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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Detecting response shift in health-related quality of life measurement among patients with hypertension using structural equation modeling

Variable

N

n (%)

Gender

203

 

Female

 

94 (46.3)

Male

 

109 (53.7)

Marital status

201

 

Married/co-habiting

 

181 (89.2)

Other

 

20 (9.6)

Education attainment

201

 

No school

 

6 (3.0)

Elementary school

 

55 (27.1)

Middle school

 

60 (29.6)

High school or vocational training

 

41 (20.2)

College or above

 

39 (19.2)

Employment status

191

 

Employed

 

30 (14.8)

Not employed/retired

 

153 (75.4)

Full-time housework

 

8 (3.9)

Annual household income ($1US = 6.8Yuan)

203

 

 < 60,000 RMB

 

170 (83.7)

 ≥ 60,000 RMB

 

27 (13.3)

Health insurance

203

 

Urban employee basic medical insurance

 

80 (39.4)

Urban resident basic medical insurance

 

107 (52.7)

Other insurances a

 

9 (4.3)

No insurance

 

7 (3.3)

  1. aOther insurances include new cooperative medical scheme, commercial medical insurance, free medical service, etc.