Research Article
Socioeconomic Factors and Inequality in the Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes among Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults in China
| | Urban areas | Rural areas | Total | | % | | % | | % |
| Gender | | | | | | | Male | 995 | 51.80% | 3581 | 45.80% | 4576 | 46.99% | Female | 926 | 48.20% | 4237 | 54.20% | 5163 | 53.01% | Age group (years) | | | | | | | 45–55 | 537 | 27.95% | 2611 | 33.40% | 3148 | 32.32% | 56–65 | 728 | 37.90% | 3087 | 39.49% | 3815 | 39.17% | >65 | 656 | 34.15% | 2120 | 27.12% | 2776 | 28.50% | Ethnicity | | | | | | | Han | 1794 | 93.39% | 7247 | 92.70% | 9041 | 92.83% | Other ethnic groups | 127 | 6.61% | 571 | 7.30% | 698 | 7.17% | Marital status | | | | | | | Divorced/single/separated | 259 | 13.48% | 996 | 12.74% | 1255 | 12.89% | Married/partnered | 1662 | 86.52% | 6822 | 87.26% | 8484 | 87.11% | Education level | | | | | | | Less than primary school | 387 | 20.15% | 4089 | 52.30% | 4476 | 45.96% | Less than lower secondary | 933 | 48.57% | 3280 | 41.95% | 4213 | 43.26% | Upper secondary, vocational training | 601 | 31.29% | 449 | 5.74% | 1050 | 10.78% | Family size | | | | | | | ≤2 | 801 | 41.70% | 2733 | 34.96% | 3534 | 36.29% | ≥3 | 1120 | 58.30% | 5085 | 65.04% | 6205 | 63.71% | Household income per capita () | 17,369 | 957.04 | 6611 | 400.23 | 11,019 | 555.23 | Type of labour | | | | | | | Farmer | 589 | 30.66% | 6324 | 80.89% | 6913 | 70.98% | Self-employed/employed | 975 | 50.75% | 1352 | 17.29% | 2327 | 23.89% | Government & institutions | 357 | 18.58% | 142 | 1.82% | 499 | 5.12% | Drinking | | | | | | | Never drunk | 960 | 49.97% | 4467 | 57.14% | 5427 | 55.72% | History of drinking | 961 | 50.03% | 3351 | 42.86% | 4312 | 44.28% | Smoking | | | | | | | Never smoked | 1095 | 57.00% | 4509 | 57.67% | 5604 | 57.54% | History of smoking | 826 | 43.00% | 3309 | 42.33% | 4135 | 42.46% | ADL | | | | | | | Without ADL | 1779 | 92.61% | 7018 | 89.77% | 8797 | 90.33% | With any ADL | 142 | 7.39% | 800 | 10.23% | 942 | 9.67% | BMI | | | | | | | ≤18.5 | 801 | 41.70% | 3992 | 51.06% | 4793 | 49.21% | 18.6–24.1 | 70 | 3.64% | 513 | 6.56% | 583 | 5.99% | >24.1 | 1050 | 54.66% | 3313 | 42.38% | 4363 | 44.80% | Self-reported health () | 3.7315 | 0.0267 | 3.9175 | 0.0201 | 3.8413 | 0.0174 | Has hypertension | | | | | | | No | 1246 | 64.86% | 5581 | 71.39% | 6827 | 70.10% | Yes | 675 | 35.14% | 2237 | 28.61% | 2912 | 29.90% |
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Note: calculations were weighted using individual sampling weights and adjusted for household and individual responses.
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