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Table 4 Basic information of respondents

From: Valuing Chinese medicine quality of life-11 dimensions (CQ-11D) health states using a discrete choice experiment with survival duration (DCETTO)

Basic Information

Number

Proportion (%)

Gender

 Male

1151

46.08

 Female

1347

53.92

Age

 18–29

761

30.46

 30–39

419

16.77

 40–49

548

21.94

 50–59

367

14.69

  ≥ 60

403

16.13

Nationality

 Han

2299

92.03

 Minority

199

7.97

Family and marital

 Unmarried

758

30.34

 Married and living together

1603

64.17

 Married but separated

22

0.88

 Divorced

50

2.00

 Widowed

61

2.44

 Other

4

0.16

Education

 Below elementary school

86

3.44

 Primary school

212

8.49

 Junior high school

469

18.78

 High school or technical secondary

398

15.93

 Technical school

345

13.81

 Undergraduate

901

36.07

 Master and above

87

3.48

Account type

 Non-agricultural household

1426

57.09

 Agricultural account

1072

42.91

Employment

 Full-time employees

759

30.38

 Temporary worker

146

5.84

 Hourly worker

4

0.16

 Individuals and freelancers

350

14.01

 Retired

289

11.57

 Student

578

23.14

 Farming

211

8.45

 Unemployed

149

5.96

 Other

12

0.48

Geographical division

 North

438

17.53

 North-east

349

13.97

 East

387

15.49

 Central

324

12.97

 South

221

8.85

 South-west

385

15.41

 North-west

394

15.77

Smoking

 Never

1831

73.30

 Occasionally

231

9.25

 Often

360

14.41

 Quit

76

3.04

Alcohol drinking

 Never

1184

47.40

 Occasionally

1104

44.20

 Often

172

6.89

 Quit

38

1.52

Physical exercise or fitness activity

 Often

673

26.94

 Sometimes

1472

58.93

 Never

353

14.13

Overall health in the past month

 Very good

567

22.70

 Good

967

38.71

 Average

877

35.11

 Bad

74

2.96

 Very bad

13

0.52

Changes in health compared to the past year

 No change

1213

48.56

 Got better

586

23.46

 Go bad

455

18.21

 Not easy to say

244

9.77

Suffer from chronic diseases

 Yes

692

27.70

 No

1806

72.30

Average monthly income

 ¥ 0–1300

732

29.30

 ¥ 1300–3300

653

26.14

 ¥ 3300–6300

702

28.10

 ¥ 6300–13000

292

11.69

 ¥ 13,000–21000

62

2.48

 ¥ 21,000–42000

37

1.48

 ¥ 42,000 above

20

0.80

Have experienced serious health problems

 Yes

362

14.49

 No

2136

85.51