Assessing health-related quality of life of Chinese population using CQ-11D

Table 1 Compare the distribution of sociodemographic characteristics with the Chinese census

Characteristics	Chinese general population ^a.b (%)	Sample in this research (%)
Sex^a
Male	51.24	45.84
Female	48.76	54.16
Ethnic^a
Han nationality	91.11	89.82
Ethnic minorities	8.89	10.18
Geographical division^b
East China	30.20	25.54
Central and South China	29.12	26.97
Northeast China	6.84	9.71
North China	11.95	12.52
Northwest China	7.34	10.26
Southwest China	14.54	15.00
Education level^a
University	15.13	48.88
High school/Junior college	14.76	24.43
Middle school	33.75	16.66
Primary school and below	26.84	10.03
Age^a
15—59 years	82.43	Almost 81.18
60 + years	17.57	Almost 18.82
Age^b
15∼24 years	12.77	25.47
25∼34 years	16.83	14.94
35∼44 years	17.36	14.90
45∼54 years	19.31	20.10
55∼64 years	15.80	11.55
65∼74 years	11.57	7.00
75 + years	6.36	6.04
Household registration^a
Non-rural	63.89	57.00
Rural	36.11	43.00

Note^a the data is sourced from the Seventh National Population Census of China in 2020 https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202302/t20230203_1901085.html;^b the data is sourced from the China Statistical Yearbook of 2023 https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/ndsj/2023/indexch.htm

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