Table 1 Encodings, means, and notes of variables
From: Health status in a transitional society: urban-rural disparities from a dynamic perspective in China
Independent variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | male female | 30,330 32,425 | 48.3 51.7 | Â |
Age |  |  |  | Mean = 46.22 Standard Deviation = 15.48 |
Hukou | urban rural | 29,401 33,354 | 46.9 53.1 | Â |
Political status | party member not party member | 6608 56,147 | 10.5 89.5 | party is the Communist Party of China (CPC) |
Marital status | being married single/divorce/widowed | 50,703 12,052 | 80.8 19.2 | Â |
Education | illiteracy primary school junior high school senior high school college or more | 8029 14,680 18,919 12,675 8452 | 12.8 23.4 30.1 20.2 13.5 | Â |
Work status | employment unemployment | 41,154 21,601 | 65.6 34.4 | unemployment includes jobless, students, and retirement |
Period | 2005–2013 |  |  | 7 periods |
Cohort | Â | Â | Â | 15 cohort groups |
Dependent variable | ||||
 SRH | very poor poor fair good very good | 2332 10,484 11,883 22,470 15,586 | 3.7 16.7 18.9 35.8 24.8 | treating as continuous variable approximately |