Table 3.
Differences between local children and migrant children in the utilization of health services
| Basic child health management services | Overall (n = 508) |
Household registration | χ2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local children (n = 347) | Migrant children (n = 161) | ||||
| Physical examination | 477 (93.9%) | 333 (96.0%) | 144 (89.4%) | 8.170 | 0.004 |
| Feeding guidance | 369 (73.1%) | 261 (75.2%) | 108 (67.1%) | 3.662 | 0.056 |
| Development guidance | 364 (71.7%) | 269 (77.5%) | 95 (59.0%) | 18.562 | < 0.001 |
| Disease prevention guidance | 273 (53.7%) | 201 (57.9%) | 72 (44.7%) | 7.713 | 0.005 |
| Injury prevention guidance | 238 (46.9%) | 178 (51.3%) | 60 (37.3%) | 8.693 | 0.003 |
| Oral health guidance | 265 (52.2%) | 197 (56.8%) | 68 (42.2%) | 9.313 | 0.002 |
| Mental health guidance | 93 (18.1%) | 72 (20.7%) | 21 (13.0%) | 4.366 | 0.037 |
| None | 9 (1.8%) | 3 (0.9%) | 6 (3.7%) | 5.177 | 0.023 |
| Unclear | 11 (2.2%) | 3 (0.9%) | 8 (5.0%) | 8.745 | 0.003 |
None means that the child has never used the basic child health management services; Unclear means that the child cannot clear remember clearly whether they have used the basic child health management services