Figures & Tables
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Demographic and Migration Characteristics of Sampled Migrant Female Workers, Changzhou, China, 2012 (N=475)
Characteristic No. (%) Age group, years 16–18 112 (23.6) 19–21 170 (35.8) 22–24 193 (40.6) Ethnic group Han 442 (93.1) Minority 33 (6.9) Education level Elementary 45 (9.5) Middle school 193 (40.6) High school 156 (32.8) College 81 (17.1) Hometown Rural 418 (88.0) Urban 57 (12.0) An only child Yes 105 (20.1) No 370 (79.9) Age at first migration, years 13–15 49 (10.3) 16–18 233 (49.1) 19–21 130 (27.4) 2224 63 (13.3) Area of origin Inner Jiangsu 148 (31.2) Other provinces 327 (68.8) Migrating with a boyfriend Yes 28 (5.9) No 447 (94.1) No. of jobs held, mean (standard deviation) 4 (3) - TABLE 2.
Bivariate Predictors of Being Sexually Experienced Among Young Female Migrant Workers, Changzhou, China, 2012
Characteristic n/N (%) P Value Age group, years <.001 16–18 21/112 (18.8) 19–21 42/170 (24.7) 22–24 80/193 (41.5) Ethnic <.001 Han 121/442 (27.4) Minority 22/33 (66.7) Education level <.001 Elementary 27/45 (60.0) Middle school 49/193 (25.4) High school 37/156 (23.7) College 30/81 (37.0) Hometown .17 Rural 121/418 (28.9) Urban 22/57 (38.6) Only child in the family .002 Yes 45/105 (42.9) No 98/370 (26.5) Age at first migration,a years .08 13–15 14/49 (28.6) 16–18 71/233 (30.5) 19–21 37/130 (28.5) 22–24 21/63 (33.3) Geographic spread of migration .52 Inner Jiangsu 41/148 (27.7) Other provinces 102/327 (31.2) Migrating with a boyfriend <.001 Yes 19/28 (67.9) No 124/447 (27.7) No. of jobs held, mean, sexually experienced group, unexperienced group 3.7, 4.4 .009 ↵a Age at first migration was not considered in the logistic models because its gamma correlation with age group was 0.83.
- TABLE 3.
Multivariate Predictors of Being Sexually Experienced and of Inconsistent Contraceptive Use Among Young Female Migrant Workers, Changzhou, China, 2012 (N=143 Sexually Experienced Females)
Characteristic Being Sexually Experienced Inconsistent Contraceptive Use OR 95% CI P Value OR 95% CI P Value Age group, years <.001 .03 16–18 0.21 0.11, 0.41 <.001 4.32 1.21, 15.36 .02 19–21 0.45 0.27, 0.75 .002 3.55 1.18, 10.69 .02 22–24 1 1 Education level NS .049 Elementary 4.15 1.11, 17.57 .046 Middle school 5.11 1.42, 43.32 .01 High school 1.74 0.46, 6.60 .41 College 1 Ethnic group <.001 NS Han 0.19 0.08, 0.44 Minority 1 Only child in the family .02 NS Yes 1.8 1.10, 2.94 No 1 Migrating with a boyfriend .001 NS Yes 4.91 2.00, 12.08 No 1 No. of jobs held since migratinga 0.84 0.77, 0.91 <.001 2.02 1.56, 2.62 <.001 Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NS, not significant; OR, odds ratio.
↵a OR for number of jobs held is for each additional job held.
