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Table 2 Participants' distribution of responses in the three chosen cities in China about reproductive health knowledge (accurate) and condom

From: RH knowledge and service utilization among unmarried rural-to-urban migrants in three major cities, China

 

RH knowledge (n, %)

Condom use (n, %)

 

Pregnancy and fertilization knowledge

contraception knowledge

Family planning policy knowledge

STD/AIDS spread approach

Never used

occasionally

half the time

Every time

By sex

        

Male(1680)

403 (24.0)***

146 (8.9)

744 (44.3)

886 (52.7)

232 (49.4)

153 (32.6)

67 (14.3)

18 (3.8)

Female(1732)

601 (34.7)

161 (9.3)

705 (40.7)

948 (54.7)

107 (43.5)

80 (32.5)

48 (19.5)

11 (4.5)

By age

        

15-20(1014)

194(19.1)

93(9.2)

355(35.0)

430(42.4)

    

20-24(2006)

672(33.5)**

183(9.3)

879(43.9)**

1152(52.4)**

    

25-29 (308)

103(33.5)**

30(9.7)

171(55.6)**

196(53.6)**

    

30 and above(84)

36(42.6)***

6(7.1)

42(50.0)**

56(62.7)**

    

Occupation type b

        

blue-collar(2788)

800(28.7)

259(9.3)

948(34.0)

1628(53.4)

    

Self-employed laborers(448)

160(35.8)*

29(6.4)

196(43.8)**

301(62.3)*

    

White-collar(176)

75(42.6)**

22(12.4)

98(55.6)**

104(55.0)

    

By cities

        

Shenzhen(1012)

293(29.0)

71(7.0)

405(40.0)

588(55.1)

    

Guangzhou (1370)

395(28.8)

141(10.3)

527(38.5)

747(54.5)

    

Wuhan (1030)

317(30.8)

99(9.6)

521(50.6)*

499(48.4)**

    
  1. Notes: *** p ≤ 0.001; ** p ≤ 0.01; * p ≤ 0.05;
  2. b. we have regrouped "construction, traffic and storage, trade and food, manufacturing enterprise" to blue-collar and "communication, real estate, finance'' to white collar.