Table 1 Basic characteristics of the rural older people signed status of FDCSs in Shandong, China, 2018
Variable | N | Percentage (%) | Signed status of family doctor contract services | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | χ2/ t-test | P-Value | |||
n = 1395 | 393 (28.17) | 1002 (71.83) |  |  | ||
Gender | 12.97 | < 0.01 | ||||
 Male | 734 | 52.62 | 237 (60.31) | 497 (49.60) |  |  |
 Female | 661 | 47.38 | 156 (39.69) | 505 (50.40) | ||
Educational attainment | 30.11 | < 0.01 | ||||
 Illiteracy | 508 | 36.42 | 102 (25.95) | 406 (40.52) |  |  |
 Junior education or below | 772 | 55.34 | 244 (62.09) | 528 (52.69) | ||
 Senior high or above | 115 | 8.24 | 47 (11.96) | 68 (6.79) | ||
Marital status | 1.51 | 0.22 | ||||
 Married | 1121 | 80.36 | 324 (82.44) | 797 (79.54) |  |  |
 Unmarried | 274 | 19.64 | 69 (17.56) | 205 (20.46) | ||
Empty nest | 0.69 | 0.406 | ||||
 Yes | 710 | 50.90 | 207 (52.67) | 503 (50.20) |  |  |
 No | 685 | 49.10 | 186 (47.33) | 499 (49.80) | ||
Occupation | – | 0.251 | ||||
 Unemployed | 448 | 32.11 | 135 (34.35) | 313 (31.24) |  |  |
 Farming | 761 | 54.55 | 202 (51.40) | 559 (55.79) | ||
 Farming+ nonfarm work | 81 | 5.81 | 20 (5.09) | 61 (6.09) | ||
 Nonfarm work | 45 | 3.23 | 13 (3.31) | 32 (3.19) | ||
 Retirees | 60 | 4.30 | 23 (3.69) | 37 (5.85) | ||
Household income | 14.28 | 0.003 | ||||
 Q1(Poorest) | 351 | 25.16 | 73 (18.58) | 278 (27.74) |  |  |
 Q2 | 347 | 24.87 | 99 (25.19) | 248 (24.75) | ||
 Q3 | 346 | 24.81 | 114 (29.01) | 232 (23.15) | ||
 Q4(Richest) | 351 | 25.16 | 107 (27.23) | 244 (24.35) | ||
CHE | 1.16 | 0.281 | ||||
 Yes | 692 | 49.61 | 204 (51.91) | 488 (48.70) |  |  |
 No | 703 | 50.39 | 189 (48.09) | 514 (51.30) | ||
City | 24.39 | < 0.01 | ||||
 Liaocheng | 513 | 36.77 | 163 (41.48) | 350 (34.93) |  |  |
 Binzhou | 442 | 31.68 | 86 (21.88) | 356 (35.53) | ||
 Zibo | 440 | 31.55 | 144 (36.64) | 296 (29.54) | ||
Distance from village clinic | 7.63 | 0.022 | ||||
 < 100 m | 322 | 23.08 | 74 (18.83) | 248 (24.75) |  |  |
 100-500 m | 772 | 55.34 | 239 (60.81) | 533 (53.19) | ||
 > 500 m | 301 | 21.58 | 80 (20.36) | 221 (22.06) | ||
Awareness of FDCSs | 206.45 | < 0.01 | ||||
 Less familiar | 1253 | 89.82 | 280 (71.25) | 973 (97.11) |  |  |
 Know it well | 142 | 10.18 | 113 (28.75) | 29 (2.89) | ||