This paper studies the current differences in educational expectations between urban and rural students explores mechanism from individual/family school/society perspectives. The results show significant junior high school for going on to higher education. In addition, students’ are than that of migrant students. These caused by cognitive ability, family background, environment, among which inf...

This paper is centred on the process of identity and belonging negotiation of rural women in their migration to urban employment in contemporary China. Employing a unique mobile method, the author follows rural women’s migration by gathering data from both sending and receiving areas, and captures the dynamic and situated, fluid nature of rural migrant women’s identity deconstruction and recons...

China's rural-urban dual society system is instituted by its unique hukou system. This system causes inequalities in social status between permanent urban and rural residents, and discrimination against rural-to-urban migrants is thus prevalent. A series of studies, based on system justification theory, sought to address the impact of the hukou system on the discrimination against rural-to-urba...

BACKGROUND Guangdong province attracted more than 31 million migrants in 2010. But few studies were performed to estimate the complete and age-appropriate immunization coverage and determine risk factors of migrant children. METHODS 1610 migrant children aged 12-59 months from 70 villages were interviewed in Guangdong. Demographic characteristics, primary caregiver's knowledge and attitude to...

Citizenization of rural migrants is considered as a labeling urbanization goal in developing countries. Homeownership has always been regarded the most important cornerstone citizenization for individuals and families China. Despite existence plenty literature on migrants’ homeownership, some critical influencing factors are still under-investigated. On basis large nation-wide micro data China ...

THE FAST PACE OF economic growth in China is in no small part attributed to the massive movement of migrant workers from rural to urban areas. It is estimated that in 2014 more than 168 million migrants were living and working in China’s cities (NBSC 2015). In China, as elsewhere, migration imparts significant benefits to individuals through the higher returns to work; it can also have strong a...

The key to advancing urbanization is promote the urban integration of numerous migrant workers. Two stages decision making are involved for workers, including residence (staying in cities) and settlement (transferring hukou into cities). homestead a necessity workers keep their “peasant” status, which will further affect workers’ identification with cities influence towards urbanization. This p...

This article examines the dialogic relationship between emotional reflexivity and regime as it explores ‘the hukou puzzle’ in China. In theory, migrants small- to medium-scale cities can transfer their (household registration) urban areas, yet are unwilling do so practice. Relying on six months’ ethnographic fieldwork 60 in-depth interviews with ethnic migrant performers, this argues that previ...

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...