Table 1 Variable definition and descriptive statistics (n = 8,922)
From: Social equity perception and public mental health: a Chinese study with panel data
Variable | Definition | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Explained variable | |||||
Mental health | Total score of the CES-D ranges from “20” to “80”. The higher CES-D score, the deeper depression, and the worse mental health | 27.392 | 8.831 | 20 | 80 |
Explanatory variable | |||||
Social equity perception | 1 = very inequitable; 2 = somewhat inequitable; 3 = normal; 4 = somewhat equitable; 5 = very equitable | 3.276 | 0.929 | 1 | 5 |
Control variable | |||||
Age | Years old | 47.533 | 11.177 | 18 | 81 |
Education | Years of schooling education | 8.275 | 4.125 | 0 | 23 |
Marital status | 1 = married; 0 = unmarried | 0.912 | 0.283 | 0 | 1 |
Logarithm of income | Logarithm of total annual income of respondent in 2017 | 9.864 | 1.204 | 3.689 | 14.221 |
Smoking | 1 = have habit of smoking; 0 = else | 0.335 | 0.472 | 0 | 1 |
Drinking | 1 = have habit of drinking; 0 = else | 0.237 | 0.425 | 0 | 1 |
Exercise | 1 = have habit of exercise; 0 = else | 0.282 | 0.450 | 0 | 1 |
Self-reported physical health | 1 = very bad; 2 = somewhat bad; 3 = normal; 4 = somewhat good; 5 = very good | 3.571 | 0.978 | 1 | 5 |