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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov 10;70(3):412–419. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.028

Table 2.

Results of Logitic Regressions Predicting Depressive Symptoms in 2000 on Rural-urban Migration Status between 1997–2000, Controlling for Initial Health Status and Other Characteristics in 1997: IFLS 1997–2000.

Dependent variable (experienced sadness last month) OR a (95% CI)
Labor migrants		 OR b (95% CI)
Other types of migrants
Overall sample
Dichotomous comparison (migrants vs. rural non-migrants) 1.99 *** (1.33, 2.99) 1.26 (0.86, 1.85)
By whether moving with other family members
 Yes (vs. rural non-migrants) 1.57 (0.69, 3.54) 1.53 (0.94, 2.50)
 No (vs. rural non-migrants) 2.17 *** (1.37, 3.43) 1.57 * (1.12, 2.22)
N 5,380 5,392
Males
Dichotomous comparison (migrants vs. rural non-migrants) 2.15 *** (1.24, 3.72) 0.73 (0.36, 1.47)
N 2,369 2,350
Females
Dichotomous comparison (migrants vs. rural non-migrants) 1.84 *** (1.04, 3.27) 1.74 * (1.08, 2.80)
N 3,013 3,042

Note: Adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals are shown. Other covariates are omitted from the table. They include age, gender, years of education, marital status, household size, economic shocks, log per capital household income, province of residence, and whether the respondent initially reported poor health, all of which are measured in 1997 prior to migration.

a

The regression models compare psychological health between rural-urban labor migrants and rural non-migrants, with the latter being the reference category.

b

The regression models compare psychological health between rural-urban migrants for other purposes and rural non-migrants, with the latter being the reference category.

***

p value < 0.001;

**

p value < 0.01;

*

p value < 0.05