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Table 1 Demographic characteristic of participants

From: Evaluation of the economic burden of leprosy among migrant and resident patients in Guangdong Province, China

 

Migrants

n (%)

Residents

n (%)

Total

n (%)

χ2

P Value

Sex

 Male

60 (69.0)

108 (64.7)

168 (66.1)

0.471

0.577

 Female

27 (31.0)

59 (35.3)

86 (33.9)

Age

  < 20

1 (1.1)

9 (5.4)

10 (3.9)

25.769

<0.001

 21–40

52 (59.8)

48 (28.7)

100 (39.4)

 41–60

22 (25.3)

54 (32.3)

76 (29.9)

  > 60

11 (12.6)

53 (31.7)

64 (25.2)

 No data

1 (1.1)

3 (1.8)

4 (1.6)

Education

 Primary school or below

35 (40.2)

87 (52.1)

122 (48.0)

3.783

0.286

 Junior high school

31 (35.6)

49 (29.3)

80 (31.5)

 Senior high school

12 (13.8)

20 (12.0)

32 (12.6)

 College and up

8 (9.2)

9 (5.4)

17 (6.7)

 No data

1 (4.9)

2 (1.2)

3 (1.2)

Marriage

 Single

19 (21.8)

37 (22.2)

56 (22.0)

3.248

0.517

 Married

59 (67.8)

119 (71.3)

178 (70.1)

 Divorced

4 (4.6)

2 (1.2)

6 (2.4)

 Widowed

5 (5.7)

8 (4.8)

13 (5.1)

 No data

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

Employment

 Full-time

53 (60.9)

48 (28.7)

101 (39.8)

28.418

<0.001

 Part-time

4 (4.6)

11 (6.6)

15 (5.9)

 Unemployed

21 (24.1)

88 (52.7)

109 (42.9)

 Retired

2 (2.3)

11 (6.6)

13 (5.1)

 No data

7 (8.0)

9 (5.4)

16 (6.3)

Profession

 Farmers

33 (37.9)

95 (56.9)

128 (50.4)

25.931

<0.001

 Factory workers

37 (42.5)

23 (13.8)

60 (23.6)

 Businessmen

4 (4.6)

12 (7.2)

16 (6.3)

 Public servants

1 (1.1)

6 (3.6)

7 (2.8)

 Others

11 (12.6)

25 (15.0)

36 (14.2)

 No data

1 (1.1)

6 (3.6)

7 (2.8)

 Annual income ($)

 <753 (About 5000 RMB)

15 (17.2)

55 (32.9)

70 (27.6)

7.375

0.061

 753–3012 (About 5001–20,000 RMB)

26 (29.9)

44 (26.3)

70 (27.6)

 3012–7530 (About 20,001–50,000 RMB)

23 (26.4)

38 (22.8)

61 (24.0)

  > 7530 (About 50,000 RMB)

10 (11.5)

11 (6.6)

21 (8.3)

 No data

13 (14.9)

19 (11.4)

32 (12.6)