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A Study on the Attitudes toward the Immigrants by Urban Residents with Regional Disparities based on the 2005 National Comprehensive Social Survey Data

Wang Jiashun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Huaqiao University     

  1. Wang Jiashun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Huaqiao University  
  • Online:2010-11-24 Published:2010-11-24
  • Contact: Wang Jiashun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Huaqiao University E-mail:key_596@163.com
  • About author:Wang Jiashun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Huaqiao University
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    This paper is one of the results of the project “Theory and Practice Research on Migrant Workers’ Right Protection” (09JZD0032), which was supported by 2009 Major Research Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education.

Abstract:

This paper provides a new perspective from urban residents for research on the immigrants who have settled in the city. Based on the 2005 National Comprehensive Social Survey data, the author constructed hierarchical linear models to analyze urban residents’ attitudes toward the immigrant influx. The results showed significant effects of the individuals’ social and economic features and city’s institutional milieu on the residents’ attitudes. This implies that, as a function of the household registration system, benefit distribution and psychological segregation between the urban residents and the immigrants may experience mutual transformation, which may obstruct the subsequent reform of the household registration system. In order to obtain a consensus on the reform, urban residents’ attitudes should not be ignored.

Key words: household registration system, immigrants, reform of the household registration system, urban residents