Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of RCCS participants by migration status and sex.
| Women (N = 12,202) | Men (N = 10,699) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term residents | Out-migrantsa | p-valueb | In-migrantsa | p-valueb | Long-term residents | Out-migrantsa | p-valueb | In-migrantsa | p-valueb | |
| Total | 8278 | 1862 | 2215 | 7905 | 1422 | 1450 | ||||
| Median age (IQR) | 28 (21–35) | 24 (19–30) | <0.001 | 24 (20–30) | <0.001 | 28 (20–36) | 25 (20–32) | <0.001 | 26 (21–33) | <0.001 |
| Marital status (%) | ||||||||||
| Married | 4716 (57) | 990 (53) | 1349 (61) | 4172 (53) | 636 (45) | 708 (49) | ||||
| Never married | 1969 (24) | 509 (27) | 404 (18) | 2933 (37) | 614 (43) | 570 (39) | ||||
| Previously married | 1593 (19) | 363 (19) | 0.003 | 462 (21) | <0.001 | 800 (10) | 172 (12) | <0.001 | 172 (12) | 0.012 |
| Educational status (%) | ||||||||||
| None | 1392 (17) | 352 (19) | 454 (20) | 1684 (21) | 312 (22) | 371 (26) | ||||
| Primary | 3514 (42) | 757 (41) | 882 (40) | 3589 (45) | 609 (43) | 601 (41) | ||||
| Secondary or higher | 3372 (41) | 753 (40) | 0.080 | 879 (40) | <0.001 | 2632 (33) | 501 (35) | 0.187 | 478 (33) | <0.001 |
| Primary occupation (%) | ||||||||||
| Agricultural/Housework | 3703 (45) | 741 (40) | 918 (41) | 1631 (21) | 228 (16) | 251 (17) | ||||
| Bar/Restaurant work | 485 (6) | 170 (9) | 232 (10) | 27 (0) | 4 (0) | 9 (1) | ||||
| Motorcycle taxi/Trucking | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 146 (2) | 33 (2) | 51 (4) | ||||
| Fishing | 6 (0) | 3 (0) | 6 (0) | 1133 (14) | 238 (17) | 312 (22) | ||||
| Student | 1434 (17) | 254 (14) | 138 (6) | 1923 (25) | 267 (19) | 109 (8) | ||||
| Trader/Shop keeper | 1207 (15) | 294 (16) | 416 (19) | 1098 (14) | 201 (14) | 199 (14) | ||||
| Other | 1443 (17) | 400 (21) | <0.001 | 505 (23) | <0.001 | 1947 (25) | 451 (32) | <0.001 | 519 (36) | <0.001 |
| Place of residence (%) | ||||||||||
| Agricultural community | 5571 (67) | 1030 (55) | 1124 (51) | 5132 (65) | 753 (53) | 611 (42) | ||||
| Trading community | 1158 (14) | 337 (18) | 465(21) | 842 (11) | 225 (16) | 251 (17) | ||||
| Fish landing site | 1549 (19) | 495 (27) | <0.001 | 626 (28) | <0.001 | 1931 (24) | 444 (31) | <0.001 | 588 (41) | <0.001 |
| Reason for move (%) | ||||||||||
| Newly married | 86 (5) | 588 (27) | 0 (0) | 19 (1) | ||||||
| Divorced/Separated | 298 (16) | 5 (0) | 44 (3) | 0 (0) | ||||||
| Work | 424 (23) | 571 (26) | 614 (43) | 821 (57) | ||||||
| Started new household | 115 (6) | 117 (5) | 295 (21) | 252 (17) | ||||||
| Living with friends/relatives | 696 (37) | 815 (37) | 196 (14) | 198 (14) | ||||||
| Don’t know/No response | 232 (12) | 102 (5) | 254 (18) | 91 (6) | ||||||
| Other | 11 (0) | 3 (0) | 19 (1) | 58 (4) | ||||||
aThere were 231 individuals (women, N = 153; men, N = 78) who migrated from one RCCS study community to another RCCS study community. These individuals are considered both out-migrants and in-migrants.
bChi-square (categorical) and Wilcoxon-rank sum (continuous) p-values; in-migrants and out-migrants are compared to long-term residents only.