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Table 3 Sample characteristics and the prevalence of EQ-5D impairments by ethnic subgroups

From: Health literacy and ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life among rural women: results from a Chinese poor minority area

Variables

Total sample

Ethnic subgroups

P 1

Han

Hui

(n=913)

(n=388)

(n=525)

Age, mean (SD)

35.18 (4.71)

36.12 (4.40)

34.49 (4.82)

0.000

Hui minority (%)

57.50

   

Education (%)

    

  no formal schooling

47.21

30.93

59.24

0.000

  Elementary school

28.37

36.08

22.67

 

  Middle school or more

24.42

32.99

18.10

 

Income: poverty (%)

48.56

47.01

49.71

0.422

Geographical location (%)

   

0.000

  Mountain area

30.11

22.60

35.62

 

  Plain area

51.43

57.14

47.24

 

  The edge of mountain and plain

18.46

20.26

17.14

 

Presence of chronic disease (%)

38.16

29.64

44.47

0.000

Low HL (%)

50.66

36.65

60.58

0.000

EQ-5D: any impairment (%)

    

  Mobility

8.65

7.47

9.52

0.276

  Self-care

5.59

5.15

5.90

0.626

  Usual activities

14.80

16.28

13.71

0.281

  Pain/discomfort

42.42

37.63

45.98

0.012

  Anxiety/depression

32.09

27.98

35.11

0.023

  1. 1: t test was used to compare the difference of women’s age; χ2 tests were used to compare the differences of percentages for categorical variables between ethnic subgroups.