Table 2. Comparisons among NLBC, LBC and MC regarding depression and quality of interpersonal relationships (N = 3759).
| NLBC(n = 1944) | LBC(n = 1247) | MC(n = 568) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBCO (824) | LBCB (423) | |||||
| Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | F a | PC b | |
| Depression | 3.12(2.90) | 3.41(2.80) | 3.71(3.05) | 4.06(2.90) | 19.11*** | MC > NLBC, LBCO***, LBCB>NLBC*** |
| Parent-child relationship | ||||||
| Trust | 3.74(0.83) | 3.70(0.81) | 3.79(0.87) | 3.27(0.94) | 50.50*** | MC < NLBC, LBC*** |
| Communication | 3.26(0.98) | 3.31(0.91) | 3.41(0.98) | 2.79(1.05) | 46.35*** | MC < NLBC, LBC*** |
| Alienation | 2.27(0.70) | 2.26(0.65) | 2.23(0.67) | 2.31(0.69) | 1.27 | |
| Teacher-child relationship | ||||||
| Closeness | 3.21(0.94) | 3.26(0.91) | 3.25(0.91) | 3.15(0.91) | 1.79 | |
| Conflict | 1.94(0.81) | 1.86(0.80) | 1.95(0.80) | 2.11(0.89) | 8.68*** | MC > NLBC, LBC *** |
| Supportiveness | 3.35(0.52) | 3.43(0.54) | 3.34(0.55) | 3.24(0.63) | 10.41*** | MC < NLBC, LBC *** |
| Satisfaction | 3.75(0.89) | 3.34(0.55) | 3.76(0.89) | 3.61(0.95) | 6.03*** | MC < NLBC, LBCB *** |
Note: NLBC = Non-left-behind rural children, LBC = Children who were left behind, LBCO = Children who were left behind by one parent, LBCB = Children who were left behind by both parents, MC = Migrant children.
*** = p<0.001.
a. The F value was from ANOVA results.
b. PC indicate the significance of pairwise comparisons in the post-hot analysis.
LBCB> NLBC *** means “LBCB had a significant higher score than NLBC”.
MC> NLBC, LBC *** means “MC had a significant high score compared with NLBC, LBCO and LBCB”.
MC< NLBC, LBC *** means “MC had a significant low score compared with NLBC, LBCO and LBCB”.
MC< NLBC, LBCB *** means “MC had a significant low score compared with NLBC and LBCB”.