Rural left-behind group (n = 403)

Urban migrant group (n = 479)

n

Underweight

χ2

P

n

Overweight/obese

χ2

P

Fathers’ educational level

22.805

<0.001

2.515

0.642

Primary or below

65

23 (35.4)

38

13 (34.2)

Secondary

99

24 (24.2)

198

73 (36.9)

High school/secondary technical or above

239

28 (11.7)

243

74 (30.5)

Mothers’ educational level

16.639

0.002

4.133

0.388

Primary or below

55

17 (30.9)

85

31 (36.5)

Secondary

205

36 (17.6)

179

54 (30.2)

High school/secondary technical or above

143

22 (15.4)

215

75 (34.9)

Monthly household income/yuan

29.795

<0.001

4.692

0.584

≤2000

126

39 (31.0)

5

2 (40.0)

2001 - 5000

32

7 (21.9)

134

42 (31.3)

5001 - 8000

74

12 (16.2)

177

59 (33.3)

>8000

171

17 (9.9)

163

57 (35.0)

Engagement in vigorous physical activity/week

3.332

0.189

5.523

0.033

No

214

33 (15.4)

361

131 (36.3)

Yes

189

42 (22.2)

118

29 (24.6)

Engagement in moderate physical activity/week

1.643

0.440

0.709

0.702

No

276

47 (17.0)

410

140 (34.1)

Yes

127

28 (22.0)

69

20 (29.0)

No. of hours spent watching television/day

9.508

0.147

5.213

0.517

0 - 1

155

20 (12.9)

234

80 (34.2)

2 - 3

76

18 (23.7)

139

43 (30.9)

>3

17

4 (23.5)

28

9 (32.1)

Never

155

33 (21.3)

78

28 (35.9)

No. of hours spent on a mobile phone/day

12.933

0.012

5.602

0.231

≤1

204

44 (21.6)

244

86 (35.2)

2 - 3

131

25 (19.1)

199

66 (33.2)

>3

68

6 (8.8)

36

8 (22.2)

No. of fast-food meals/week

1.691

0.792

0.492

0.974

≥4

9

1 (11.1)

16

5 (31.3)

2 - 3

246

46 (18.7)

388

129 (33.2)

≤1

158

28 (17.7)

75

26 (34.7)

No. of days on which breakfast was eaten/week

5.588

0.232

2.527

0.640

≥4

350

69 (19.7)

417

139 (33.3)

2 - 3

36

4 (11.1)

51

16 (31.4)

≤1

17

2 (11.8)

11

5 (45.5)