Table 1.
Predisposing characteristics, enabling characteristics and need of the participants (n = 1182).
| Migrant Children (n = 731) | Local Children (n = 451) | df | χ2/t | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||||
| Predisposing characteristics | |||||||
| Female | 308 | 42.2 | 230 | 51.1 | 1 | 8.572 1 | 0.003 |
| Age (year) | 11.04 ± 0.037 | 10.85 ± 0.034 | 4 | 28.005 1 | <0.001 | ||
| 9~ | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10~ | 197 | 28.0 | 151 | 33.7 | |||
| 11~ | 279 | 39.7 | 213 | 47.5 | |||
| 12~ | 162 | 23.0 | 84 | 18.8 | |||
| 13~14 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Place of birth | |||||||
| Born in Guangzhou | 191 | 29.8 | 397 | 89.8 | 1 | 378.183 1 | <0.001 |
| Not born in Guangzhou 3 | 450 | 70.2 | 47 | 10.6 | |||
| One-child family | 68 | 9.3 | 345 | 76.7 | 1 | 552.136 1 | <0.001 |
| Parents employment status (father/mother) | 1 | 10.957 1/0.958 1 | 0.001/0.328 | ||||
| Employed | 678/556 | 98.4/80.9 | 416/353 | 94.8/83.5 | |||
| Unemployed | 11/131 | 1.6/19.1 | 23/70 | 5.2/16.5 | |||
| Parents educational level (father/mother) | 4 | 380.024 1/464.844 1 | 0.001/<0.001 | ||||
| Primary school or below | 154/231 | 21.8/33.0 | 12/11 | 2.7/2.5 | |||
| Junior middle school | 345/339 | 48.7/48.4 | 82/84 | 18.6/19.0 | |||
| Senior middle school | 161/102 | 22.7/14.6 | 112/134 | 25.5/30.6 | |||
| College | 31/17 | 4.4./2.4 | 87/104 | 19.8/23.6 | |||
| University or above | 17/11 | 2.4/1.6 | 147/108 | 33.4/24.5 | |||
| Family structure | 1 | 12.971 1 | 0.011 | ||||
| Two-parent family | 626 | 91.0 | 413 | 94.1 | |||
| Single-parent family | 62 | 9.0 | 26 | 5.9 | |||
| Seeking health information actively | 444 | 66.4 | 344 | 78.9 | 1 | 19.654 1 | <0.001 |
| Enabling characteristics | |||||||
| Perceived financial status | 2 | 27.490 1 | <0.001 | ||||
| Able to meet basic needs | 162 | 26.5 | 164 | 40.6 | |||
| Just to meet basic needs | 354 | 57.9 | 207 | 51.2 | |||
| Cannot meet basic needs | 95 | 15.5 | 33 | 8.2 | |||
| Self-owned housing | 42 | 5.7 | 375 | 83.1 | 1 | 728.477 1 | <0.001 |
| Health Insurance | 510 | 77.3 | 406 | 96.4 | 1 | 71.515 1 | <0.001 |
| Distances to the nearest community health center (km) | 2.65 ± 7.356 | 1.79 ± 2.023 | 1016 | 6.976 2 | 0.008 | ||
| Need | |||||||
| Perceived Health Status | 3 | 22.576 1 | <0.001 | ||||
| Excellent | 176 | 24.4 | 155 | 34.9 | |||
| Good | 337 | 46.7 | 206 | 46.4 | |||
| Fair | 187 | 25.9 | 75 | 16.9 | |||
| Poor | 22 | 3.0 | 8 | 1.8 | |||
1 Differences in proportions: χ2-test; 2 differences in means: t-test; 3 Among 450 migrant children, 41.9% of them came from other areas within Guangdong province, 58.1% of them came from other provinces (e.g., Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangxi province).