Table 1 Variable definitions and descriptive statistics of variables used in the analysis
Variables | Definition | M or % | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic variables | |||
Age | In years (Range: 28–65) | 39.1 | 7.29 |
Marital status | Never-married | 13.4% | − |
Married | 68.9% | − | |
Cohabiting | 8.4% | − | |
Divorced or widowed | 9.3% | − | |
Living arrangement | Dummy variable (1 = living with spouse or cohabiting partner, 0 = living alone) | 34.2% | − |
Neighborhood | Mostly non-migrants | 23.1% | − |
Areas where migrant workers are concentrated | 20.9% | − | |
Residential areas mixed with local residents and migrants | 50.1% | − | |
Others | 5.9% | − | |
Education | Elementary school or less | 18.1% | − |
Junior high | 58.6% | − | |
High school or higher | 23.3% | ||
Religion | Dummy variable (1 = have any religious affiliation, 0 = none) | 27.5% | − |
Migration history | |||
Place of origin | Dummy variable (1 = Shaanxi province, 0 = otherwise) | 79.3% | − |
Age at leaving home to work | In years (Range: 8–64) | 22.14 | 7.55 |
Lifetime sexual experience | |||
Ever had sex | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 85.7% | − |
Ever had commercial sex | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 19.4% | − |
Number of sexual partners | − | ||
0 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 14.3% | |
1 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 45.1% | − |
2 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 15.1% | − |
3 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 8.8% | − |
4 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 3.5% | − |
5 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 2.9% | − |
6–9 | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 3.6% | − |
10 or more | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 6.6% | |
Self-reported health | |||
Good | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 34.7% | − |
About average | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 47.6% | − |
Poor | Reference group | 17.7% | − |
Ever used internet | Dummy variable (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 45.1% | − |
N | 939 | ||