The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Chinese Elders' Perception of the Image of Ageing

Table 5

Cross-tabulations between cluster membership for image of ageing and Sociodemographic characteristics with chi-square tests.

	Cluster membership
	Negative image group		Positive image group
Characteristics	(𝑁=265)		(𝑁=180)
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Urban-rural residence	(𝜒^2=11.128; df=1; 𝑃=.001)
Urban	192	65.085	103	34.915
Rural	73	48.667	77	51.333
Age(yr)(60–92)	(𝜒^2=5.504; df=2; 𝑃=.064)
Young-old (60–69)	149	55.805	118	44.195
Mid-old (70–79)	79	62.205	48	37.795
Old-old (above 80)	37	72.549	14	27.451
Gender	(𝜒^2=0.072; df=1; 𝑃=.788)
Male	132	49.811	92	51.111
Female	133	50.189	88	48.889
Social-economic status	(𝜒^2=4.734; df=2; 𝑃=.094)
Low	75	53.191	66	46.809
Moderate	142	64.253	79	35.747
High	45	56.250	35	43.750
Marital status	(𝜒^2=11.254; df=2; 𝑃=.004)
Single	22	81.481	5	18.519
Widowed	76	67.257	37	32.743
Married	166	54.605	138	45.395
Working status	(𝜒^2=12.716; df=2; 𝑃=.002)
Retired or no longer working	184	65.714	96	34.286
Still employed	70	48.611	74	51.389
Doing other things	9	47.368	10	52.632
Living arrangement	(𝜒^2=14.501; df=3; 𝑃=.002)
Elderly home	38	77.551	11	22.449
Alone	43	70.492	18	29.508
Only with spouse	78	59.542	53	40.458
With more than one generation	106	51.961	98	48.039
Neighbourhood relationship	(𝜒^2=10.831; df=2; 𝑃=.004)
Bad	42	71.186	17	28.814
Normal	158	62.451	95	37.549
Good	63	48.462	67	51.538
Illness	(𝜒^2=39.955; df=2; 𝑃=.000)
No illness	70	43.478	91	56.522
Moderate	105	60.345	69	39.655
Severe	90	81.818	20	18.182
Daily activity	(𝜒^2=20.106; df=2; 𝑃=.000)
Inactive	45	71.429	18	28.571
Moderate	155	65.401	82	34.599
Active	65	44.828	80	55.172

𝑃<.001^∗∗∗; 𝑃<.01^∗∗; 𝑃<.05^∗.