A survey in rural China of parent-absence through migrant working: the impact on their children's self-concept and loneliness

Table 5 Factors predicting the self-concept among the "absent migrant parents"^a children and comparison^b children. Results of multivariate, linear analysis

Factor	"Absent migrant parents" group		Comparison group
	B	*Beta*	B	*Beta*
Relationship with guardians^c	9.442 ***	.491	-	-
Relationship with parents^d	5.936 ***	.380	9.565 ***	.497
Time spent in physical activities^e	3.553 ***	.210	5.443 ***	.285
Time spent in leisure time activities^f	1.491 ***	.086	3.457 *	.137
Gender^g	-	.004		.003
Age	-	.035		.056

NOTE: ^aN = 216; ^bN = 240; B = Unstandardized Coefficients; Beta = Standardized Coefficients; ^cStrongly dislike = 1, moderately dislike = 2, uncertain = 3, moderately like = 4, strongly like = 5; ^dStrongly dislike = 1, moderately dislike = 2, uncertain = 3, moderately like = 4, strongly like = 5; ^eVery little = 1, little = 2, moderate = 3, much = 4, very much = 5; ^fVery little = 1, little = 2, moderate = 3, much = 4, very much = 5; ^gMale = 1, female = 2; ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

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