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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants in households with lung cancer patients in China: a retrospective cohort study

Sociodemographic Characteristics

Number

Percent (%)

Gender

 Male

296

63.00

 Female

174

37.00

Age (years)

 ≤ 60

186

39.60

 > 60

284

60.40

Education level

 Junior high school and below

288

61.30

 Senior high school and above

182

38.70

Marital status

 Married

407

86.60

 Rest1

63

13.40

Course of disease

 < 1 year

79

16.80

 1–2 year

391

83.20

Household size

 ≤ 3

279

59.40

 4–6

168

35.70

 ≥ 7

23

4.90

Insurance

 UEBMI

257

54.70

 U&RRBMI

207

44.00

 Rest2

6

1.30

Income level(80000RMB)

 ≤ 12844USD

346

73.60

 >12844USD

124

26.40

  1. Rest 1 represents unmarried, divorced and widowed. Rest 2 stands for public medical, commercial insurance and uninsured. Abbreviations: The UEBMI represents Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance. The U&RRBMI represents Urban and Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance