Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 196-217.

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From Occupation Development to Family Integrity: Study on Migrants’ Desire of Urban Hukou by An Analysis Perspective of Urbanization Stability

WEI Wanqing, Center of Regional Social Management Innovation Study; School of Public & Administration, Guangxi University   

  • Online:2015-09-20 Published:2015-09-20
  • Contact: WEI Wanqing, Center of Regional Social Management Innovation Study; School of Public & Administration, Guangxi University E-mail:weiwq20050908@163.com
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by The Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project (13XJC840002).

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Abstract: Previous studies indicate that occupation development and family integrity effects of migrants’ quality of urbanization. However, there is little empirical research on occupation development and family integrity, how to affect migrants’ desire of urban hukou? This paper, using a survey data of Rural Migrant Workers in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, we analysis the migrants’ desire of urban hukou base on perspective of Urbanization Stability. There are three main findings. Firstly, career development factors of migrant workers have a significant impact on their desire of urban hukou. The better employment opportunities in city, the work is more stable, and occupation planning more stable, the stronger the willingness of get urban hukou. Secondly，the integrity of the family factors have a significant impact on their desire of urban hukou, such as couples work or live in same city, children education in the parents working city, can significantly improved migrants the willingness of get urban hukou. And compared with the group of migrant workers who live in the dormitory, the group of migrant works who rent or buy a house, have a stronger willingness of get urban hukou.Finally, we compared the regional differences between the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta of migrant workers willingness of get urban hukou. We found that, compared with the migrants in Pearl River Delta Area, the Yangtze River Delta migrants’ desire of urban hukou is higher, and the effect of family integrity factors are more significant. These results reflect the demand of migrants has grown from a single economy, occupation development needs to the family needs, the overall development needs.These results mean that, we can’t accept and treat migrant workers, social exclusion, only in the economic. We should let the workers and Civil Equality in rights of. At the same time, relative to the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta region, promote the reform of the household registration in the task of migrant workers citizenization is more urgent.

Key words: occupation development , family integrity , migrant,  , stability of urbanization , desire of urban hukou