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. 2015 Jun 17;15:552. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1903-2

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and migrant characteristics among migrant women

Characteristics Total 1003 (100.0) Marital status χ 2 P
Married 803 (80.1) Unmarried 200 (19.9)
Age (years) 218.354 <0.001
 18~ 461 (46.0) 276 (34.4) 185 (92.5)
 30~ 452 (45.0) 437 (54.4) 15 (7.5)
 40 ~ 49 90 (9.0) 90 (11.2) 0 (0.0)
Level of education 44.272 <0.001
 Junior high school or less 440 (43.9) 394 (49.0) 46 (23.1)
 Senior high school 356 (35.5) 260 (32.5) 96 (47.7)
 College or more 207 (20.6) 149 (18.5) 58 (29.2)
Employment status 51.272 <0.001
 Employed 816 (81.4) 618 (77.0) 198 (99.0)
 Unemployed 187 (18.6) 185 (23.0) 2 (1.0)
Household registration place 1.173 0.279
 Guangdong province 373 (37.2) 292 (36.4) 81 (40.5)
 Outside Guangdong province 630 (62.8) 511 (63.6) 119 (59.5)
Household registration type 0.899 0.343
 Urban 288 (28.7) 236 (29.4) 52 (26.1)
 Rural 715 (71.3) 567 (70.6) 148 (73.9)
Years of residence in Guangzhou 122.190 <0.001
 ≤5 408 (40.7) 259 (32.3) 149 (74.4)
 ≤10 298 (29.7) 263 (32.7) 35 (17.6)
 >10 297 (29.6) 281 (35.0) 16 (8.0)

Note: Married included married, separated and widowed. The number of separated and widowed was 11