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. 2020 Jan 2;20:1. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0871-6

Table 2.

Model variables, definitions and data types

Variable Definition and assignment Min Max Mean SD
Explained variable
SWB subjective well-being 1 5 3.74 0.82
Explanatory variables
cognition of family-work role conflicts
  WIF work-interfering-with-family conflict 1 5 2.49 1.00
  FIW family-interfering-with-work conflict 1 5 2.51 1.02
  CMC coordination and management of conflicts 1 5 3.47 0.98
  SFC selections after facing conflicts 1 5 3.80 1.15
Control variable
Family burden
  OLD old in the household 0 3 0.86 0.88
  CHI child in the household 0 3 0.37 0.59
  FAM Total number of the family 2 12 5.97 1.81
Employment status
  WGO Whether go out to work 1 2 1.58 0.49
  PLA

place of employment:

1 = in the county, 2 = in other counties of the province, 3 = in other provinces

1 3 1.37 0.73
  IND employment industry: 0 = unemployment/staying at home, 1 = farming, 2 = the secondary industry, 3 = the tertiary industryI, 4 = the tertiary industryII 0 4 1.69 1.39
  INC Yearly income of rural female labors 0 2.28 0.42 0.57
Personal characteristics
  EDU Years of education of rural female labors 0 15 6.24 4.24
  MAR MAR = 1 for unmarried, MAR = 2 for married 1 2 1.90 0.31
  AGE Ages of rural women migrant laborers 18 64 44.94 13.03

Note: elderly individuals in the household were considered to be aged 65+ years; children in the household were classified as those aged 6 years and under