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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

From: Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults

Variables N = 4868
 Age, mean ± SD 71.0 ± 7.8
 Gender (1 = Male, 0 = Female) 2408 (49.5)
 Marital status (1 = Married, 0 = Others) 3292 (67.6)
 Place of residence (1 = Rural, 0 = Urban) 3797 (78.0)
Socioeconomic status
 Education level
   < Primary school 1971 (40.5)
  Primary school 1261 (25.9)
  Middle/high school 1283 (26.4)
   ≥ College 353 (7.3)
 Family per-capita annual income (CHY)
   ≤ 15,000 1751 (36.0)
  15,000-30,000 1217 (25.0)
  30,000-45,000 936 (19.2)
   > 45,000 964 (19.8)
Health risk behaviors
 Smoking (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 1563 (32.1)
 Alcohol consumption (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 1769 (36.3)
 Physical inactivity (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 3044 (62.5)
 Unhealthy dietary behavior (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 2226 (45.7)
 Unhealthy weight (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 1549 (31.8)
 Sleep disorder (1 = Yes, 0 = No) 2214 (45.5)
Social capital
 Overall social capital, mean ± SD 41.9 ± 14.5
 Bonding social capital, mean ± SD 22.7 ± 7.2
 Bridging social capital, mean ± SD 19.2 ± 8.2
HRQoL
 Overall HRQoL, mean ± SD 77.3 ± 12.4
 Sensory abilities, mean ± SD 12.8 ± 2.9
 Autonomy, mean ± SD 13.6 ± 3.3
 Past, present and future activities, mean ± SD 13.0 ± 3.0
 Social participation, mean ± SD 13.0 ± 2.9
 Death and dying, mean ± SD 12.1 ± 3.3
 Intimacy, mean ± SD 12.8 ± 3.3
  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD), categorical variables are presented as frequency (n) and percentage (%). For binary variables, the frequency (n) and percentage (%) of observations coded 1 are presented