Elderly care needs and factors influencing negative emotions among first-generation only child parents in a Chinese city

Table 2 Univariate analysis of negative emotions, n (%)

Variable	Without negative emotions (n = 1120)	Negative emotions (n = 460)	P value
Gender			0.181
Male	537 (47.95)	244 (53.04)
Female	583 (52.05)	216 (46.96)
Age (years)			0.033
60-69	565 (50.45)	199 (43.26)
70-79	390 (34.82)	176 (38.26)
80-89	140 (12.5)	80 (17.39)
≥ 90	25 (2.23)	5 (1.09)
Education			0.363
Illiterate	369 (32.95)	165 (35.87)
Primary school	427 (38.13)	174 (37.83)
Junior high	222 (19.82)	81 (17.61)
Vocational/high school	80 (7.14)	26 (5.65)
College and above	22 (1.96)	14 (3.04)
Occupation before retirement			0.341
None	338 (30.18)	123 (26.74)
Some	782 (69.82)	337 (73.26)
Marital status			< 0.001
Unmarried	22 (1.96)	23 (5)
Married	862 (76.96)	319 (69.35)
Widowed	223 (19.91)	110 (23.91)
Divorced	13 (1.16)	8 (1.74)
Living situation			< 0.001
Living alone	88 (7.86)	67 (14.57)
Living with spouse	664 (59.29)	237 (51.52)
Living with children	350 (31.25)	101 (21.96)
Other	18 (1.61)	55 (11.96)
Monthly income (yuan)			0.759
< 1000	755 (67.41)	291 (63.26)
1000-2000	241 (21.52)	108 (23.48)
2001-3000	88 (7.86)	45 (9.78)
> 3000	36 (3.21)	16 (3.48)
Disability			0.022
None	984 (87.86)	389 (84.57)
Yes	136 (12.14)	71 (15.43)
Medical payment method			0.721
Urban employee basic	532 (47.5)	225 (48.91)
Urban resident basic	67 (5.98)	23 (5)
New rural cooperative	481 (42.95)	186 (40.43)
Commercial health insurance	2 (0.18)	1 (0.22)
Other	38 (3.39)	25 (5.43)
Chronic diseases			< 0.001
None	561 (50.09)	195 (42.39)
1 type	367 (32.77)	163 (35.43)
2 types	132 (11.79)	76 (16.52)
≥ 3 types	60 (5.36)	26 (5.65)
Frailty status			< 0.001
Healthy	660 (58.93)	130 (28.26)
Pre-frail	343 (30.63)	180 (39.13)
Frail	117 (10.45)	150 (32.61)
Family support			< 0.001
Good	612 (54.64)	160 (34.78)
Mild to moderate impairment	330 (29.46)	162 (35.22)
Severe impairment	178 (15.89)	138 (30)