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Table 1 Characteristics for utilization of CHCs by awareness of the FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs in Dongmen community, Luohu district, Shenzhen, China

From: Utilization of community health care centers and family doctor contracts services among community residents: a community‐based analysis in Shenzhen, China

Variable Awareness of FDCS χ2 P-value Signing service contracts with FDs χ2 P-value
  No, n (%) Yes, n (%) No, n (%) Yes, n (%)
Total, n 882 (73.20) 323 (26.80)   1142 (94.77) 63 (5.23)  
Utilization of CHCs
  Others 548 (62.13) 143 (44.27) < 0.01 667 (58.41) 24 (38.1) < 0.01
  CHCs 334 (37.87) 180 (55.73)   475 (41.59) 39 (61.9)  
Hukou status
  Locals (Shenzhen hukou) 281 (31.86) 172 (53.25) < 0.01 404 (35.38) 49 (77.78) < 0.01
  Migrants (non-Shenzhen hukou) 601 (68.14) 151 (46.75)   738 (64.62) 14 (22.22)  
Age
  18–29 218 (24.72) 51 (15.79) < 0.01 262 (22.94) 7 (11.11) < 0.01
  30–39 253 (28.68) 121 (37.46)   356 (31.17) 18 (28.57)  
  40–49 235 (26.64) 85 (26.32)   305 (26.71) 15 (23.81)  
  50–59 176 (19.95) 66 (20.43)   219 (19.18) 23 (36.51)  
Gender
  Male 414 (46.94) 134 (41.49) 0.09 522 (45.71) 26 (41.27) 0.49
  Female 468 (53.06) 189 (58.51)   620 (54.29) 37 (58.73)  
Marriage
  No 234 (26.53) 48 (14.86) < 0.01 275 (24.08) 7 (11.11) 0.02
  Yes 648 (73.47) 275 (85.14)   867 (75.92) 56 (88.89)  
Education
  No education or primary school 131 (14.85) 17 (5.26) < 0.01 147 (12.87) 1 (1.59) < 0.01
  Middle school 261 (29.59) 64 (19.81)   314 (27.50) 11 (17.46)  
  High school 245 (27.78) 99 (30.65)   321 (28.11) 23 (36.51)  
  Professional college or university 245 (27.78) 143 (44.27)   360 (31.52) 28 (44.44)  
Employment status
  No 137 (15.53) 65 (20.12) 0.06 182 (15.94) 20 (31.75) < 0.01
  Yes 745 (84.47) 258 (79.88)   960 (84.06) 43 (68.25)  
Insurance status
  No 94 (10.66) 7 (2.17) < 0.01 101 (8.84) 0 (0) 0.01
  Yes 788 (89.34) 316 (97.83)   1041 (91.16) 63 (100)  
Chronic disease status
  No 729 (82.65) 240 (74.30) < 0.01 934 (81.79) 35 (55.56) < 0.01
  Yes 153 (17.35) 83 (25.70)   208 (18.21) 28 (44.44)  
  1. Note. Data from Community Diagnosis Questionnaire, Luohu, Shenzhen (2019)
  2. FD  Family doctor, FDCS  family doctor contract services, CHCs  community health care centers
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