Awareness of initiative practice for health in the Chinese population: A questionnaire survey based on a network platform

Table 2 Characteristics of the respondents’ level of initiative practice for health awareness

Variables	Case, n (%)	Awareness		χ2	P value
		Weak, n (%)	Strong, n (%)
Total	2678	1613 (60.2)	1065 (39.8)
Gender				1.598	0.206
Male	1112 (41.5)	654 (58.8)	458 (41.2)
Female	1566 (58.5)	959 (61.2)	607 (38.8)
Age (yr)				45.256	< 0.001
< 40	1088 (40.6)	739 (67.9)	349 (32.1)
> 40	1590 (59.4)	874 (55.0)	716 (45.0)
Place of work or residence				5.115	0.024
Urban	2507 (93.6)	1496 (59.7)	1011 (40.3)
Rural	171 (6.4)	117 (68.4)	54 (31.6)
Level of education				4.694	0.196
Junior high school and below	69 (2.6)	50 (72.5)	19 (27.5)
Technical secondary school and high school	187 (7.0)	109 (58.3)	78 (41.7)
College and bachelor’s degree	1770 (66.1)	1065 (60.2)	705 (39.8)
Master’s degree or above	652 (24.3)	389 (59.7)	263 (40.3)
Medical-related work experience				22.165	< 0.001
Yes	1986 (74.2)	1144 (57.6)	842 (42.4)
No	692 (25.8)	469 (67.8)	223 (32.2)
Personal income per month (¥)				21.443	< 0.001
< 1000	35 (1.3)	28 (80.0)	7 (20.0)
1001-3000	270 (10.1)	181 (67.0)	89 (33.0)
3001-5000	635 (23.7)	407 (64.1)	228 (35.9)
5001-10000	877 (32.7)	511 (58.3)	366 (41.7)
> 10000	861 (32.2)	486 (56.4)	375 (43.6)
BMI (kg/m2)				11.392	0.01
< 18.5	101 (3.8)	77 (76.2)	24 (23.8)
18.5-23.9	1440 (53.8)	857 (59.5)	583 (40.5)
24-27.9	907 (33.8)	539 (59.4)	368 (40.6)
> 28	230 (8.6)	140 (60.9)	90 (39.1)

BMI: Body mass index.