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Table 1 Baseline Individual-level factors of the seniors and their bivariate association with errors in MMSE

From: The impact of rural-urban community settings on cognitive decline: results from a nationally-representative sample of seniors in China

Parameter

Number of Participants

%

β(SE)

Sex

 Malea

1043

61.03

 

 Female

666

38.97

1.455(0.235)***

Childhood Residency

 Villagea

188

11.00

 

 City/Town

1521

89.00

3.031 (0.354) ***

Government Subsidies

 Yesa

882

51.61

 

 No

827

48.39

−1.417 (0.230)***

Occupation

(State-owned Business)

 Outsidea

1279

74.84

 

 Inside

430

25.16

−3.260 (0.256)***

Education

 Illiteratea

403

23.58

 

 Elementary school

856

50.09

−3.446 (0.258)***

 Middle school or above

450

26.33

−6.230 (0.293)***

Smoking

 Nevera

870

50.91

 

 Quit

240

14.04

−1.188 (0.349)***

 Still

599

35.05

−0.270 (0.254)

Community Setting

 Rurala

1020

59.68

 

 Urban

689

40.32

−1.978 (0.232)***

  1. SE Standard Error
  2. a: This level was set as the reference level
  3. ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001