Skip to main content

Table 3 Linear regression modelling analysis of WHO-5 and SF-36 mental health (MH) scores, younger migrant workers versus older migrant workers (N = 914)

From: Mental wellbeing amongst younger and older migrant workers in comparison to their urban counterparts in Guangzhou city, China: a cross-sectional study

 

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

β

(95% CI)b

p

β

(95% CI)b

p

WHO-5

0.87

(0.16, 1.57)

0.02

0.79

(-0.08, 1.65)

0.07

SF-36 MH

4.62

(2.64, 6.60)

<0.001

3.31

(0.80, 5.83)

0.010

  1. a Adjusted for sex, educational qualification, marital status, job, working hours and days, income, income satisfaction, insurance coverage, SSRS support score, length of stay in Guangzhou, and reasons of migration.
  2. b β indicates the mean difference in scores between younger and older migrants, with a positive value indicating higher scores or better mental health in older migrants than younger migrants and a negative value indicating the reverse.
Back to article page

BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us