Table 1.
The social-demographic characteristics, SDQ and SITBs of migrant compared to urban children
| Migrant children n = 1858 N (%) |
Urban children n = 2359 N (%) |
χ2 or t | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 966 (55.90) | 1100 (49.04) | 18.41 | < 0.001 |
| Female | 762 (44.10) | 1143 (50.96) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 13.67 (1.52) | 13.92 (1.30) | 34.23 | < 0.001 |
| Family economic status | 1031.00 | < 0.001 | ||
| Poor | 566 (31.03) | 53 (2.26) | ||
| Fair | 821 (45.01) | 711 (30.35) | ||
| Wealthy | 437 (23.96) | 1579 (67.39) | ||
| Parents’ education level | 576.80 | < 0.001 | ||
| Illiteracy or primary school | 319 (17.68) | 89 (3.90) | ||
| Middle school | 1100 (60.98) | 975 (42.71) | ||
| High school | 329 (18.24) | 754 (33.03) | ||
| College or above | 56 (3.10) | 465 (20.37) | ||
| Are your parents divorced? | 9.24 | 0.003 | ||
| Yes | 79 (4.29) | 151 (6.45) | ||
| No | 1761 (95.71) | 2189 (93.55) | ||
| Total difficulties, mean (SD) | 12.28 (5.19) | 11.12 (5.56) | 47.84 | < 0.001 |
| Emotional symptoms, mean (SD) | 3.09 (2.00) | 3.03 (2.12) | 7.40 | 0.007 |
| Conduct problems, mean (SD) | 2.43 (1.63) | 2.18 (1.60) | 4.43 | 0.035 |
| Hyperactivity, mean (SD) | 3.92 (2.16) | 3.36 (2.20) | 6.17 | 0.013 |
| Peer problems, mean (SD) | 2.84 (1.60) | 2.55 (1.65) | 2.73 | 0.098 |
| Prosocial behavior, mean (SD) | 6.93 (2.02) | 7.39 (2.10) | 53.35 | < 0.001 |
| Internalizing problems, mean (SD) | 5.93 (2.88) | 5.58 (3.06) | 65.81 | < 0.001 |
| Internalizing problems (> 8) | 326 (17.55) | 418 (17.72) | 0.02 | 0.903 |
| Externalizing problems, mean (SD) | 6.35 (3.30) | 5.54 (3.30) | 81.15 | < 0.001 |
| Externalizing problems (> 10) | 1796 (96.66) | 2231 (94.57) | 10.54 | 0.001 |
| Suicidal ideation | 1.70 | 0.200 | ||
| Yes | 492 (26.67) | 584 (24.89) | ||
| No | 1353 (73.33) | 1762 (75.11) | ||
| Self-injuries behavior | 4.86 | 0.030 | ||
| Yes | 189 (10.47) | 193 (8.45) | ||
| No | 1616 (89.53) | 2091 (91.55) | ||