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Table 1 Demographic data and characteristics of LBC group and NLBC group

From: Self-esteem, social support and coping strategies of left-behind children in rural China, and the intermediary role of subjective support:a cross-sectional survey

Variable

 

LBC group (n = 236)

NLBC group (n = 86)

t or χ2

p

Age (years)

 

14.41 ± 0.65

14.47 ± 0.68

−0.29

0.77

Gender

Male n (%)

125 (53%)

43 (50%)

0.22

0.64

Female n (%)

111 (47%)

43 (50%)

  

Number of siblings

No sibling n (%)

64 (27%)

23 (27%)

< 0.001

0.95

At least one n (%)

172 (73%)

63 (73%)

  

Parental marital status

Divorce n (%)

34 (14%)

3 (3%)

7.39

0.01

Not divorced n (%)

202 (86%)

83 (97%)

  

Parental education

Both are less than 9 years education n (%)

184 (78%)

54 (63%)

7.53

0.01

One of them is more than 9 years education n (%)

52 (22%)

32 (37%)

  

Attachment type

Secure n (%)

24 (10%)

27 (31%)

21.30

< 0.001

Insecure n (%)

212 (90%)

59 (69%)

  
  1. LBC, left-behind children; NLBC, non-left-behind children.