Table 2.
Migration-related characteristics of participants
| Variable | Total (n=1006) |
Health utilisation | P value | |
| Yes (n=287) |
No (n=719) |
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| Medical insurance in China | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 731 (72.7) | 178 (62.2) | 553 (77.2) | |
| No | 271 (26.9) | 108 (37.8) | 163 (22.8) | |
| Region of the origin country | <0.001 | |||
| Western Africa | 300 (29.8) | 79 (28.0) | 221 (30.8) | |
| Southern Africa | 53 (5.3) | 8 (2.8) | 45 (6.3) | |
| Northern Africa | 78 (7.8) | 18 (6.4) | 60 (8.4) | |
| Eastern Africa | 520 (52.1) | 150 (53.2) | 370 (51.6) | |
| Central Africa | 48 (4.8) | 27 (9.6) | 21 (2.9) | |
| Duration of stay in China from the last entrance | <0.001 | |||
| Less than 1 week | 162 (16.1) | 15 (5.2) | 147 (20.5) | |
| 2 weeks to 1 month | 187 (18.6) | 51 (17.8) | 136 (19.0) | |
| 2–6 months | 156 (15.5) | 45 (15.7) | 111 (15.5) | |
| 7–12 months | 156 (15.5) | 51 (17.8) | 105 (14.6) | |
| Over 1 year | 342 (34.1) | 124 (43.4) | 218 (30.4) | |
| Purpose of travel | <0.001 | |||
| Tourism | 141 (14.0) | 14 (4.9) | 127 (17.7) | |
| Business | 308 (30.6) | 109 (38.1) | 199 (27.7) | |
| Study | 430 (42.7) | 141 (49.3) | 289 (40.2) | |
| Other | 126 (12.5) | 22 (7.7) | 104 (14.5) | |
| Attitudes of the locals | 0.048 | |||
| Not friendly or very unfriendly | 78 (7.8) | 31 (10.8) | 47 (6.5) | |
| Neutral | 389 (38.7) | 101 (35.2) | 288 (40.1) | |
| Friendly or very friendly | 539 (53.6) | 155 (54.0) | 384 (53.4) | |
| Living arrangement in China | <0.001 | |||
| Hotel | 377 (37.5) | 85 (29.7) | 292 (40.7) | |
| Guest apartment | 54 (5.4) | 14 (4.9) | 40 (5.6) | |
| Rental apartment | 137 (13.7) | 55 (19.2) | 82 (11.4) | |
| Staff/student dormitory | 374 (37.2) | 121 (42.3) | 253 (35.3) | |
| Others | 61 (6.1) | 11 (3.8) | 50 (7.0) | |
| Satisfaction with housing condition | 0.158 | |||
| Very unsatisfied | 36 (3.6) | 14 (4.9) | 22 (3.1) | |
| Unsatisfied | 50 (5.0) | 18 (6.3) | 32 (4.5) | |
| Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied | 212 (21.1) | 49 (17.1) | 163 (22.7) | |
| Satisfied | 601 (59.7) | 173 (60.3) | 428 (59.5) | |
| Very satisfied | 107 (10.6) | 33 (11.5) | 74 (10.3) | |