Table 1.
Summary distribution of the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of children aged 24–35 months, in Zhejiang province
| Variables | No. of children (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 700 (50.5) |
| Female | 686 (49.5) |
| Number of siblings | |
| 1 | 908 (65.5) |
| 2 | 362 (26.1) |
| ≥ 3 | 116 (8.4) |
| Place of delivery | |
| Hospital | 1285 (92.7) |
| Home | 101 (7.3) |
| Age of mother (years) | |
| < 30 | 881 (63.6) |
| ≥ 30 | 505 (36.4) |
| Maternal education level | |
| < senior middle school | 274 (19.8) |
| ≥ senior middle school | 1112 (80.2) |
| Maternal employment status | |
| Home fulltime | 315 (22.7) |
| Employed | 1071 (77.3) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 710 (51.2) |
| Rural | 676 (48.8) |
| Immigration status | |
| Resident | 843 (60.8) |
| Non-local | 543 (39.2) |
| Family income per month (CNY) a | 7336.9 ± 82.3 |
a: continuous variable, presented as Mean ± S.D