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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in rural Anhui, China, 2012

From: Parental migration and smoking behavior of left-behind children: evidence from a survey in rural Anhui, China

Variable

Overall

Left-behind

Non-left-behind

P-value

n

1343 (100.0 %)

757 (56.4 %)

586 (43.6 %)

 

Gender

0.93

 Male

750 (55.8 %)

422 (55.7 %)

328 (56.0 %)

 

 Female

593 (44.2 %)

335 (44.3 %)

258 (44.0 %)

 

Age

0.01

 10–12

723 (53.8 %)

432 (57.1 %)

291 (49.7 %)

 

 13–14

620 (46.2 %)

325 (42.9 %)

295 (50.3 %)

 

Grade

0.00

  ≤ 6

1027 (76.5 %)

604 (79.8 %)

423 (72.2 %)

 

  ≥ 7

316 (23.5 %)

153 (20.2 %)

163 (27.8 %)

 

Only child

0.09

 Yes

670 (49.9 %)

362 (47.8 %)

308 (52.6 %)

 

 No

673 (50.1 %)

395 (52.2 %)

278 (47.4 %)

 

Perceived school performance

0.79

 Good

632 (46.2 %)

356 (45.6 %)

276 (47.1 %)

 

 Moderate

532 (38.9 %)

310 (39.7 %)

222 (37.9 %)

 

 Bad

203 (14.9 %)

115 (14.7 %)

88 (15.0 %)

 
  1. Source: Authors’ analyses of survey data that the authors and collaborators conducted in rural Anhui province, China