Table 1.
Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics between migrant and local adolescents
| Characters | Migrant sample (n = 712) |
Local sample (n = 303) |
Chi/t-test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (Female; %) | 44.5 | 45.9 | 0.157 |
| Age (Year, Mean ± SD) | 13.8 ± 1.1 | 13.2 ± 1.0 | 9. 014*** |
| Grade (%) | 5.627 | ||
| 6 | 41.4 | 48.8 | |
| 7 | 31.7 | 30.0 | |
| 8 | 26.8 | 21.1 | |
| Residence location (Village/suburb; %) | 67.0 | 29.0 | 124.0*** |
| Living in one's own house (Yes; %) | 14.2 | 94.7 | 583.8*** |
| Family income (RMB/month; %) | 80.02*** | ||
| < 3,000 | 34.4 | 18.5 | |
| 3,000-4,999 | 46.2 | 36.0 | |
| 5,000-10,000 | 13.3 | 35.3 | |
| > 10,000 | 6.0 | 10.2 | |
| Parental education (Father/mother; %) | 147.6/212.2*** | ||
| Middle school or less | 71.8/83.6 | 36.0/38.9 | |
| High school or professional school | 21.2/11.2 | 31.7/31.4 | |
| College or above | 7.0/5.2 | 32.3/29.7 | |
| Parental occupation (Father/mother; %) | 94.51/82.49*** | ||
| Low | 48.9/54.1 | 16.5/26.1 | |
| Middle | 43.1/42.7 | 68.0/61.4 | |
| High | 8.0/3.2 | 15.5/12.5 | |
*P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001