Table 1 Sample characteristics of the migrant elderly following family
Characteristics | Total (n = 2148) | Participants with Hypertension or Diabetes (n = 882) | Participants without Hypertension and Diabetes (n = 1266) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
 Male | 946 (44.04) | 395 (44.78) | 551 (43.52)   | |
 Female | 1202 (55.96) | 487 (55.22) | 715 (56.48) | |
Marital Status | ||||
 Married | 369 (17.18) | 155 (17.57) | 214 (16.90) | |
 Single | 1779 (82.82) | 727 (82.43) | 1052 (83.10) | |
Education Level | ||||
 Primary School or Lower | 946 (44.04) | 398 (45.12) | 548 (43.29) | |
 Junior High School | 619 (28.82) | 253 (28.68) | 366 (28.91) | |
 High School | 382 (17.78) | 141 (15.99) | 241 (19.04) | |
 College Degree | 199 (9.26) | 90 (10.20) | 109 (8.61) | |
 Postgraduate | 2 (0.09) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.16) | |
Migration Range | ||||
 Intercounty within the city | 386 (17.97) | 163 (18.48) | 223 (17.61) | |
 Interprovincial | 706 (32.87) | 285 (32.31) | 421 (33.25) | |
 Intraprovincial | 1056 (49.16) | 434 (49.21) | 622 (49.13) | |
Migration Duration | ||||
 Within 2 Years | 325 (15.13) | 105 (11.90) | 220 (17.38) | |
 3 ~ 5 Years | 290 (13.50) | 111 (12.59) | 179 (14.14) | |
 6 ~ 10 Years | 469 (21.83) | 186 (21.09) | 283 (22.35) | |
 Over 10 Years | 1064 (49.53) | 480 (54.42) | 584 (46.13) | |
Self-Rated Health Status | ||||
 No Self-Care | 29 (1.35) | 16 (1.81) | 13 (1.03) | |
 Unhealthy, Self-Care | 374 (17.41) | 215 (24.38) | 159 (12.56) | |
 Fairly Healthy | 900 (41.90) | 422 (47.85) | 478 (37.76) | |
 Healthy | 845 (39.34) | 229 (25.96) | 616 (48.66) | |