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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants in each group n (%)/M (SD)

From: Mental health status compared among rural-to-urban migrant, urban and rural school-age children in Guangdong Province, China

Variables

Migrant

(n = 372)

Urban

(n = 254)

Rural

(n = 268)

Gender

 Male

201 (54.0)

137 (53.9)

109 (40.7)

 Female

171 (46.0)

117 (46.1)

159 (59.3)

Age

11.52 ± 0.70

11.46 ± 0.57

13.02 ± 2.14

 11–13

367 (98.7)

253 (99.6)

185 (69.0)

 14–17

5 (1.3)

1 (0.4)

83 (31.0)

Insurance status

 Uninsured

58 (15.6)

3 (1.2)

35 (13.1)

 Insured

314 (84.4)

251 (98.8)

233 (86.9)

Father’s education level

 Primary education or less

50 (13.4)

8 (3.1)

43 (16.0)

 Secondary education

277 (74.5)

97 (38.2)

177 (66.1)

 University

45 (12.1)

149 (58.7)

48 (17.9)

Mother’s education level

 Primary education or less

90 (24.2)

7 (2.8)

92 (34.3)

 Secondary education

251 (67.5)

110 (43.3)

169 (63.1)

 University

31 (8.3)

137 (53.9)

7 (2.6)

Living with parents

 Yes

353 (94.9)

245 (96.5)

189 (70.5)

 No

19 (5.1)

9 (3.5)

79 (29.5)

Communicating with parents

 Often

242 (65.1)

197 (77.6)

148 (55.2)

 Seldom

130 (34.9)

57 (22.4)

120 (44.8)

Monthly household income (RMB)

 Less than 3000

257 (69.1)

69 (27.2)

237 (88.4)

 No less than 3000

115 (30.9)

185 (72.8)

31 (11.6)

Family climate

 Satisfactory

290 (78.0)

209 (82.3)

80 (29.9)

 Unsatisfactory

82 (22.0)

45 (17.7)

188 (70.1)

Getting on well with teachers

 Yes

304 (81.7)

215 (84.6)

82 (30.6)

 Not

68 (18.3)

39 (15.4)

186 (69.4)

School achievement

 Good

164 (44.1)

145 (57.1)

119 (44.4)

 Poor

208 (55.9)

109 (42.9)

149 (55.6)

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation