Unintentional injury among Chinese preschoolers is an under-researched area. This study examined four salient risk factors underlying unintentional injury; these risk factors have been studied in samples of older children, but not preschoolers, in China. In light of an ecological systems theory, these factors can be conceptualized as three microsystem characteristics (only child status, main caregivers, and family mobility) and one mesosystem characteristic (residential area). We tested the hypotheses that only child status, having caregivers o...
