Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of rural-to-urban migrants who used inpatient service
| Variables | Rural-to-urban migrants hospitalised in | Total (n = 4018) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Residence (n = 3098) | Hometown (n = 614) | Other places (n = 306) | |||
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 800(25.8) | 181(29.5) | 123(40.2) | 1104(27.5) | |
| Female | 2298(74.2) | 433(70.5) | 183(59.8) | 2914(72.5) | |
| Age group | < 0.001 | ||||
| 15- | 566(18.3) | 141(23.0) | 33(10.8) | 740(18.4) | |
| 25- | 1591(51.3) | 269(43.8) | 104(34.0) | 1964(48.9) | |
| 35- | 610(19.7) | 125(20.3) | 98(32.0) | 833(20.7) | |
| 45–59 | 331(10.7) | 79(12.9) | 71(23.2) | 481(12.0) | |
| Ethnic group | 0.356 | ||||
| Han nationality | 2786(89.9) | 560(91.2) | 270(88.2) | 3616(90.0) | |
| Minority | 312(10.1) | 54(8.8) | 36(11.8) | 402(10.0) | |
| Education level | < 0.001 | ||||
| Never be educated | 57(1.8) | 11(1.8) | 10(3.3) | 78(1.9) | |
| Below high school | 2011(64.9) | 440(71.6) | 231(75.5) | 2682(66.8) | |
| High school | 638(20.6) | 103(16.8) | 44(14.4) | 785(19.5) | |
| College/Undergraduate/Postgraduate | 392(12.7) | 60(9.8) | 21(6.8) | 473(11.8) | |
| Marital status | 0.257 | ||||
| Single | 103(3.3) | 20(3.2) | 11(3.6) | 134(3.3) | |
| Married | 2959(95.5) | 588(95.8) | 287(93.8) | 3834(95.4) | |
| Divorced/Windowed | 36(1.2) | 6(1.0) | 8(2.6) | 50(1.3) | |
| Household size | < 0.001 | ||||
| Alone | 159(5.1) | 47(7.7) | 27(8.8) | 233(5.8) | |
| With one family member | 344(11.1) | 138(22.5) | 62(20.3) | 544(13.5) | |
| With two family members | 1354(43.7) | 245(39.9) | 108(35.3) | 1707(42.5) | |
| With three or more family members | 1241(40.1) | 184(30.0) | 109(35.6) | 1534(38.2) | |
| Migrated from other | 0.002 | ||||
| Provinces | 1504(48.5) | 292(47.6) | 115(37.6) | 1911(47.6) | |
| Cities | 948(30.6) | 198(32.2) | 103(33.7) | 1249(31.1) | |
| Districts | 646(20.9) | 124(20.2) | 88(28.7) | 858(21.3) | |
| Economic development of current resident | < 0.001 | ||||
| Developed | 1366(44.1) | 297(48.4) | 71(23.2) | 1734(43.2) | |
| Developing | 839(27.1) | 153(24.9) | 140(45.8) | 1132(28.2) | |
| Under-developed | 893(28.8) | 164(26.7) | 95(31.0) | 1152(28.7) | |
| Duration of stay in current residence | 5.35 ± 4.63 | 4.94 ± 4.34 | 6.99 ± 5.96 | 5.41 ± 4.73 | |
| Reason for migration | 0.010 | ||||
| Working or engaging in trade | 2251(72.7) | 477(77.7) | 248(81.0) | 2976(74.1) | |
| Family reasons/visit relatives | 740(23.9) | 122(19.9) | 48(15.7) | 910(22.6) | |
| Marriage | 81(2.6) | 10(1.6) | 8(2.6) | 99(2.5) | |
| Other reasons | 26(0.8) | 5(0.8) | 2(0.7) | 33(0.8) | |