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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2012 Mar;50(3 0):S68–S74. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.007

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants, by Migrant Status

Migrant Status

Urban
non-
migrant
Rural
non-
migrant
Rural-to-
urban
migrant
Urban-to-
urban
migrant
Total P-value

n=443 n=274 n=123 n=119 N=959
Age cohort 0.059
15–19 years 23.3 16.1 10.4 17.0 19.3
20–24 years 76.7 83.9 89.6 83.0 80.7
Female 38.7 49.1 45.7 38.1 42.5 0.044
Wealth tertile <0.001
Low 13.6 37.5 87.6 59.4 32.5
Mid 65.5 48.4 8.6 33.3 51.7
High 20.9 14.0 3.7 7.4 15.8
Current in job/School <0.001
In School but no Job 26.7 11.2 1.2 19.1 18.8
Neither job nor school 10.8 34.7 11.2 6.0 17.6
Both Job and School 11.7 1.8 0.0 12.2 7.7
Job but no school 50.8 52.3 87.6 62.6 55.9
Highest Educational Level <0.001
Primary or less 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.3
Junior Secondary 14.8 47.7 84.4 28.7 32.7
Senior Secondary 51.9 46.0 11.0 38.6 44.9
College/University/Graduate 33.3 6.0 3.8 32.0 22.1
Type of Work <0.001
Professional 32.9 13.1 4.6 23.4 23.0
Unprofessional 65.1 85.7 95.4 62.6 74.1
Other 1.9 1.2 0.0 14.0 2.9
Family Structure <0.001
Parents 79.7 51.6 0.0 19.4 57.5
Alone 1.6 3.9 0.8 6.4 2.7
Other Relatives 6.4 24.6 11.9 10.6 12.8
Friends/Dorm 12.4 20.0 87.3 63.6 27.0
Speak Shanghainese dialect 97.7 89.5 42.1 47.4 84.8 <0.001
No household registration (no hukou) 0.6 1.4 98.4 66.4 16.8 <0.001
Reason for Migration <0.001
School/university N/A N/A 1.2 26.0 14.3
Activity N/A N/A 90.7 37.7 62.8
Other N/A N/A 8.0 36.3 22.9
Recency of migration (years) N/A N/A 3.0 5.1 4.1 0.008
Early sex (20 years or younger) 66.1 47.4 53.3 61.9 59.0 0.001
Mean age of sex (years) 19.8 20.5 20.2 20.1 20.1 0.004
Condom use at first sex 36.4 28.8 16.9 35.7 32.3 0.031
Consistent use with first partner 29.1 11.3 9.6 33.0 22.4 0.000