Table 1 Participants' characteristics (n = 40)
From: Willingness to pay for municipality hospital services in rural Japan: a contingent valuation study
| Â | n |
|---|---|
Sex | |
   Male | 21 |
   Female | 19 |
Age | |
   < 59 years of age | 12 |
   60-69 years of age | 12 |
   > 70 years of age | 16 |
Educational background | |
   Compulsory education | 13 |
   High school | 19 |
   Professional education (including university and professional school) | 8 |
Family structure | |
   Single | 5 |
   2 persons | 24 |
   > 3 persons | 11 |
Employment | |
   Yes | 19 |
   No | 21 |
Health insurance | |
   National Health Insurance | 14 |
   Social Insurance | 14 |
   Old-Old National Health Insurance | 12 |
Access to medical service | |
   > once monthly | 16 |
   Several times | 24 |
Place of interview | |
   Town's hospital | 13 |
   Clinic | 7 |
   Participants' office | 7 |
   Other | 13 |
Combination measure for income | |
   low | 12 |
   middle | 20 |
   high | 8 |
Individual WTP | |
   Zero | 4 |
   < 50,000 yen | 18 |
   50,000-100,000 yen | 13 |
   > 100,000 yen | 5 |