Research Article
The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | Categories | (%) |
| Urban-rural residence | Urban | 295 (66.3) | Rural | 150 (33.7) |
| Age group | Young old (60–69) | 267 (60.0) | Mid-old (70–79) | 127 (28.5) | Old-old (above 80) | 51 (11.5) |
| Gender | Male | 224 (50.3) | Female | 221 (49.7) |
| SES | Low | 141 (31.9) | Moderate | 221 (50.0) | High | 80 (18.1) |
| Marital status | Single | 27 (6.1) | Widowed | 113 (25.5) | Married | 304 (68.5) |
| Working status | Retired or no longer working | 280 (63.2) | Still employed | 144 (32.5) | Doing other things | 19 (4.3) |
| Living arrangement | Elderly homes | 49 (11.0) | Alone | 61 (13.7) | Only with spouse | 131 (29.4) | With more than one generation | 204 (45.8) |
| Neighbourhood relationship | Bad | 59 (13.3) | Normal | 253 (57.2) | Good | 130 (29.4) |
| Illness | No illness | 161 (36.2) | Moderate | 174 (39.1) | Severe | 110 (24.7) |
| Daily activity | Inactive | 63 (14.2) | Moderate | 237 (53.3) | Active | 145 (32.6) |
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