Table 2.

Comparison of levels of social support between migrant women (N = 1,195) and non- migrant women (N = 1.076) from rural area of Shandong Province, China

	Migrant women(x ± s)	Local women(x ± s)	t	P
Subjective support	25.00 ± 4.54	26.55 ± 4.12	-8.453	<0.001
How many friends do you have who can provide help and support to you?	2.74 ± 0.86	2.88 ± 0.86	-4.006	<0.001
How is your relationship with your neighbors?	3.16 ± 0.94	3.34 ± 0.90	-4.669	<0.001
How is your relationship with your colleagues?	3.13 ± 0.91	3.33 ± 0.88	-5.575	<0.001
How is the support you receive from your family members?	15.98 ± 3.58	16.99 ± 3.10	-7.148	<0.001
Objective support	7.50 ± 2.27	8.05 ± 2.64	-5.345	<0.001
What was your living condition in the past year?	3.76 ± 0.73	3.94 ± 0.36	-7.618	<0.001
What have been your sources of economic and practical support in case of emergency?	1.77 ± 1.03	1.97 ± 1.31	-4.222	<0.001
What have been your sources of care when you were in trouble?	1.97 ± 1.14	2.13 ± 1.40	-2.917	0.004
Utilization of support	8.11 ± 1.80	8.22 ± 1.56	-1.457	0.145
What is your way of confiding when you are in trouble?	3.42 ± 0.79	3.52 ± 0.72	-3.108	0.002
How do you seek for help when you are in trouble?	2.86 ± 1.01	2.99 ± 0.99	-3.146	0.002
To what extent are you involved in group (e.g. political organizations, religious organizations, labor unions and student unions) activities?	1.84 ± 1.04	1.71 ± 0.76	3.322	0.001
Total points of social support	40.61 ± 6.19	42.81 ± 6.29	-8.383	<0.001