| Characteristic |
Migrant Wives
(N=730)
n (%) |
Local women
(N=207)
n (%) |
t/χ2 |
p-value |
| Age (year mean±SD) |
28.6±5.8 |
28.0±6.3 |
1.27 |
0.21 |
| Time since migration (year, mean±SD) |
11.0±6.4 |
|
|
|
| Education |
|
|
6.841. |
0.07 |
| illiterate |
26 (12.6) |
136 (18.6) |
| Primary school |
85 (41.1) |
304 (41.6) |
| Junior middle school |
77 (37.2) |
248 (34.0) |
| Senior high school and above |
19 (9.2) |
42 (5.8) |
| Monthly income |
|
|
1.67 |
0.64 |
| <500 yuanc |
41 (19.8) |
148 (20.3) |
| 500-1000 yuan |
30 (14.5) |
130 (17.8) |
| >=1000 yuan |
19 (9.2) |
48 (6.6) |
| unsteady |
117 (55.5) |
404 (55.3) |
Rank of current marriagea |
|
|
|
|
| First marriage |
688 (94.3) |
198 (95.7) |
0.62 |
0.431 |
| Second marriage |
42 (5.7) |
9 (4.3) |
|
|
| Gynecological diseases historyb |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
256 (35.1) |
62 (30.0) |
1.89 |
0.17 |
| No |
474 (64.9) |
145 (70.0) |
|
|
Province of origin |
|
|
|
|
| Yuannan |
434 (46.3) |
|
|
|
| Guizhou |
104 (11.1) |
|
|
|
| Sichuan |
76 (8.1) |
|
|
|
| Other provinces |
323 (34.5) |
|
|
|
|
| aRank of current marriage: order of the current. Some women were in their first marriage and some were in their second marriage. |
| bGynecological diseases history were self-reported by women. |
| c6.2 yuan equals 1 US dollar at time of study. |
| Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of migrant wives in rural Anhui, China |
