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Table 3 Univariate analysis of health services utilization among elderly migrants in China, n(%)

From: Status and determinants of health services utilization among elderly migrants in China

Variables

Doctor visits

Hospitalization

inpatient care

Yes

No

Yes

No

Local hospitals

Hometown hospitals

Predisposing factors

Age (year)

 60–64

2916 (43.4%)

3800 (56.6%) *

383 (81.7%)

86 (18.3%)

263 (77.1%)

78 (22.9%)

 65–69

1458 (46.2%)

1699 (53.8%)

263 (81.7%)

59 (18.3%)

184 (78.6%)

50 (21.4%)

  ≥ 70

1560 (49.2%)

1610 (50.8%)

403 (81.9%)

89 (18.1%)

304 (83.3%)

61 (16.7%)

Gender

 Male

3030 (44.3%)

3808 (55.7%) *

533 (81.5%)

121 (18.5%)

372 (79.5%)

96 (20.5%)

 Female

2904 (46.8%)

3301 (53.2%)

516 (82.0%)

113 (18.0%)

379 (80.3%)

93 (19.7%)

Marital status

 Single

1200 (49.6%)

1219 (50.4%)*

243 (81.5%)

55 (18.5%)

180 (81.1%)

42 (18.9%)

 Currently married

4734 (44.6%)

5890 (55.4%)

806 (81.8%)

179 (18.2%)

571 (79.5%)

147 (20.5%)

Hukou status

 Rural residence

3911 (44.7%)

4834 (55.3%)*

678 (81.2%)

157 (18.8%)

476 (78.2%)

133 (21.8%)

 Urban residence

2023 (47.1%)

2275 (52.9%)

371 (82.8%)

77 (17.2%)

275 (83.1%)

56 (16.9%)

Education

 Elementary/less

3545 (45.5%)

4254 (54.5%)*

675 (82.1%)

147 (17.9%)

479 (78.5%)

131 (21.5%)

 Middle school

1468 (44.0%)

1868 (56.0%)

222 (80.1%)

55 (19.9%)

159 (82.8%)

33 (17.2%)

 High school/above

921 (48.3%)

987 (51.7%)

152 (82.6%)

32 (17.4%)

113 (81.9%)

25 (18.1%)

Enabling factors

Monthly household income (RMB)

  ≤ 3500 yuan

1663 (39.7%)

2524 (60.3%)*

335 (80.9%)

79 (19.1%)*

250 (84.2%)

47 (15.8%)*

 3501–7000 yuan

2518 (45.8%)

2979 (54.2%)

463 (79.3%)

121 (20.7%)

330 (79.1%)

87 (20.9%)

  > 7000 yuan

1753 (52.2%)

1606 (47.8%)

251 (88.1%)

34 (11.9%)

171 (75.7%)

55 (24.3%)

Years of living in the city of residence

  ≤ 4 years

3146 (46.3%)

3646 (53.7%)*

513 (80.7%)

123 (19.3%)

346 (75.1%)

115 (24.9%)*

 5–9 years

1496 (46.0%)

1755 (54.0%)

257 (82.4%)

55 (17.6%)

182 (78.1%)

51 (21.9%)

  ≥ 10 years

1292 (43.1%)

1708 (56.9%)

279 (83.3%)

56 (16.7%)

223 (90.7%)

23 (9.3%)

Migration range

 Across provinces

2703 (48.4%)

2884 (51.6%)*

380 (81.2%)

88 (18.8%)

268 (76.4%)

83 (23.6%)*

 Across cities within a province

1835 (44.3%)

2309 (55.7%)

321 (81.5%)

73 (18.5%)

227 (79.6%)

58 (20.4%)

 Across counties within a city

1396 (42.2%)

1914 (57.8%)

348 (82.7%)

73 (17.3%)

256 (84.2%)

48 (15.8%)

Flow reasons

 Seeking jobs

1184 (38.8%)

1868 (61.2%)*

129 (73.7%)

46 (26.3%)*

87 (86.1%)

14 (13.9%)*

 Looking after children or grandchildren

2114 (47.6%)

2325 (52.4%)

319 (85.8%)

53 (14.2%)

215 (73.1%)

79 (26.9%)

 Retirement/keeping fit

2022 (47.2%)

2261 (52.8%)

519 (82.3%)

112 (17.7%)

396 (83.0%)

81 (17.0%)

 Others

614 (48.4%)

655 (51.6%)

82 (78.1%)

23 (21.9%)

53 (77.9%)

15 (22.1%)

Friends number

  < 5

2390 (43.3%)

3130 (56.7%)*

493 (81.2%)

114 (18.8%)

335 (74.6%)

114 (25.4%)*

  ≥ 5

3544 (47.1%)

3979 (52.9%)

556 (82.2%)

120 (17.8%)

416 (84.7%)

75 (15.3%)

Health insurance

 NRCMS

3003 (44.8%)

3693 (55.2%)

543 (81.4%)

124 (18.6%)

373 (76.0%)

118 (24.0)*

 UEMI

1095 (45.2%)

1325 (54.8%)

233 (85.0%)

41 (15.0%)

171 (81.4%)

39 (18.6%)

 Others (URMI, CMIURR and free health service)

946 (47.3%)

1053 (52.7%)

165 (83.3%)

33 (16.7%)

132 (88.6%)

17 (11.4%)

Location enrolled health insurance

 Hometown

4339 (44.5%)

5416 (55.5%)*

811 (82.4%)

173 (17.6%)

566 (77.2%)

167 (22.8%)*

 Local

665 (52.5%)

601 (47.5%)

121 (84.0%)

23 (16.0%)

105 (94.6%)

6 (5.4%)

Need factors

Chronic diseases

 Yes

1403 (48.4%)

1495 (51.6%)*

553 (84.0%)

105 (16.0%)*

415 (84.3%)

77 (15.7%)*

 No

4531 (44.7%)

5614 (55.3%)

496 (79.4%)

129 (20.6%)

336 (75.0%)

112 (25.0%)

Self-rated health

 Poor

645 (45.3%)

779 (54.7%)

404 (81.8%)

90 (18.2%)

295 (84.3%)

55 (15.7%)*

 Neutral

2545 (44.4%)

3184 (55.6%)

424 (84.0%)

81 (16.0%)

315 (80.8%)

75 (19.2%)

 Good

2744 (46.6%)

3146 (53.4%)

221 (77.8%)

63 (22.2%)

141 (70.5%)

59 (29.5%)

  1. *P < 0.05