Impact of parental divorce versus separation due to migration on mental health and self-injury of Chinese children: a cross sectional survey

Table 4 Regression analysis for mental health by parental absent groups with adjustment for socio-demographic characteristics, β(95%CI)

	Emotional symptoms^@		Conduct problems^#		Hyperactivity^$
Parental migration status (ref: DC)
BLBC	−0.30 ( −0.57, −0.02)^*	−0.01 ( −0.27, 0.24)	−0.20 ( −0.41, 0.01)	0.01 ( −0.19, 0.20)	−0.53 ( −0.79, −0.26)^***	−0.17 ( −0.40, 0.06)
SLBC	−0.42 ( −0.69, −0.16)^**	−0.24 ( −0.48, 0.01)	−0.22 ( −0.42, −0.02)^*	−0.10 ( −0.28, 0.09)	−0.47 ( −0.72, −0.21)^***	−0.20 ( −0.42, 0.03)
NLBC	−0.75 ( −1.02, −0.47)^***	−0.47 ( −0.72, −0.22)^***	−0.45 ( −0.66, −0.25)^***	−0.27 ( −0.45, −0.08)^**	−0.72 ( −0.99, −0.46)^***	−0.33 ( −0.56, −0.10)^**
Mother–adolescent communication
Openness communication		0 ( −0.01, 0.02)		−0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)^**		−0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)^*
Problem communication		0.12 (0.10, 0.13)^***		0.07 (0.06, 0.09)^***		0.09 (0.07, 0.10)^***
Father–adolescent communication
Openness communication		−0.01 ( −0.03, 0.01)		0.01 (0, 0.02)		0 ( −0.01, 0.02)
Problem communication		0.05 (0.03, 0.07)^***		0.05 (0.03,0.06)^***		0.04 (0.02, 0.06)^***
Resilience		−0.02 ( −0.02, −0.01)^***		−0.01 ( −0.01, −0.01)^***		−0.04 ( −0.05, −0.04)^***

	Peer problems^%		Total difficulties^&		Pro-social^!
Parental migration status (ref: DC)
BLBC	−0.17 ( −0.38, 0.03)	−0.02 ( −0.22, 0.18)	−1.19 ( −1.88, −0.50)^**	−0.21 ( −0.80, 0.38)	0.27 (0.02, 0.52)^*	−0.10 ( −0.30, 0.11)
SLBC	−0.18 ( −0.38, 0.02)	−0.03 ( −0.23, 0.16)	−1.28 ( −1.95, −0.62)^***	−0.59 ( −1.16, 0.03)	0.32 (0.08, 0.56)^**	−0.03 ( −0.22, 0.17)
NLBC	−0.27 ( −0.48, −0.07)^**	−0.08 ( −0.28, 0.11)	−2.20 ( −2.88, −1.51)^***	−1.18 ( −1.76, −0.60)^***	0.31 (0.07, 0.56)^*	−0.15 ( −0.35, 0.06)
Mother–adolescent communication
Openness communication		−0.02 ( −0.03, −0.01)^**		−0.06 ( −0.09, −0.02)^**		0.05 (0.04, 0.06)^***
Problem communication		0 ( −0.01, 0.02)		0.28 (0.23, 0.32)^***		0.01 ( −0.01, 0.02)
Father–adolescent communication
Openness communication		0 ( −0.01, 0.02)		0 ( −0.03, 0.04)		0.01 (0,0.02)
Problem communication		0.04 (0.02, 0.05)^***		0.17 (0.13, 0.22)^***		−0.01 ( −0.02, 0.01)
Resilience		−0.02 ( −0.02, −0.02)^***		−0.09 ( −0.10, −0.08)^***		0.06 (0.06, 0.07)^***

LBC left-behind children, BLBC LBC with both parents migrating, SLBC LBC with one parent migrating, NLBC neither parents had migrated, DC children living in a divorced family without migrant parents
Adjusted by age, gender, income level, parental highest education level, sibling and household registration. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001
^@: n = 3899, adjusted R² = 0.037, F = 12.98, p < 0.001; n = 3899, adjusted R² = 0.191, F = 51.27, p < 0.001
^#: n = 3891, adjusted R² = 0.010, F = 4.14, p < 0.001; n = 3891, adjusted R² = 0.156, F = 40.19, p < 0.001
^$: n = 3899, adjusted R² = 0.032, F = 11.24, p < 0.001; n = 3899, adjusted R² = 0.273, F = 80.85, p < 0.001
^%: n = 3896, adjusted R² = 0.025, F = 8.89, p < 0.001; n = 3896, adjusted R² = 0.10, F = 24.12, p < 0.001
^&: n = 3851, adjusted R² = 0.028, F = 9.89, p < 0.001; n = 3851, adjusted R² = 0.309, F = 94.83, p < 0.001
!: n = 3897, adjusted R² = 0.035, F = 12.18, p < 0.001; n = 3897, adjusted R² = 0.357, F = 118.76, p < 0.001

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