Gender Differences in Death Level among People with Disabilities in China

Based on 2006 National Sampling Survey on Disability and 2007-2010 National Monitoring Survey, with the method of Fairlie non-linear decomposition, the study analyzes the gender differences in death level among people with disabilities in China, and explores contribution factors of differences, from the aspect of health and environment.The results as followed.
When classified by disability type or severity degree, the female’s risk is higher than male in more than half of the people, different from the situation among general population. Disability type and severity have effects upon the mode of gender difference. Difference among people with visual disability is the largest. The difference goes up along with the decrease of severity of disability.
The overall contribution of explanatory variables reduces the difference. Environmental factors make greater protection to male than to female.
Different sub-populations show different mode of contribution factors. The elderly and the unemployed rely on income and marital status significantly.
Age, employment, marital status and disability severity make remarkable contributions to the difference. With the control of other variables, age reduces the gap; employment, as well as with spouse show greater protection to male than to female; disability severity expands the gap.