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Table 1 Associations between number of Moves before 15 years and Demographic and Etiological Variables (n=39,531)

From: Lasting effects of residential mobility during childhood on psychopathology among Chinese University students

 

No Moves (Ref.) N=19,937 (50.4%)

Moved 1 Time N=11,822 (29.9%)

Moved 2 Times N=5,344 (13.5%)

Moved 3 Times or more N=2,430 (6.2%)

Mean (SD) β (95%CI)

Mean (SD)

β (95%CI)

Mean (SD)

β (95%CI)

Mean (SD)

β (95%CI)

Demographics

 Age 18.71 (2.14%)

18.96 (2.39)

18.52 (1.91)

-0.44*** (-0.48- -0.38)

18.39 (1.63)

-0.28*** (-0.31- -0.26)

18.41 (1.80)

-0.18*** (-0.23- -0.13)

 

N (%)

N (%)

OR (95%CI)

N (%)

OR (95%CI)

N (%)

OR (95%CI)

 Male n=19,967 (50.5%)

10,259 (51.5)

5,815 (49.2)

0.91*** (0.87-0.96)

2,699 (50.5)

0.95 (0.90-1.00)

1,194 (49.1)

0.93 (0.81-1.07)

 Ethnic Minority n=3,948(10.0%)

1,997 (10.0)

1,174 (9.9)

0.98 (0.91-1.06)

522 (9.8)

0.96 (0.87-1.07)

255 (10.5)

1.04(0.91-1.20)

 Low Family Income n=6,351 (16.1%)

3,308 (16.6)

1,819 (15.4)

0.93* (0.87-0.99)

816 (15.3)

0.92 (0.85-1.01)

408 (16.8)

1.03 (0.92-1.16)

Family History

 Family History (psychosis) n=275(0.7%)

115 (0.6)

95 (0.8)

1.42* (1.08-1.87)

43 (0.8)

1.43* (1.01-2.03)

22 (0.9)

1.61* (1.02-2.55)

 Family History (non-psychotic) n=306(0.8%)

144 (0.7)

89 (0.8)

1.03 (0.79-1.34)

49 (0.9)

1.25 (0.90-1.74)

24 (1.0)

1.35 (0.87-2.08)

Rural Birth

 Rural Birth n=21,307 (53.9%)

11,274 (56.6)

5,794 (49.0)

0.78*** (0.74-0.81)

2,765 (51.7)

0.88*** (0.83-0.93)

1,474 (60.7)

1.28*** (1.17-1.39)

Adverse Childhood Experiences

 Loss of Parent (Divorce) N=1,579 (4.0%)

805 (4.0)

466 (4.0)

0.97 (0.87-1.10)

196 (3.7)

0.90 (0.77-1.06)

112 (4.6)

1.15 (0.94-1.40)

 Loss of Parent (Death) N=452 (1.1%)

219 (1.1)

135 (1.1)

0.99 (0.80-1.23)

59 (1.1)

0.95 (0.71-1.27)

39 (1.6)

1.38 (0.98-1.95)

 Left behind (>6 months) n=9,463 (23.9%)

4,446 (22.3)

2,599 (22.0)

1.06* (1.01-1.12)

1,469 (27.5)

1.41*** (1.31-1.51)

949 (39.1)

2.22*** (2.03-2.43)

Childhood Maltreatment

 Physical Abused N=10,322 (26.1%)

4,872 (24.4)

3,104 (26.2)

1.14*** (1.08-1.20)

1,513 (28.3)

1.26*** (1.17-1.35)

833 (34.3)

1.68*** (1.53-1.84)

 Sexual Abused N=1,146 (2.9%)

539 (2.7)

343 (2.9)

1.06 (0.92-1.21)

165 (3.1)

1.13 (0.95-1.35)

99 (4.1)

1.47*** (1.18-1.83)

 Emotional Neglect n=13,365 (33.8%)

6,188 (31.0)

3,932 (33.3)

1.12*** (1.07-1.18)

2,077 (38.9)

1.43*** (1.34-1.52)

1,168 (48.1)

2.05*** (1.88-2.24)

  1. Adjusted for age and sex, except for age and sex variables
  2. *p< 0·05, **p< 0·01, ***p< 0·001