Research Article
Understanding the Relationship between Neighbourhood Built Environment and Older Adults’ Health from the Perspective of Housing Differentiation
Table 1
Characteristics of participants (N = 426).
| | Category | Number | Percentage (%) |
| Age (years) | 60–69 | 286 | 67.14 | 70–79 | 104 | 24.41 | 80 and older | 36 | 8.45 |
| Gender | Female | 235 | 55.16 | Male | 191 | 44.84 |
| Education | Primary school and below | 36 | 8.45 | Middle school | 144 | 33.80 | High school | 151 | 35.45 | Associate degree | 72 | 16.90 | Bachelor’s degree or above | 23 | 5.40 |
| Career | Farmers | 19 | 4.46 | Company staff | 274 | 64.32 | Self-employed | 14 | 3.29 | Civil service | 68 | 15.96 | Service staff | 24 | 5.63 | Freelance | 12 | 2.82 | Others | 15 | 3.52 |
| Personal monthly income | Less than 2000 | 23 | 5.40 | 2000–4000 | 247 | 57.98 | 4000–6000 | 119 | 27.93 | 6000–8000 | 12 | 2.82 | More than 8000 | 25 | 5.87 |
| Marital status | Married | 372 | 87.32 | Other | 54 | 12.68 |
| Residence status | Living with others | 366 | 85.92 | Living alone | 60 | 14.08 |
| Housing type | Resettlement housing | 126 | 29.58 | Old residential neighbourhood | 151 | 35.45 | Commercial housing | 149 | 34.97 |
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