The mediating effect of social support on the association between socioeconomic status and self-reported oral health status among the migrant elderly following children in Weifang, China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Descriptive characteristic of participants by hukou

Variable	n (%)/M(S.D.)	Rural	Urban	χ²/t	P
Variable	n (%)/M(S.D.)	n (%)/M(S.D.)	n (%)/M(S.D.)	χ²/t	P
Observations	613 (100)	525 (85.6)	88 (14.4)
Gender				17.949^a	0.001
Male	165 (26.9)	125 (23.8)	40 (45.5)
Female	448 (73.1)	400 (76.2)	48 (54.5)
Age				11.684^a	0.009
60–65	342 (55.8)	304 (57.9)	38 (43.2)
66–70	171 (27.9)	143 (27.2)	28 (31.8)
71–80	80 (13.1)	65 (12.4)	15 (17.0)
> 80	20 (3.2)	13 (2.5)	7 (8.0)
Marital status				0.860^a	0.354
Married	539 (87.9)	459 (87.4)	80 (90.9)
Unmarried/Divorced/Widowed	74 (12.1)	66 (12.6)	8 (9.1)
Education				63.457^a	0.001
Primary school and below	346 (56.4)	322 (61.3)	24 (27.3)
Junior high school	158 (25.8)	135 (25.7)	23 (26.1)
High school and above	109 (17.8)	68 (13.0)	41 (46.6)
Job before retire				208.864^a	0.001
Farming, Forestry, Livestock and Fishing	461 (75.2)	449 (85.5)	12 (13.6)
Others	152 (24.8)	76 (14.5)	76 (86.4)
Monthly household income				176.751^a	0.001
≤ 240 RMB	270 (27.7)	168 (32.0)	2 (2.3)
241–3000 RMB	289 (47.1)	275 (52.4)	14 (15.9)
> 3000 RMB	154 (25.1)	82 (15.6)	72 (81.8)
Social support	38.88 (6.63)
Utilization	6.94 (2.26)	6.86 (2.23)	7.43 (2.37)	− 2.21^b	0.027
Subjective	23.47 (4.29)	23.45 (4.76)	23.58 (5.00)	− 0.229^b	0.819
Objective	8.47 (1.64)	8.44 (1.61)	8.70 (1.78)	− 1.425^b	0.155
Self-reported oral health status	54.95 (6.47)
Physiological function	17.35 (3.44)	17.21 (3.49)	18.18 (3.03)	− 2.730^b	0.007
Psychosocial function	24.10 (2.06)	24.03 (2.15)	24.50 (1.35)	− 2.725^b	0.007
Pain and discomfort	13.50 (2.12)	13.41 (2.14)	14.03 (1.86)	− 2.841^b	0.005

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