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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample, n(%)

From: Mental health and risk behaviors of children in rural China with different patterns of parental migration: a cross-sectional study

 

B-LBC

O-LBC

N-LBC

F or χ2

p value

Gender

   

0.24

0.888

 Male

380 (55.0)

298 (54.7)

394 (53.8)

  

 Female

311 (45.0)

247 (45.3)

339 (46.2)

  

Age, mean (SD)

13.1 (1.2)

13.2 (1.2)

13.1 (1.2)

2.57

0.076

Grade

   

6.52

0.038

 Grade5 Grade6

323 (46.2)

215 (39.0)

316 (42.7)

  

 Grade7 Grade8

376 (53.8)

336 (61.0)

424 (57.3)

  

Perceived income level

   

12.69

0.013

 Much better off/better off

193 (27.8)

124 (22.6)

205 (28.0)

  

 The same

455 (65.7)

363 (66.2)

471 (64.3)

  

 Poorer/much poorer

45 (6.5)

61 (11.1)

57 (7.8)

  

Any sibling

   

2.54

0.281

 Yes

249 (35.6)

182 (33.0)

235 (31.7)

  

 No

450 (64.4)

370 (67.0)

506 (68.3)

  
  1. B-LBC left-behind children with both parents migrating, O-LBC left-behind children with one parent migrating, N-LBC neither parents had migrated