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Table 1 HAZ scores of children with different sociodemographic characteristics

From: Reduction but not elimination: health inequalities among urban, migrant, and rural children in China—the moderating effect of the fathers’ education level

 

HAZ Score

P-Value

Rural children (x ± s)

Migrant children (x ± s)

Urban children (x ± s)

Overall children (x ± s)

Gender

Male

0.843 ± 1.127

1.068 ± 1.064

1.409 ± 0.996

1.1 ± 1.097

< 0.001#

Female

0.372 ± 0.949

0.461 ± 0.869

0.757 ± 0.861

0.549 ± 0.917

Age

Year 11–13

0.784 ± 1.009

0.972 ± 0.986

1.164 ± 0.941

0.976 ± 0.992

< 0.001#

Year 14–18

0.039 ± 1.066

0.401 ± 0.985

0.578 ± 1.035

0.299 ± 1.061

Race

Han

0.71 ± 1.035

0.792 ± 1.022

1.087 ± 0.961

0.878 ± 1.018

< 0.001#

Minority

−0.252 ± 0.979

0.631 ± 1.011

0.778 ± 1.189

0.243 ± 1.169

Number of sibling

1 sibling

1.003 ± 0.988

1.056 ± 1.002

1.185 ± 0.925

1.122 ± 0.954

 

2 siblings

0.573 ± 1.041

0.735 ± 1.001

0.863 ± 1.038

0.677 ± 1.039

< 0.001+

3 siblings or above

0.13 ± 1.067

0.417 ± 0.981

0.532 ± 1.064

0.276 ± 1.057

 

Family economic condition

Poverty

0.371 ± 1.109

0.612 ± 1.052

0.757 ± 1.116

0.495 ± 1.114

 

Middle income

0.708 ± 1.033

0.789 ± 1.007

1.087 ± 0.954

0.889 ± 1.009

< 0.001+

Affluent

1.02 ± 0.962

1.113 ± 1.015

1.286 ± 0.939

1.186 ± 0.965

 

Total

 

0.612 ± 1.069

0.779 ± 1.022

1.064 ± 0.982

0.823 ± 1.047

 
  1. Note: # Independent Samples T-Test was used, + F-test was used
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