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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by multi-generational relationship [No. (%)]

From: Effects of family multi-generational relationship on multimorbidity and healthy life expectancy for second generations: insight from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

 

Downward multi-generational relationship (n = 2715)

Two-way multi-generational relationship (n = 4053)

\(\chi\) 2

P-value

Age

 ≤ 65 years

2504 (92.2)

3912 (96.5)

59.900

 < 0.001

 > 65 years

211 (7.8)

141 (3.5)

  

Gender

 Man

1348 (49.7)

2087 (51.5)

2.136

0.144

 Woman

1367 (50.3)

1966 (48.5)

  

Marriage status

  

10.164

 < 0.001

 Partnered

2594 (95.5)

3933 (97.0)

  

 Without partner

121 (4.5)

120 (3.0)

  

Education

 Less than lower secondary

2320 (85.5)

3315(81.8)

17.275

 < 0.001

 Upper secondary & vocational training

337 (12.4)

650 (16.0)

  

 Tertiary

58 (2.1)

88 (2.2)

  

Live in urban or rural

 Rural

1122 (41.3)

1719 (42.4)

0.745

0.388

 Urban

1593 (58.7)

2334 (57.6)

  

Drinking

 No

1748(64.4)

2503 (61.8)

4.689

0.030

 Yes

967 (35.6)

1550 (38.2)

  

Smoking

 No

1616 (59.5)

2417 (59.6)

0.005

0.946

 Yes

1099 (40.5)

1636 (40.4)

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