Table 1.
Demographic information of participants
| Overall N=3095 | Gender | P value | ||
| Male n=2032 | Female n=1063 | |||
| Age (mean, SD) | 34.38 (9.03) | 34.75 (9.59) | 33.69 (7.78) | <0.01 |
| Marriage (n, %) | <0.01 | |||
| Singled | 1136 (36.70%) | 892 (43.90%) | 244 (22.95%) | |
| Married/coupled | 1959 (63.30%) | 1140 (56.10%) | 819 (77.05%) | |
| Education (n, %) | <0.01 | |||
| Primary school | 61 (1.97%) | 32 (1.57%) | 29 (2.73%) | |
| Junior high school | 1461 (47.21%) | 871 (42.86%) | 590 (55.50%) | |
| High school | 1346 (43.49%) | 1003 (49.36%) | 343 (32.67%) | |
| College and above | 227 (7.33%) | 126 (6.20 %) | 101 (9.5%) | |
| Monthly personal income (n, %) | <0.01 | |||
| ≤$439.49 | 539 (17.42%) | 372 (18.31%) | 167 (15.71%) | |
| $439.64–$732.58 | 1995 (64.46%) | 1217 (59.89%) | 778 (73.19%) | |
| $732.73–$1465.31 | 531 (17.16%) | 419 (20.62%) | 112 (10.54%) | |
| ≥$1465.46 | 30 (0.97%) | 24 (1.18%) | 6 (0.56%) | |
| Years in Shenzhen (mean, SD) | 7.53 (6.17) | 7.28 (6.18) | 8.03 (6.11) | <0.01 |
| Adaption (n, %) | 0.88 | |||
| Yes | 2774 (89.63%) | 1823 (89.71%) | 951 (89.46%) | |
| No | 321 (10.37%) | 209 (10.29%) | 112 (10.54%) | |
| Discrimination (n, %) | 0.02 | |||
| Yes | 770 (24.88%) | 532 (26.18%) | 238 (22.39%) | |
| No | 2325 (75.12%) | 1500 (73.82%) | 825 (77.61%) | |
| Smoking (n, %) | <0.01 | |||
| Yes | 966 (31.21%) | 941 (46.31%) | 25 (2.35%) | |
| No | 2129 (68.79%) | 1091 (53.69%) | 1038 (97.65%) | |
| Drinking (n, %) | <0.01 | |||
| Yes | 1318 (42.58%) | 1094 (53.84%) | 224 (21.07%) | |
| No | 1777 (57.42%) | 938 (46.16%) | 839 (78.93%) | |
| Number of mental health source (mean, SD) | 1.35 (0.95) | 1.34 (0.96) | 1.35 (0.92) | 0.85 |
| Loneliness (ULS-6) (mean, SD) | 9.89 (3.86) | 2.09 (3.36) | 2.69 (3.79) | 0.42 |
| Impulsiveness (BIS-11) (mean, SD) | 51.43 (8.78) | 50.51 (8.97) | 53.18 (8.11) | <0.01 |
| Social support (SSRS) (mean, SD) | 38.85 (8.63) | 38.40 (8.75) | 39.70 (8.32) | <0.01 |
| Coping (mean, SD) | ||||
| Positive coping | 21.39 (7.47) | 21.45 (7.53) | 21.26 (7.37) | 0.51 |
| Negative coping | 8.14 (4.72) | 8.16 (4.74) | 8.10 (4.68) | 0.71 |
| Meaning of life (C-MLQ) (mean, SD) | 49.94 (10.95) | 50.50 (11.13) | 48.85 (10.53) | <0.01 |
| Mean score of the PHQ-9 (mean, SD) | 3.32 (4.43) | 3.14 (4.26) | 3.66 (4.47) | <0.01 |
| Depressive symptoms (n, %) | ||||
| No | 2233 | 1495 | 738 | <0.01 |
| Yes | 862 | 537 | 325 | |
| Mean score of the GAD-7 (mean, SD) | 2.30 (3.53) | 2.09 (3.36) | 2.69 (3.79) | <0.01 |
| Anxiety symptoms (n, %) | ||||
| No | 2499 | 1677 | 822 | <0.01 |
| Yes | 596 | 355 | 241 | |
BIS-11, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; C-MLQ, Chinese version of Meaning in Life Questionnaire; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SSRS, Social Support Rating Scale; ULS-6, 6-item UCLA Loneliness Scale.