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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of non-migrants and migrants

From: Rural-to-urban migration and its implication for new cooperative medical scheme coverage and utilization in China

  

Non-migrants

Migrantsa

Age (S.D)

 

42.7(23.4)

28.9(10.5)

   

t = 62.801, P < 0.001

Gender (%)

Male

48.4

60.0

 

Female

51.6

40.0

   

χ 2 = 441.876, df = 1, P < 0.001

Marriage Status (%)

Unmarried

28.4

40.2

 

Married

62.9

58.4

 

Divorced

0.3

0.9

 

Widowed

8.4

0.5

   

χ 2 = 1346.186, df = 3, P < 0.001

Highest level of education (%)

Illiteracy

36.7

3.2

 

Primary school

37.4

29.8

 

Middle school

20.5

49.2

 

High school

5.1

12.9

 

College and above

0.3

4.9

   

χ 2 = 6735.647, df = 5, P < 0.001

  1. a. Migrant here is defined as an individual who move from the place where his/her hukou is to another place for at least six months in order to work or live in 2006.