Health Service Seeking Behavior among Migrant Workers in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Guangdong, China: Does Family Migration Matter?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to understand the health service seeking behavior of migrant workers and explore its association with their living status (i.e., living with family members or not), in Guangdong, China.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional survey conducted with 912 migrant workers in 2012 using a structured questionnaire adapted from the National Health Service Survey. Data were analyzed using the multivariable logistic regression.

Results

Of all migrant workers, 58% lived with at least one family member in the host city. Most of the respondents rated their health status being "very good or good" (58%). Fifty-four percent of the respondents reported having at least one disease in the past 12 months. Sixty-two percent of those who reported at least one disease v

SUBMITTER: Dang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288583 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature