Table 3.

The hospitalization rate due to illnesses of female among total females, migrant females, and permanent females (%) *.

Demographic characteristics	Total Females	Migrant Females	Permanent Females	χ2	p
Year
2006	2.7	3.3	1.4	2.417	0.171
2008	4.4	5.3	1.8	7.561	0.033
2010	3.7	4.5	1.5	4.716	0.073
2012	5.8	7.3	1.6	78.114	<0.001
2014	6.7	8.5	3.0	63.859	<0.001
χ2	5.612	7.447	1.105
p	0.021	0.005	0.335
Age
15~	1.5	1.7	1.2	1.358	0.267
35~	5.3	5.5	4.0	1.230	0.289
55~	11.2	11.2	11.6	0.008	0.931
χ2	81.524	47.558	18.724
p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Career status
Farmer	2.8	3.8	2.0	10.066	0.008
Non-farmer	6.1	6.6	1.9	17.005	0.001
χ2	27.575	10.467	0.037
p	<0.001	0.007	0.851
Marital status
Unmarried	5.4	6.4	2.4	16.868	0.001
Married	1.2	1.2	1.2	<0.001	0.984
Divorced or widowed	8.5	8.8	4.1	1.159	0.303
χ2	38.576	15.428	2.086
p	<0.001	<0.001	0.158
Education level
Elementary school	2.9	3.6	1.7	14.068	0.003
≥Junior high school	7.5	8.3	2.9	14.119	0.003
χ2	118.982	94.690	2.878
p	<0.001	<0.001	0.116
Income level
Low	4.5	5.4	1.6	16.666	0.002
Middle	4.5	5.5	1.7	18.102	0.001
High	6.1	7.8	2.7	21.916	0.001
χ2	2.418	4.320	0.795
p	0.119	0.030	0.429
Labor force
Yes	3.7	4.6	1.9	21.893	0.001
No	8.0	9.1	2.2	47.376	<0.001
χ2	52.644	51.187	0.153
p	<0.001	<0.001	0.703
Chronic diseases
Yes	15.9	16.2	12.2	27.015	<0.001
No	3.4	4.2	1.7	1.208	0.293
χ2	378.394	307.702	109.593
p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Migrant
Yes	2.0
No	5.9
χ2	41.986
p	<0.001

* Pearson Chi-Square test between migrant females and permanent females.