The effects of social ties on rural-urban migrants' intention to settle in cities in China

Huang, Xu; Liu, Ye; Xue, Dayuan; Li, Zhigang; Z, Shi

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2018.06.023

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“…11 Because of personal expectations of future old-age care, the elderly need to spare no effort to support their children/grandchildren, which ensures the maintenance of the social contract. 9,12,13 In turn, adult children support their parents in their old age, as a reward for the support that they received in earlier years, which is also part of the fulfillment of the social contract. 12,48 Objectively, in China, social development regarding the welfare of the elderly, 49,50 infants, 51 and pregnant women 52 is still very deficient.…”

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“…At the same time, Chinese adult children used to undertake the filial responsibility of supporting their parents, which increased as their parents aged . Because of personal expectations of future old‐age care, the elderly need to spare no effort to support their children/grandchildren, which ensures the maintenance of the social contract . In turn, adult children support their parents in their old age, as a reward for the support that they received in earlier years, which is also part of the fulfillment of the social contract …”

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“…Elderly migrants have been studied systematically and in depth in Western countries . However, elderly migrants in China, who have unique historical and cultural characteristics, exhibit some differences . In the West, the elderly have benefited from both national social welfare systems and traditionally independent family culture, so their decisions on whether to migrate are more voluntary and based on self‐initiative and mainly depend on each individual's health and finances .…”

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“…3-7 However, elderly migrants in China, who have unique historical and cultural characteristics, exhibit some differences. 8,9 In the West, the elderly have benefited from both national social welfare systems and traditionally independent family culture, so their decisions on whether to migrate are more voluntary and based on self-initiative and mainly depend on each individual's health and finances. 10 In contrast, for thousands of years, the Chinese elderly have supported their children and then been supported by them in return during their old age, and this is still currently the case.…”

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Social adaptation and adaptation pressure among the “drifting elderly” in China: A qualitative study in Shanghai

Ruan

Zhu

Lü

2019

Health Planning & Management

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Summary Objective In China, a population of “drifting elderly” that is mainly composed of older parents who migrate for nonemployment reasons has emerged and developed rapidly. The need to understand their social adaptation after migration is well recognized but neglected, so we explored this in the current study. Methods A qualitative study using a grounded theory approach was undertaken involving 53 elderly interprovincial migrants in five districts of Shanghai from July 2016 to May 2018. This involved in‐depth interviews with participants. Adaptation of the drifting elderly and their motivations for migrating were studied, and differences in daily life when compared with before migrating, difficulties encountered after migrating, and social‐adaptation pressure were analyzed. Results The drifting elderly had poor adaptation regarding self‐identity, daily activities, and social context. The adaptation process regarding daily life, social relationships, and obtaining social support was difficult. They experienced both proximate adaptation pressure (induced by providing and/or obtaining social support) and evolutionary adaptation pressure (induced by mismatch and/or constraints). Conclusion The social adaptation of the drifting elderly was affected by differences in daily life when compared with before migrating, and adaptation pressure was caused by both proximate and evolutionary factors. The decision to migrate was the result of a rational principle of maintaining the intergenerational support structure, and it was influenced by the evolutionary advantage related to maintaining this structure. Strengthening social support for the drifting elderly is necessary to promote their adaptation.

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Social adaptation and adaptation pressure among the “drifting elderly” in China: A qualitative study in Shanghai

Ruan

Zhu

Lü

2019

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“…also influence the settlement decisions of individuals. Those with higher social and employment status and those with insurance tend to stay at places of destination (Huang, Liu, Xue, Li, & Shi, 2018;Liu, Wang, & Chen, 2017;Xie & Chen, 2018).…”

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Spatial pattern and determinants of migrant workers' interprovincial hukou transfer intention in China: Evidence from a National Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2016

Liu

Shen

2019

Population Space and Place

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Using 2016 data from the National Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring, this article establishes a relationship network to describe migrant workers' interprovincial hukou transfer intention in China. Spatial analysis methods and the eigenvector spatial filtering gravity model are employed to examine the spatial pattern and determinants of the hukou transfer intention network. The results show that (a) most interprovincial migrant workers in China are less educated, middle aged, with middle‐ or low‐income levels, and job oriented, and their average interprovincial hukou transfer intention is 0.361; (b) there is significant network autocorrelation in the intention network, which presents a clustered and unbalanced spatial pattern where higher ranking intention flows from relatively less developed regions to more developed megacities; (c) provinces' hukou attractiveness to migrant workers demonstrates a random spatial pattern, but the hukou exclusion patterns are spatially concentrated: The north‐east provinces are hotspots, whereas several central and north‐east provinces are cold spots; (d) among geographical factors, distance exerts a negative influence on migrant workers' hukou transfer intention, whereas population size does not matter at origin or destination. Socio‐economic factors, especially disposable income, play the most significant role in impacting migrant workers' hukou transfer intention; and (e) as for individual factors, migrant workers' interprovincial migration is an economic decision based on family development: Those with more children, higher ratios of income to cost, or higher education levels are reluctant to transfer their hukous. Besides, the job and housing conditions of migrant workers are also closely related to their hukou transfer intentions.

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Where your heart belongs to shapes how you feel about yourself: Migration, social comparison and subjective well‐being in China

Liu

Pan

Liu

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This study uses a large-scale and multicity survey dataset to examine the relationship between objective socioeconomic status, perceived social status (PSS) and subjective well-being (SWB) among China's internal migrants living in large cities. It particularly focuses on how migrants' dual frame of reference and their intention to settle in the destination shape their PSS and SWB. Results show that migrants' PSS mediates the relationship between their objective socioeconomic status and SWB. The presence of friends, relatives and colleagues in the destination city outweighs that of those left behind in the homeplace when migrants evaluate their standings in the social hierarchy. Migrants with an intention to settle in the host city rely more on social comparison with peers in the destination city than on comparison with those left in the place of origin. This study enhances our understanding of migrants' SWB in the Chinese context by empirically testing migration theories regarding social comparison and by considering migrants' socio-psychological diversification.

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The effects of social ties on rural-urban migrants' intention to settle in cities in China

Cited by 108 publications

References 27 publications

Social adaptation and adaptation pressure among the “drifting elderly” in China: A qualitative study in Shanghai

Social adaptation and adaptation pressure among the “drifting elderly” in China: A qualitative study in Shanghai

Spatial pattern and determinants of migrant workers' interprovincial hukou transfer intention in China: Evidence from a National Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2016

Where your heart belongs to shapes how you feel about yourself: Migration, social comparison and subjective well‐being in China

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