Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of a random sample of migrant workers from Almaty, Kazakhstan (July–October 2007)
| Variables | Poor/fair health (n =194) | Excellent/very good/good health (n =228) | Total (n =422) | t test/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic characteristics [n, (percent, %)] | ||||
| Age in years, mean (range, SD) | 27.69 (18–36, SD =4.97) | 27.88 (18–42, SD =4.71) | 27.7 (SD =4.8) | 0.41 |
| Age in categories | −0.0002 | |||
| 25 and below | 62 (31.96%) | 73 (32.02%) | 135 (31.99%) | |
| 26 and above | 132 (68.04%) | 155 (67.98%) | 287 (68.01%) | |
| Gender | 1.91 | |||
| Female | 105 (54.12%) | 108 (47.37%) | 213 (50.47%) | |
| Male | 89 (45.88%) | 120 (52.63%) | 209 (49.43%) | |
| Education | 0.4163 | |||
| Less than high school | 134 (70.90%) | 163 (73.76%) | 297 (72.44%) | |
| More than high school | 58 (26.24%) | 55 (29.10%) | 113 (27.56%) | |
| Marital Status | 0.9915 | |||
| Single, never married | 53 (27.46%) | 53 (23.25%) | 106 (25.18%) | |
| Married | 122 (63.21%) | 152 (66.67%) | 274 (66.08%) | |
| Separated, widowed, or divorced | 18 (9.33%) | 23 (10.09%) | 41 (9.74%) | |
| Legal status | 7.7375** | |||
| Legal Resident of Kazakhstan | 56 (29.32%) | 96 (42.48%) | 152 (36.45%) | |
| Other | 135 (70.68%) | 130 (57.52%) | 265 (63.55%) | |
| Ethnicity | 56.5839*** | |||
| Kazakh | 56 (28.87%) | 33 (14.54%) | 89 (21.14%) | |
| Kyrgyz | 44 (22.68%) | 23 (10.13%) | 67 (15.91%) | |
| Uzbek | 58 (29.90%) | 56 (24.67%) | 114 (27.08%) | |
| Tajik | 10 (5.15%) | 13 (5.73%) | 23 (5.46%) | |
| Karakalpak | 7 (3.61%) | 39 (17.18%) | 46 (10.93%) | |
| Other | 19 (9.79%) | 63 (27.75%) | 82 (19.48%) | |
| Number of friends, neighbors, coworkers for support, advice, help | 18.5968** | |||
| 0 | 55 (28.50%) | 29 (12.78%) | 84 (20.00%) | |
| 1 | 49 (25.39%) | 55 (24.23%) | 104 (24.76%) | |
| 2 | 46 (23.83%) | 79 (34.80%) | 125 (29.76%) | |
| ≥ 3 | 43 (22.28%) | 64 (28.19%) | 107 (25.48%) | |
| Number of family members for support, advice, help | 31.2163*** | |||
| 0 | 75 (38.86%) | 39 (17.18%) | 114 (27.14%) | |
| 1 | 54 (27.98%) | 59 (25.99%) | 113 (26.90%) | |
| 2 | 26 (13.47%) | 47 (20.70%) | 73 (17.38%) | |
| ≥ 3 | 38 (19.69%) | 82 (36.12%) | 120 (28.57%) |
** p ≤ 0.05; *** p ≤ 0.0001