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The urban integration of migrant workers in China [electronic resource] : an assimilation–integration pattern /

by Xie, Shenghua; Leng, Xiangming; Ritakallio, Veli-Matti.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 257-277.Subject(s): Urban integration, rural identity, urban identity, migrant worker, ChinaOnline resources: Click here to access full-text article Available online and in print. In: China Journal of Social Work = 中國社會工作期刊 2016, Vol. 9, No. 3Summary: The urban integration pattern of migrant workers in China has not been fully articulated. This paper seeks to work out this issue by using the questionnaire survey data from Wuhan, China. Based on social integration theories on international migrants, this paper developed four hypotheses on the urban integration pattern of migrant workers in China, including assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalisation, and examined the four hypotheses. The results show evidence to support both the assimilation and integration hypotheses, but no evidence to support the separation or marginalisation hypotheses. Based on the research findings, this study proposes the assimilation/integration pattern to summarise the urban integration pattern of migrant workers and argues that this pattern should be understood as being based on the social context of China.Summary: 中國農民工的城市整合模式暫未得到完全闡述。本論文透過在中國武漢采集的問卷調查數據嘗試探討這個議題。基於國際移民的社會融合理論,本論文提出四個中國農民工城市融合形式的假設,包括同化、融合、分離及邊緣化,並分析了四項假設。結果顯示,有證據支持同化及融合兩項假設,但沒有證據支持分離及邊緣化兩項假設。基於研究結果,本研究指出同化-融合可以總結農民工城市融合的形式,而這兩種融合的形式必須放置在中國社會脈絡下被理解。
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The urban integration pattern of migrant workers in China has not been fully articulated. This paper seeks to work out this issue by using the questionnaire survey data from Wuhan, China. Based on social integration theories on international migrants, this paper developed four hypotheses on the urban integration pattern of migrant workers in China, including assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalisation, and examined the four hypotheses. The results show evidence to support both the assimilation and integration hypotheses, but no evidence to support the separation or marginalisation hypotheses. Based on the research findings, this study proposes the assimilation/integration pattern to summarise the urban integration pattern of migrant workers and argues that this pattern should be understood as being based on the social context of China.

中國農民工的城市整合模式暫未得到完全闡述。本論文透過在中國武漢采集的問卷調查數據嘗試探討這個議題。基於國際移民的社會融合理論,本論文提出四個中國農民工城市融合形式的假設,包括同化、融合、分離及邊緣化,並分析了四項假設。結果顯示,有證據支持同化及融合兩項假設,但沒有證據支持分離及邊緣化兩項假設。基於研究結果,本研究指出同化-融合可以總結農民工城市融合的形式,而這兩種融合的形式必須放置在中國社會脈絡下被理解。

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