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Table 1 Profile of migrants and non-migrants

From: Internal migration and health in South Africa: determinants of healthcare utilisation in a young adult cohort

 

Full Cohort

Non-Migrant

Migrant

p-value

(n = 3098)

(n = 1764)

(n = 1334)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age

 Mean (SD)

28.3 (5.8)

 

27.8 (6.0)

 

29.0 (5.3)

 

p < 0.001

 Min, Max

18, 41

 

18, 41

 

18, 41

  

Sex

 Male

1558

50.3

785

44.5

773

57.9

p < 0.001

 Female

1540

49.7

979

55.5

561

42.1

 

Education Status

 Primary school or lower

135

4.4

106

6.0

29

2.2

p < 0.001

 High school incomplete

1056

34.1

760

43.1

296

22.2

 

 Matric or post school

1906

61.5

898

50.9

1008

75.6

 

 Missing

1

0.0

0

0.0

1

0. 1

 

Employment status

 Not in labour force

586

18.9

408

23.1

178

13.3

p < 0.001

 Unemployed

1085

35.0

813

46.1

272

20.4

 

 Employed

1427

46.1

543

30.8

884

66.3

 

Self-reported health

 Poor/ average

145

4.7

70

4.0

75

5.6

p < 0.05

 Good

2951

95.3

1692

95.9

1259

94.4

 

 Missing

2

0.1

2

0.1

0

0.0

 

Self-reported HIV

 Positive

234

7.5

185

10.5

49

3.7

p < 0.001

 Negative

2864

92.5

1579

89.5

1285

96.3

 

Ever Diagnosed with a chronic illness

 Yes

336

10.8

261

14.8

75

5.6

p < 0.001

 No

2759

89.1

1500

85.0

1259

94.4

 

 Missing

3

0.1

3

0.2

0

0.0

 

Chronic Medication (If ever diagnosed)

 Yes

292

86.9

230

88.1

62

82.7

NS

 No

43

12.8

30

11.5

13

17.3

 

 Missing

1

0.3

1

0.4

0

0.0

 

Used health services in the past year

 Yes

1607

51.9

991

56.2

616

46.2

p < 0.001

 No

1488

48.0

771

43.7

717

53.7

 

 Missing

3

0.1

2

0.1

1

0.1