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Table 3 The demographic characteristics (percentage) of internal migrants in China from 2011 to 2017

From: Spatial inequality, characteristics of internal migration, and pulmonary tuberculosis in China, 2011–2017: a spatial analysis

Characteristics

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Gender

       

Male

53.16

53.09

53.69

58.55

53.06

52.12

51.69

Female

46.84

46.91

46.31

41.45

46.94

47.88

48.31

Marital status

       

Married

77.49

76.21

76.43

76.11

78.87

80.46

84.05

Otherwise

22.51

23.79

23.57

23.89

21.13

19.54

15.95

Educational attainment

       

Primary school or below

16.5

16.08

14.87

13.89

15.21

14.7

17.04

Middle school

55.02

53.39

54.19

52.7

50.49

47.01

43.66

High school

15.09

15.18

15.42

20.55

21.74

22.3

21.9

College degree or above

13.39

15.37

15.53

12.85

12.56

15.99

17.4

Monthly income, RMB

       

 < 3000

36.43

26.12

19.51

15.3

10.64

8.8

15.16

3000–5000

37.8

36.53

35.09

33.39

30.42

26.79

30.26

5000–7000

16.07

21.78

25.89

27.44

29.01

29.14

21.2

 > 7000

9.71

15.57

19.51

23.87

29.93

35.27

33.38

Medical insurance

       

Urban basic health insurance

8.07

10.76

19.89

14.19

27.14

24.89

11.67

New rural cooperative medical insurance

54.75

60.48

60.09

60.1

66.12

63.18

63.29

Othetwise

37.18

28.76

20.02

15.05

6.74

11.93

25.04

Types of migration

       

Between provinces

50.62

56.46

52.08

50.96

49.88

49.07

49.29

Between municipal jurisdictions within province

31.22

27.91

28.78

30.33

30.34

33.58

32.95

Within municipal jurisdiction

18.16

15.64

19.14

18.71

19.76

17.35

17.76

Type of household

       

Rural

84.84

84.29

85.34

84.14

83.59

82.16

77.98

Other

15.16

15.71

14.66

15.86

16.41

17.84

22.02

Reason of migration

       

Working or doing business

None

None

88.54

88.13

84.39

83.6

83.61

Others

None

None

11.46

11.87

15.61

16.4

16.39

N

128 000

158 556

198 795

200 937

206 000

169 000

169 989