< 0.001

 Health care facilities, n (%)

   

< 0.001

     No

24,529 (94.11)

7964 (86.99)

16,565 (97.96)

 

     Yes

1536 (5.89)

1191 (13.01)

345 (2.04)

 

 Handicapped access

1.91 (1.43)

2.52 (1.68)

1.58 (1.14)

< 0.001

 Outdoor exercise facilities, n (%)

   

< 0.001

     No

17,972 (68.95)

4183 (45.69)

13,789 (81.54)

 

     Yes

8093 (31.05)

4972 (54.31)

3121 (18.46)

 

 Voluntary social organizations

0.97 (1.15)

1.68 (1.28)

0.59 (0.86)

< 0.001

 Libraries

0.58 (0.61)

0.74 (0.63)

0.49 (0.58)

< 0.001

 Rooms for card games and chess games, n (%)

   

< 0.001

     No

17,316 (66.43)

3961 (43.27)

13,355 (78.98)

 

     Yes

8749 (33.57)

5194 (56.73)

3555 (21.02)

 
  1. SES socioeconomic status
  2. aVariable was treated as a continuous variable but is presented categorically for descriptive purposes