Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang, Xiu; Li, Mengjie; Guo, Li; Zhu, Yanna

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-8066-5

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Regression coefficients for SDQ outcomes on rural and urban LBC ^a

From: Mental health and its influencing factors among left-behind children in South China: a cross-sectional study

	Total difficulties score			Prosocial behaviours			Emotional symptoms		conduct problems		hyperactivity-inattention		Peer problems
	rural		urban	rural		urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban
Age group (ref: 10,11,12,13,14,15,16 years)
3–6 years	0.156***			−0.262***		−0.211	0.137***				0.250***
7–9 years	0.012			−0.085*		0.253*	0.022				0.108**
Sex (ref: boys)											−0.074*
Only child (ref: yes)				0.102**
Monthly income (ref: < 2000 yuan)
2000–4999 yuan							0.109**							−0.265
5000 7999 yuan							0.070							− 0.192
8000–12,000 yuan							0.012							−0.439**
> 12,000 yuan							0.046							−0.294**
Father’s educational level (ref: primary school or below)
middle school	−0.095		−0.451	0.103*		0.537*	−0.127**	−0.481		−0.496	−0.116*		−0.125*
high school	−0.140**		−0.592*	0.087		0.516*	−0.088	−0.549*		−0.605*	−0.143**		−0.107*
college or bachelor	−0.018		−0.488	−0.027		0.674*	−0.065	−0.524		−0.520	−0.031		−0.010
Mother’s educational level (ref: primary school or below)
middle school	0.085								0.134**		0.079			−1.244***
high school	0.154**								0.163***		0.135**			−1.121***
college or bachelor	−0.023								0.000		−0.019			−0.940**
Age at separation (ref: 0–3 years)
3–6 years						−0.188
6–10 years						−0.283*
older than 10 years						0.300*
Duration of parent absence (ref: half a year)
less than 1 year	−0.017			−0.111*		0.045	−0.016		0.029	0.239	−0.069	−0.061	0.042	0.041
1–2 years	−0.003			−0.112*		0.006	0.051		0.019	0.104	−0.057	−0.121	−0.14	0.232
2–3 years	−0.136**			−0.009		0.015	−0.091		−0.141**	−0.011	−0.151***	−0.109	−0.083	0.281*
more than 3 years	−0.237***			−0.063		0.283*	−0.205***		−0.212***	−0.050	−0.189***	−0.335**	−0.131*	−0.137
Communication frequency (ref: everyday)
1–2 times a week	0.129**			−0.074			0.060		0.113**	−0.117	0.163***		0.040	0.130
1–2 times a month	0.077			−0.155***			0.008		0.075	0.070	0.081		0.070	0.267*
1–2 times half a year	0.085*			−0.171***			0.049		0.076*	−0.300**	0.054		0.088*	0.092
1–2 times a year	0.208***			−0.237***			0.124***		0.202***	0.147	0.111		0.171***	0.110
Duration of talk per time (ref: less than 10 min)
10–20 min	−0.039	−0.635***			0.090		0.018		−0.128**	−0.729***		−0.712***	0.002
20–40 min	0.087	−0.385**			0.096		0.110*		−0.028	−0.541***		−0.453**	0.108*
one hour	0.090*	−0.189			0.003		0.101*		0.050	−0.426**		0.343**	0.122**
more than one hour	0.154***	−0.295*			0.295*		0.188***		0.117**	−0.370**		−0.276*	0.125**
Visit frequency (ref: every weekend)
every month											0.075
1–2 times half a year											0.004
1–2 times a year											−0.010
less than once a year											0.096*
Migrant worker (ref: both)
Father absent	0.116***						0.089*		0.078*		0.132***
Mother absent	0.038						0.028		0.077*		0.058

Note. Data are standardized regression coefficients. ^a Data are Beta assessed by stepwise multiple linear regression analysis
* p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001

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