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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Quality of life of older people in nursing homes in China–evaluation and application of the Chinese version of the life satisfaction questionnaire

Variables

Values

Age mean (SD), years

78.9 (9.6), min 60 max100

Months residing at the nursing home Md (Q1;Q3)

19 (10;48)

Number of chronic diseases, n (%)

 ≤1

328 (78.3)

 ≥2

83 (19.8)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

188 (44.9)

 Female

229 (54.7)

Marital status, n (%)

 Divorced/single/widow(er)

291 (69.5)

 Married

111 (26.5)

Education, n (%)

 No formal/primary school

252 (60.1)

 Junior high school or higher

163 (38.9)

Main source of income, n (%)

 Retirement pension

203 (48.4)

 Social assistance/family/others

211 (50.4)

MI, n (%)

 Basic for urban and rural residents or self-payed

226 (53.9)

 For employees

188 (44.9)

Type of nursing home, n (%)

 Publicly run

135 (32.2)

 Privately run

284 (67.8)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, Md Median, Q Quartile, MI Medical insurance, When sum does not add up to n = 419 or 100% there are internal missing data