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Table 4 Associations between migration city type and health services use based on a logistic regression analysis

From: The health service use of aged rural-to-urban migrant workers in different types of cities in China

Variables

Health records

Health education

Medical treatment

Independent variables

  Migration city type (third-tier cities and smaller cities)

    Second-tier cities

-0.28(0.04)***

-0.29(0.04)***

-0.24(0.06)***

    First-tier cities

-1.12(0.09)***

-0.58(0.06)***

-0.39(0.09)***

Control variables

  Predisposing

    Age

0.01(0.00)**

-0.02(0.00)***

-0.00(0.00)

  Gender (male)

    Female

0.07(0.04)

-0.12(0.04)**

0.01(0.05)

  Education (illiterate or primary school)

    Middle school

0.11(0.04)*

0.25(0.04)***

-0.07(0.05)

    High school and above

0.03(0.06)

0.31(0.06)***

-0.04(0.08)

  Marital status (no spouse)

    Married

0.22(0.07)**

0.05(0.06)

0.03(0.09)

Enabling

  Migration range (across counties within a city)

    Across cities, within a province

0.00(0.05)

-0.00(0.05)

-0.19(0.07)**

    Across province

-0.20(0.05)***

-0.10(0.05)

-0.10(0.07)

  Medical insurance (no)

    Yes

0.24(0.08)**

0.20(0.07)**

0.13(0.10)

  Social security card (no)

    Yes

0.48(0.04)***

0.34(0.04)***

0.20(0.05)***

Needs

  Self-health assessment (unwell)

    Fair

0.12(0.07)

0.24(0.06)***

-0.35(0.07)***

    Health

0.18(0.07)**

0.31(0.06)***

-0.62(0.07)***

  Hypertension or diabetes (no)

    Yes

0.25(0.05)***

0.09(0.05)*

0.25(0.06)***

    Constants

-2.31(0.24)***

1.15(0.22)***

0.47(0.30)

    Log likelihood

-8189.45***

-9214.57***

-4692.86**

    Sample

14372

14372

6938

  1. Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. The reference items are in parentheses.