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. 2018 Sep 17;18:717. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3522-y

Table 2.

Distribution difference of characteristics between urban residents and rural-to-urban migrants

Urban residents (n = 11,300) Rural-to-urban migrants (n = 2819)
N or M ± SD or P50[P25, P75] % N or M ± SD or P50[P25, P75] % F/X 2 P
Gender 0.0048 0.95
 Female 6180 50.26 1569 51.54
 Male 5452 49.74 1379 48.46
Age 43.7 ± 13.75 36.71 ± 12.18 < 0.001**
 15~ 24 1278 11.31 463 16.42
 25~ 34 1736 15.36 900 31.93
 35~ 44 2461 21.78 688 24.41
 45~ 59 4281 37.88 641 22.74
 60~ 1544 13.66 127 4.51
Marital status 68.96 < 0.001**
 Unmarried 1909 16.89 554 19.65
 Married, living together 8808 77.95 2216 78.61
 divorce, widowed 583 5.16 49 1.74
Education Level 687.30 < 0.001**
 Primary or less 1099 9.73 676 23.98
 Junior middle school 6586 58.28 1796 63.71
 High school or above 3615 31.99 347 12.31
Medical insurance 39.15 < 0.001**
 Yes 9576 84.74 2252 79.89
 No 1724 15.26 567 20.11
Job 442.62 < 0.001**
 Yes 5914 52.34 2094 74.28
 No 5386 47.66 725 25.72
 Income in the past year 20,000 [4,45,000] 24,000 [6,42,000] 2.376 0.018*
Satisfied with income 40.67 < 0.001**
 Satisfactory 2984 26.41 610 21.64
 Fair 3699 32.73 1078 38.24
 Unsatisfactory 4617 40.86 1131 40.12
 Self-assessment of social status 4.57 ± 1.80 4.00 ± 1.78 227.33 < 0.001**
Self-reported health 18.46 < 0.001**
 Health 7058 62.46 1869 66.30
 Fair 3382 29.93 786 27.88
 Unwell 860 7.61 164 5.82
Survey area 279.68 < 0.001**
 East 4796 42.44 1690 59.95
 Central 3940 34.87 706 25.04
 west 2561 22.69 423 15.01

** significance P < 0.001; * P < 0.05