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

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents

Characteristics		Participants (n = 2678)	Percentage (%)	mean ± SD
Gender
	Male	1112	41.5
	Female	1566	58.5
Distribution in China
	Eastern	328	12.2
	Southern	209	7.8
	Central	463	17.3
	Northern	1291	48.2
	Northwest	146	5.5
	Southwest	159	5.9
	Northeast	82	3.1
Place of work or residence
	Urban	2507	93.6
	Rural	171	6.4
Level of education
	Junior high school and below	69	2.6
	Technical secondary school and high school	187	7.0
	College and bachelor’s degree	1770	66.1
	Master’s degree or above	652	24.3
Medical-related work experience
	Yes	1986	74.2
	No	692	25.8
Personal income per month (¥)
	< 1000	35	1.3
	1001-3000	270	10.1
	3001-5000	635	23.7
	5001-10000	877	32.7
	> 10000	861	32.2
Age				43.30 ± 11.70
BMI (kg/m2)				23.54 ± 3.15

BMI: Body mass index; SD: Standard deviation.

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.

Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the influential factors associated with the level of initiative practice for health awareness

Variables	B	OR (95%CI)	P value
Age	0.561	1.752 (1.485-2.067)	< 0.001
Place of work or residence	-0.145	0.865 (0.610-1.227)	0.416
Medical-related work experience	0.456	1.577 (1.308-1.902)	< 0.001
Personal income per month (¥)	0.116	1.123 (1.035-1.217)	0.005
BMI	0.013	1.013 (0.905-1.134)	0.823

BMI: Body mass index; CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.