Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey
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Resumo: | For decades, China’s rural migrants have split their households between their rural origins and urban work locations. While the hukou system continues to be a barrier to urban settlement, research has also underscored split households as a migrant strategy that spans the rural and urban boundary, questioning if sustained migration will eventually result in permanent urban settlement. Common split-household arrangements include sole migration, where the spouse and children are left behind, and couple migration, where both spouses are migrants, leaving behind their children. More recently, nuclear family migration involving both the spouse and children has been on the rise. Based on a 2015 nationally representative “floating population” survey, this article compares sole migrants, couple migrants, and family migrants in order to examine which migrants choose which household arrangements, including whether specific household arrangements are more associated with settlement intention than others. Our analysis also reveals differences between work-related migrants and family-related migrants. The findings highlight demographic, gender, economic, employment, and destination differences among the different types of migrant household arrangements, pointing to family migration as a likely indicator of permanent settlement. The increase of family migration over time signals to urban governments an increased urgency to address their needs as not only temporary dwellers but more permanent residents. |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population SurveyChina; family migration; rural–urban migration; settlement; split householdsFor decades, China’s rural migrants have split their households between their rural origins and urban work locations. While the hukou system continues to be a barrier to urban settlement, research has also underscored split households as a migrant strategy that spans the rural and urban boundary, questioning if sustained migration will eventually result in permanent urban settlement. Common split-household arrangements include sole migration, where the spouse and children are left behind, and couple migration, where both spouses are migrants, leaving behind their children. More recently, nuclear family migration involving both the spouse and children has been on the rise. Based on a 2015 nationally representative “floating population” survey, this article compares sole migrants, couple migrants, and family migrants in order to examine which migrants choose which household arrangements, including whether specific household arrangements are more associated with settlement intention than others. Our analysis also reveals differences between work-related migrants and family-related migrants. The findings highlight demographic, gender, economic, employment, and destination differences among the different types of migrant household arrangements, pointing to family migration as a likely indicator of permanent settlement. The increase of family migration over time signals to urban governments an increased urgency to address their needs as not only temporary dwellers but more permanent residents.Cogitatio2020-03-25info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i1.2402oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2402Social Inclusion; Vol 8, No 1 (2020): Boundary Spanning and Reconstitution: Migration, Community and Belonging; 252-2632183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2402https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i1.2402https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2402/2402Copyright (c) 2020 C. Cindy Fan, Tianjiao Lihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFan, C. CindyLi, Tianjiao2022-12-20T11:00:29Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2402Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:00.028582Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey Fan, C. Cindy China; family migration; rural–urban migration; settlement; split households |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Split Households, Family Migration and Urban Settlement: Findings from China’s 2015 National Floating Population Survey |
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Fan, C. Cindy |
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Fan, C. Cindy Li, Tianjiao |
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Li, Tianjiao |
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Fan, C. Cindy Li, Tianjiao |
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China; family migration; rural–urban migration; settlement; split households |
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China; family migration; rural–urban migration; settlement; split households |
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For decades, China’s rural migrants have split their households between their rural origins and urban work locations. While the hukou system continues to be a barrier to urban settlement, research has also underscored split households as a migrant strategy that spans the rural and urban boundary, questioning if sustained migration will eventually result in permanent urban settlement. Common split-household arrangements include sole migration, where the spouse and children are left behind, and couple migration, where both spouses are migrants, leaving behind their children. More recently, nuclear family migration involving both the spouse and children has been on the rise. Based on a 2015 nationally representative “floating population” survey, this article compares sole migrants, couple migrants, and family migrants in order to examine which migrants choose which household arrangements, including whether specific household arrangements are more associated with settlement intention than others. Our analysis also reveals differences between work-related migrants and family-related migrants. The findings highlight demographic, gender, economic, employment, and destination differences among the different types of migrant household arrangements, pointing to family migration as a likely indicator of permanent settlement. The increase of family migration over time signals to urban governments an increased urgency to address their needs as not only temporary dwellers but more permanent residents. |
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