|
Characteristics
|
Left-behind wives (n = 1893)
|
Non-left-behind wives (n = 969)
|
|---|
|
Age
|
36.48 ± 7.64
|
36.00 ± 8.81
|
|
The length of education
|
8.57 ± 2.65
|
8.76 ± 2.67
|
|
Number of children
|
1.44 ± 0.64
|
1.47 ± 0.71
|
|
Monthly income (%)
| | |
|
Low (<1500RMB)
|
17.0
|
15.0
|
|
Middle (1500 ~ 4000RMB)
|
64.2
|
63.4
|
|
High (>4000RMB)
|
18.8
|
21.6
|
|
Sense of security of marriage (%)
| |
|
Very secure
|
13.3
|
16.8
|
|
Secure
|
56.2
|
55.4
|
|
General
|
24.2
|
22.3
|
|
Unsecure
|
5.3
|
4.4
|
|
Very unsecure
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
|
Employment (%)
| | |
|
Working
|
43.3
|
46.1
|
|
Not working
|
56.7
|
53.9
|
|
Physical health status (%)
| |
|
Disease-free
|
74.3
|
76.1
|
|
Minor disease
|
24.7
|
23.0
|
|
Major diseases
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
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Note:
was used for continuous variables.
