Table 4.
Regression analysis for mental health by parental absent groups with adjustment for socio-demographic characteristics, β(95%CI)
| Emotional symptoms@ | Conduct problems# | Hyperactivity$ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental migration status (ref: DC) | ||||||
| BLBC | −0.30 ( −0.57, −0.02)* | −0.01 ( −0.27, 0.24) | −0.20 ( −0.41, 0.01) | 0.01 ( −0.19, 0.20) | −0.53 ( −0.79, −0.26)*** | −0.17 ( −0.40, 0.06) |
| SLBC | −0.42 ( −0.69, −0.16)** | −0.24 ( −0.48, 0.01) | −0.22 ( −0.42, −0.02)* | −0.10 ( −0.28, 0.09) | −0.47 ( −0.72, −0.21)*** | −0.20 ( −0.42, 0.03) |
| NLBC | −0.75 ( −1.02, −0.47)*** | −0.47 ( −0.72, −0.22)*** | −0.45 ( −0.66, −0.25)*** | −0.27 ( −0.45, −0.08)** | −0.72 ( −0.99, −0.46)*** | −0.33 ( −0.56, −0.10)** |
| Mother–adolescent communication | ||||||
| Openness communication | 0 ( −0.01, 0.02) | −0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)** | −0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)* | |||
| Problem communication | 0.12 (0.10, 0.13)*** | 0.07 (0.06, 0.09)*** | 0.09 (0.07, 0.10)*** | |||
| Father–adolescent communication | ||||||
| Openness communication | −0.01 ( −0.03, 0.01) | 0.01 (0, 0.02) | 0 ( −0.01, 0.02) | |||
| Problem communication | 0.05 (0.03, 0.07)*** | 0.05 (0.03,0.06)*** | 0.04 (0.02, 0.06)*** | |||
| Resilience | −0.02 ( −0.02, −0.01)*** | −0.01 ( −0.01, −0.01)*** | −0.04 ( −0.05, −0.04)*** | |||
| Peer problems% | Total difficulties& | Pro-social! | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental migration status (ref: DC) | ||||||
| BLBC | −0.17 ( −0.38, 0.03) | −0.02 ( −0.22, 0.18) | −1.19 ( −1.88, −0.50)** | −0.21 ( −0.80, 0.38) | 0.27 (0.02, 0.52)* | −0.10 ( −0.30, 0.11) |
| SLBC | −0.18 ( −0.38, 0.02) | −0.03 ( −0.23, 0.16) | −1.28 ( −1.95, −0.62)*** | −0.59 ( −1.16, 0.03) | 0.32 (0.08, 0.56)** | −0.03 ( −0.22, 0.17) |
| NLBC | −0.27 ( −0.48, −0.07)** | −0.08 ( −0.28, 0.11) | −2.20 ( −2.88, −1.51)*** | −1.18 ( −1.76, −0.60)*** | 0.31 (0.07, 0.56)* | −0.15 ( −0.35, 0.06) |
| Mother–adolescent communication | ||||||
| Openness communication | −0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)** | −0.06 ( −0.09, −0.02)** | 0.05 (0.04, 0.06)*** | |||
| Problem communication | 0 ( −0.01, 0.02) | 0.28 (0.23, 0.32)*** | 0.01 ( −0.01, 0.02) | |||
| Father–adolescent communication | ||||||
| Openness communication | 0 ( −0.01, 0.02) | 0 ( −0.03, 0.04) | 0.01 (0,0.02) | |||
| Problem communication | 0.04 (0.02, 0.05)*** | 0.17 (0.13, 0.22)*** | −0.01 ( −0.02, 0.01) | |||
| Resilience | −0.02 ( −0.02, −0.02)*** | −0.09 ( −0.10, −0.08)*** | 0.06 (0.06, 0.07)*** | |||
LBC left-behind children, BLBC LBC with both parents migrating, SLBC LBC with one parent migrating, NLBC neither parents had migrated, DC children living in a divorced family without migrant parents
Adjusted by age, gender, income level, parental highest education level, sibling and household registration. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001
@: n = 3899, adjusted R2 = 0.037, F = 12.98, p < 0.001; n = 3899, adjusted R2 = 0.191, F = 51.27, p < 0.001
#: n = 3891, adjusted R2 = 0.010, F = 4.14, p < 0.001; n = 3891, adjusted R2 = 0.156, F = 40.19, p < 0.001
$: n = 3899, adjusted R2 = 0.032, F = 11.24, p < 0.001; n = 3899, adjusted R2 = 0.273, F = 80.85, p < 0.001
%: n = 3896, adjusted R2 = 0.025, F = 8.89, p < 0.001; n = 3896, adjusted R2 = 0.10, F = 24.12, p < 0.001
&: n = 3851, adjusted R2 = 0.028, F = 9.89, p < 0.001; n = 3851, adjusted R2 = 0.309, F = 94.83, p < 0.001
!: n = 3897, adjusted R2 = 0.035, F = 12.18, p < 0.001; n = 3897, adjusted R2 = 0.357, F = 118.76, p < 0.001