Table 4.
Factors associated with rural-to-urban migrants’ medical return for different reasons
| Variables | Hospitalised for delivery in a (N = 2089) AOR(95% CIs) | Hospitalised for disease/injury or other reasons in a(N = 1929) AOR(95% CIs) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hometown (N = 317) | Other places (N = 68) | Hometown (N = 297) | Other places (N = 238) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | – | – | 1.37(1.04,1.81)* | 0.87(0.65,1.18) |
| Female(ref) | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Age group | ||||
| 15- | 2.04(1.10,3.78)* | 0.51(0.22,1.18) | 0.78(0.48,1.28) | 0.54(0.30,1.00)* |
| 25- | 1.55(0.86,2.80) | 0.50(0.24,1.05) | 0.66(0.46,0.96)* | 0.80(0.54,1.19) |
| 35- | Ref | Ref | 1.02(0.72,1.42) | 1.01(0.70,1.45) |
| 45-(ref) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Household size | ||||
| Alone | 1.84(0.75,4.50) | 2.43(0.67,8.79) | 2.17(1.35,3.50)** | 1.33(0.77,2.32) |
| With one family member | 6.92(4.31,11.12)*** | 4.43(1.69,11.62)** | 1.67(1.17,2.39)** | 1.25(0.84,1.86) |
| With two family members | 1.28(0.97,1.69) | 0.98(0.57,1.68) | 1.16(0.83,1.62) | 1.08(0.76,1.52) |
| With three or more family members(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Migrated from other | ||||
| Provinces(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cities | 1.67(1.23,2.27)** | 0.86(0.47,1.57) | 1.10(0.79,1.53) | 1.17(0.81,1.67) |
| Districts | 1.54(1.06,2.23)* | 0.84(0.42,1.67) | 0.88(0.60,1.27) | 1.27(0.87,1.87) |
| Economic development of Current Resident | ||||
| Developed(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Developing | 0.67(0.47,0.95)* | 2.42(1.25,4.71)** | 0.79(0.55,1.12) | 2.29(1.53,3.42)*** |
| Under-developed | 0.63(0.45,0.87)** | 1.80(0.95,3.41) | 0.87(0.62,1.22) | 1.82(1.21,2.75)** |
| Employment | ||||
| Yes | 1.49(1.14,1.94)** | 1.03(0.61,1.74) | 0.87(0.62,1.21) | 0.82(0.58,1.15) |
| No(ref) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Housing Occupancy | ||||
| Owned | 0.62(0.27,1.43) | 1.42(0.30,6.81) | 0.66(0.32,1.37) | 2.05(0.83,5.06) |
| Rented | 1.01(0.47,2.18) | 0.95(0.21,4.23) | 0.92(0.47,1.82) | 1.10(0.45,2.66) |
| Temporary shelter (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Permanent settlement intention | ||||
| Yes | 0.72(0.46,1.13) | 0.79(0.32,1.95) | 0.64(0.40,1.01) | 0.59(0.32,1.09) |
| No(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Still unknown | 1.18(0.74,1.87) | 0.85(0.32,2.27) | 0.88(0.53,1.45) | 1.15(0.61,2.17) |
| Social medical insurance status | ||||
| None | 0.88(0.45,1.70) | 2.81(0.91,8.67) | 1.16(0.58,2.33) | 1.15(0.65,2.05) |
| NRCMS | 2.16(1.39,3.35)** | 2.27(0.85,6.04) | 2.68(1.74,4.13)*** | 0.95(0.65,1.40) |
| NRCMS&URBMI/UEBMI | 2.16(1.11,4.22)* | 3.19(0.82,12.35) | 0.76(0.32,1.82) | 1.13(0.58,2.22) |
| URBMI/UEBMI(ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The reason for being hospitalised | ||||
| Disease(ref) | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Injury | – | – | 0.42(0.27,0.63)*** | 0.66(0.43,1.00) |
| Other reasons | – | – | 1.22(0.81,1.83) | 1.13(0.71,1.80) |
*:p < 0.05;
**:p < 0.01;
***p < 0.001
a. ref of Y was current residence