Table 4.
Correlation between health risk awareness and health status in youth migrants
| Items | Unsatisfactory level of awareness, n (%) | Satisfactory level of awareness, n (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| How do you assess your health? | |||
| Excellent | 380 (38.9) | 150 (34.3) | 0.97a |
| Good | 414 (42.4) | 229 (52.4) | |
| Normal | 135 (13.8) | 54 (12.4) | |
| Bad | 23 (2.4) | 3 (0.7) | |
| Unclear | 25 (2.6) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Did you get sick in last 2 weeks? | |||
| Yes | 132 (13.7) | 66 (15.3) | 0.44b |
| No | 831 (86.3) | 366 (84.7) | |
| Did you contract a common disease(s) during the last year? | |||
| Yes | 583 (59.6) | 289 (66.1) | 0.02b |
| No | 395 (40.4) | 148 (33.9) | |
Satisfactory and unsatisfactory refers to youth migrants with a satisfactory/unsatisfactory health risk awareness, respectively
aWilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the sum ranks in the two groups
bχ2-test was used to compare the percentages in the two groups