Self-acceptance in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: Associations with social anxiety and social support

Table 5 Influencing factors of self-acceptance in polycystic ovary syndrome patients and assignment descriptions

Factor	Variable name	Assignment description
Ethnicity (Han)	X1	No = 0; yes = 1
Religion	X2	No = 0; yes = 1
Education level	X3	Primary school or below = 1; junior high school = 2; senior high school or vocational = 3; college or above = 4
Occupation	X4	Dummy variables were created using ”other” as the reference category: Farmer (x41): X41 = 1, x42 = 0, x43 = 0, x44 = 0, x45 = 0, x46 = 0; Service/Manual labor (x42): X41 = 0, x42 = 1, x43 = 0, x44 = 0, x45 = 0, x46 = 0; Company Employee (x43): X41 = 0, x42 = 0, x43 = 1, x44 = 0, x45 = 0, x46 = 0; Institution Employee (x44): X41 = 0, x42 = 0, x43 = 0, x44 = 1, x45 = 0, x46 = 0; Freelancer (x45): X41 = 0, x42 = 0, x43 = 0, x44 = 0, x45 = 1, x46 = 0; Student (x46): X41 = 0, x42 = 0, x43 = 0, x44 = 0, x45 = 0, x46 = 1
Monthly income (CNY)	X5	< 3000 = 1; 3000-5999 = 2; 6000-9999 = 3; ≥ 10000 = 4
Only child	X6	No = 0; yes = 1
Has children	X7	No = 0; yes = 1
No. of appearance manifestations	X8	1 = 1; 2 = 2; 3 = 3; 4 = 4; 5 = 5; 6 = 6