Sociodemographic disparities in the establishment of health records among 0.5 million migrants from 2014 to 2017 in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Wang, Jun; Zhu, Jingmin; Wang, Xueyao; Che, Yue; Bai, Yang; Liu, Jue

doi:10.1186/s12939-021-01584-2

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and migrating related characteristics among migrants in China, Migrants Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey 2014, 2016 and 2017 (N = 539,926)

From: Sociodemographic disparities in the establishment of health records among 0.5 million migrants from 2014 to 2017 in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study

	2014		2016		2017		Overall
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex
male	117,647	58.55	88,088	52.12	87,871	56.69	293,606	54.38
female	83,290	41.45	80,912	47.88	82,118	48.31	246,320	45.62
Age
15–24	40,062	19.94	26,648	15.77	23,906	14.06	90,616	16.78
25–34	77,057	38.35	65,709	38.88	65,473	38.52	208,239	38.57
35–44	56,747	28.24	45,193	26.74	44,741	26.32	146,681	27.17
45–54	24,036	11.96	23,566	13.94	26,651	15.68	74,253	13.75
55–64	3035	1.51	5659	3.35	6499	3.82	15,193	2.81
65-			2225	1.32	2213	1.30	4438	0.82
Region
East	101,984	50.75	82,000	48.52	86,995	51.18	270,979	50.19
Middle	33,986	16.91	29,000	17.16	28,999	17.06	91,985	17.04
West	64,967	32.33	58,000	34.32	53,995	31.76	176,962	32.78
Marital status
Never married/ Divorced/widowed	48,006	23.89	31,929	18.89	30,472	17.93	110,407	20.45
Married/living with partner	152,931	76.12	137,071	81.11	139,517	82.07	429,519	79.55
Educational attainment
<=Middle school	133,812	66.59	104,296	61.71	103,186	60.70	341,294	63.21
High school or equivalent	41,289	20.55	37,682	22.30	37,224	21.90	116,195	21.52
College	25,183	12.53	26,214	15.51	28,687	16.88	80,084	14.83
>College	653	0.32	808	0.48	892	0.52	2353	0.44
Household registration status
Agricultural	170,904	85.05	140,441	83.10	140,687	82.76	452,032	83.72
Nonagricultural	30,033	14.95	28,559	16.90	29,302	17.24	87,894	16.28
Migrating related characteristics
Length of migration
0–5	153,208	76.25	115,601	68.40	106,203	62.48	375,012	69.46
5–10	28,177	14.02	30,435	18.01	34,681	20.40	93,293	17.28
> = 11	19,552	9.73	22,964	13.59	29,105	17.12	71,621	13.26
Reasons of migration
other	23,855	11.87	27,711	16.40	27,872	16.40	79,438	14.71
Working or business	177,082	88.13	141,289	83.60	142,117	83.60	460,488	85.29
Rage of migration
In province	98,534	49.04	85,977	50.87	86,199	50.71	270,710	50.14
Out of province	102,403	50.96	82,860	49.03	83,790	49.29	269,053	49.83

Notes: missing data, age, 506 (0.09%); rage of migration,163 (0.03%)

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