Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of native and migrant women of childbearing age in Guangdong, 2014–2019

All

2,007,572

81.9

18.1

Age

< 0.001

15–19

584

0.0 ^b

0.0 ^b

20–24

569,532

28.4

22.9

25–29

874,337

43.6

48.7

30–34

340,028

16.9

20.3

35–39

151,187

7.5

6.3

40–45

56,769

2.8

1.4

45–49

15,135

0.8

0.3

Ethnicity

< 0.001

Han

1,915,805

99.5

97.0

Minority

9613

0.5

3.0

Educational level

< 0.001

Primary school or below

45,734

2.6

1.6

Junior high school

592,766

33.8

26.4

Senior high school

471,442

26.9

27.4

College or above

643,022

36.7

44.6

Occupation

< 0.001

Workers

429,001

25.5

31.7

Farmers

463,518

27.5

12.3

Homemakers

68,312

4.1

3.6

Businesswomen

85,301

5.1

5.9

Service industry

170,161

10.1

12.4

Civil servants

376,804

22.4

28.4

Others

91,753

5.4

5.6

Residential region

< 0.001

Northern

338,023

16.8

8.6

Eastern

473,820

23.6

11.5

Western

303,571

15.1

4.9

Pearl River Delta

892,158

44.4

75.0

Migration distance

-

Intra-provincial

2,007,572

100.0

51.6

Inter-provincial

-

-

48.4

Spouse’s migrant status

Native

1,799,825

89.7

64.6

< 0.001

Migrant

206,267

10.3

35.4