Table 2 Univariate analysis of health conditions in low-income individuals living alone.
From: The influencing factors of health status among low-income individuals living alone in Wuxi, China
Factors | Total number | Patients (%) | Non patients (%) | χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 13.125 | 0.001 | |||
 Male | 1076 (67.97%) | 975 (90.61%) | 101 (9.39%) |  |  |
 Female | 507 (32.03%) | 428 (84.42%) | 79 (15.58%) |  |  |
Age | 10.231 | 0.001 | |||
 < 60 | 1011 (63.83%) | 874 (86.45%) | 137 (13.55%) |  |  |
 ≥ 60 | 573 (36.17%) | 529 (92.32%) | 44 (7.68%) |  |  |
Education level | 2.741 | 0.254 | |||
 Elementary or below | 361 (23.32%) | 315 (87.26%) | 46 (12.74%) |  |  |
 Middle school | 835 (53.94%) | 735 (88.02%) | 100 (11.98%) |  |  |
 High school or above | 352 (22.74%) | 320 (90.91%) | 32 (9.09%) |  |  |
Marital status | 0.250 | 0.969 | |||
 Unmarried | 746 (48.41%) | 662 (88.74%) | 84 (11.26%) |  |  |
 Married | 94 (6.10%) | 82 (87.23%) | 12 (12.77%) |  |  |
 Divorced | 690 (44.78%) | 612 (88.70%) | 78 (11.29%) |  |  |
 Other | 11 (0.71%) | 10 (90.91%) | 1 (9.09%) |  |  |
Drinking | 4.357 | 0.036 | |||
 Yes | 337 (21.48%) | 288 (85.46%) | 49 (14.54%) |  |  |
 No | 1232 (78.52%) | 1103 (89.53%) | 129 (10.47%) |  |  |
Smoking | 0.369 | 0.544 | |||
 Yes | 731 (46.47%) | 644 (88.10%) | 87 (11.89%) |  |  |
 No | 842 (53.53%) | 750 (89.07%) | 92 (10.93%) |  |  |
BMI | 0.851 | 0.837 | |||
 < 18.5 | 54 (6.56%) | 48 (88.89%) | 6 (11.11%) |  |  |
 18.5–23.9 | 454 (55.16%) | 401 (88.33%) | 53 (11.67%) |  |  |
 24–27.9 | 222 (26.97%) | 199 (89.64%) | 23 (10.36%) |  |  |
 ≥ 28 | 93 (11.30%) | 85 (91.40%) | 8 (8.59%) |  |  |
Self-rated mental health status | 4.84 | 0.028 | |||
 Good | 1088 (68.69%) | 915 (84.10%) | 173 (15.90%) |  |  |
 Poor | 496 (31.31%) | 438 (88.31%) | 58 (11.69%) |  |  |
Frailty | 0.151 | 0.698 | |||
 Yes | 1386 (87.50%) | 1226 (88.46%) | 160 (11.54%) |  |  |
 No | 198 (12.50%) | 177 (89.39%) | 21 (10.61%) |  |  |
Pulse pressure difference | 0.046 | 0.830 | |||
 < 60 | 1518 (95.83%) | 1344 (88.54%) | 174 (11.46%) |  |  |
 ≥ 60 | 66 (4.17%) | 59 (89.40%) | 7 (10.59%) |  |  |
Self-rated hearing status | 11.980 | 0.001 | |||
 Normal | 1201 (75.82%) | 1045 (87.01%) | 156 (12.99%) |  |  |
 Poor | 383 (24.18%) | 358 (93.47%) | 25 (6.53%) |  |  |
