Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of children aged 1 to 4 in Sichuan Province (2003, 2008, 2013 National Health Service Surveys)
| Â | Ethnicity and place of residence | P-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Han districts N (%) | Han counties N (%) | Ethnic minority counties | ||||
Han children N (%) | Ethnic minority children N (%) | |||||
Year | 2003 | 191 (24.3) | 73 (14.9) | 10 (14.3) | 101 (21.2) | <0.0001 |
2008 | 193 (24.6) | 130 (26.6) | 15 (21.4) | 105 (22.1) | ||
2013 | 401 (51.1) | 286 (58.5) | 45 (64.3) | 270 (56.7) | ||
Mother’s education | None | 22 (2.8) | 14 (2.9) | 12 (17.2) | 316 (66.4) | <0.0001 |
Completed primary | 89 (11.3) | 84 (17.2) | 24 (34.3) | 92 (19.3) | ||
Completed secondary | 280 (35.7) | 167 (34.1) | 19 (27.1) | 23 (4.9) | ||
College and above | 163 (20.8) | 16 (3.3) | 4 (5.7) | 3 (0.6) | ||
Missing | 231 (29.4) | 208 (42.5) | 11 (15.7) | 42 (8.8) | ||
Per capita income | 1st quartile | 114 (14.5) | 90 (18.4) | 26 (37.1) | 268 (56.3) | <0.0001 |
2nd quartile | 153 (19.5) | 132 (27.0) | 15 (21.4) | 154 (32.4) | ||
3rd quartile | 212 (27.0) | 156 (31.9) | 20 (28.6) | 42 (8.8) | ||
4th quartile | 306 (39.0) | 111 (22.7) | 9 (12.9) | 12 (2.5) | ||
Mother’s age | 15-24 | 74 (9.4) | 55 (11.3) | 18 (25.7) | 113 (23.7) | <0.0001 |
25-34 | 389 (49.6) | 154 (31.5) | 37 (52.9) | 245 (51.5) | ||
>=35 | 91 (11.6) | 72 (14.7) | 4 (5.7) | 76 (16.0) | ||
Missing | 231 (29.4) | 208 (42.5) | 11 (15.7) | 42 (8.8) | ||
Parity | 1 | 384 (48.9) | 119 (24.3) | 16 (22.9) | 93 (19.6) | <0.0001 |
2 | 150 (19.1) | 153 (31.3) | 35 (50.0) | 181 (38.0) | ||
>=3 | 20 (2.6) | 9 (1.9) | 8 (11.4) | 160 (33.6) | ||
Missing | 231 (29.4) | 208 (42.5) | 11 (15.7) | 42 (8.8) | ||
Distance to community/ township level hospital(km) | <1 | 265 (33.7) | 120 (24.4) | 42 (60.0) | 116 (24.4) | <0.0001 |
1.0-1.9 | 203 (25.9) | 123 (25.2) | 8 (11.4) | 32 (6.7) | ||
2.0-4.9 | 229 (29.2) | 167 (34.2) | 13 (18.6) | 97 (20.4) | ||
>=5.0 | 88 (11.2) | 79 (16.2) | 7 (10.0) | 231 (48.5) | ||
Distance to district/county level hospital (km) | <3.0 | 300 (38.2) | 65 (13.3) | 15 (21.4) | 22 (4.6) | <0.0001 |
3.0-8.9 | 218 (27.8) | 111 (22.7) | 11 (15.7) | 23 (4.8) | ||
9.0-29.0 | 239 (30.4) | 242 (49.5) | 13 (18.6) | 75 (15.8) | ||
>=30.0 | 28 (3.6) | 71 (14.5) | 31 (44.3) | 356 (74.8) | ||
All | Â | 785 (100.0) | 489 (100.0) | 70 (100.0) | 476 (100.0) | Â |