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Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographic and migration-related characteristics by income levels of countries of origin

From: Assessment of the health status and health service perceptions of international migrants coming to Guangzhou, China, from high-, middle- and low-income countries

 

LICs

MICs

HICs

All

P value

204 (17.8%)

654 (57.1%)

288 (25.1%)

1146

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Gender

0.021a

  Male

166 (81.4)

471 (72.0)

220 (76.4)

857 (74.8)

  Female

38 (18.6)

183 (28.0)

68 (23.6)

289 (25.2)

 Age (mean ± SD)

29.2 ± 7.5

29.8 ± 8.8

36.1 ± 11.4

31.3 ± 9.7

< 0.001bc

 Education level

0.030bc

  Junior high or below

13 (6.4)

41 (6.3)

7 (2.4)

61 (5.3)

  Senior high school

31 (15.3)

90 (13.8)

35 (12.2)

156 (13.6)

  College or above

158 (78.2)

522 (79.9)

246 (85.4)

926 (81.0)

 Current marital status

0.012c

  Married

68 (33.3)

265 (40.6)

125 (43.4)

458 (40.0)

  Cohabitation

15 (7.4)

41 (6.3)

31 (10.8)

87 (7.6)

  Single

121 (59.3)

347 (53.1)

132 (45.8)

600 (52.4)

 Currently has a job in China

< 0.001bc

  No

101 (49.5)

271 (41.4)

83 (28.8)

455 (39.7)

  Yes

103 (50.5)

383 (58.6)

205 (71.2)

691 (60.3)

Migration-related characteristics

 Visa type

< 0.001abc

  Tourist visa

20 (9.8)

100 (15.4)

48 (16.9)

168 (14.7)

  Business visa

58 (28.4)

158 (24.3)

54 (19.0)

270 (23.7)

  Work visa

17 (8.3)

161 (24.7)

98 (34.5)

276 (24.2)

  Student visa

96 (47.1)

167 (25.7)

38 (13.4)

301 (26.4)

  Others

13 (6.4)

65 (10.0)

46 (16.2)

124 (10.9)

 Number of years since the first visit to China

< 0.001abc

  > 10 years

16 (8.0)

110 (16.9)

68 (24.1)

194 (17.1)

  6–10 years

40 (20.1)

143 (21.9)

82 (29.1)

265 (23.4)

  < 6 years

143 (71.9)

399 (61.2)

132 (46.8)

674 (59.5)

 Number of visits to China

< 0.001abc

  Once

77 (37.9)

162 (24.8)

48 (16.7)

287 (25.1)

  2–5 times

68 (33.5)

218 (33.4)

91 (31.6)

377 (33.0)

  6–10 times

24 (11.8)

84 (12.9)

38 (13.2)

146 (12.8)

  > 10 times

34 (16.7)

189 (28.9)

111 (38.5)

334 (29.2)

 Number of cumulative months of stay in China

< 0.001ac

  0–6

97 (50.0)

440 (69.3)

180 (64.7)

717 (64.8)

  7–12

20 (10.3)

66 (10.4)

27 (9.7)

113 (10.2)

  13–60

52 (26.8)

77 (12.1)

41 (14.7)

170 (15.4)

  61≤

25 (12.9)

52 (8.2)

30 (10.8)

107 (9.7)

  1. aDifferences between participants from LICs and those from MICs were statistically significant
  2. bDifferences between participants from MICs and those from HICs were statistically significant
  3. cDifferences between participants from LICs and those from HICs were statistically significant