Family Migration and Social Integration of Migrants: Evidence from Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China

Yanan Li, Chan Xiong, Zhe Zhu and Qiaowen Lin
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Yanan Li: Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Chan Xiong: College of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
Zhe Zhu: College of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
Qiaowen Lin: School of Economic and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-21

Abstract: The social integration in host cities of China’s migrant population and its determinants has received much attention from researchers. However, few have directly addressed the family migration in differentiating migrants’ social integration. This study employs descriptive statistics and multivariate regression to explore the social integration across different family migration types, based on the data of China Migrants Dynamic Survey 2013 and 2017 in Wuhan metropolitan area. The findings show that the family migration in Wuhan metropolitan area is prevalent, and the central city Wuhan has advantages both in the proportion of whole-family migration and the scores of migrants’ social integration. In addition, the migrants’ family migration is significantly positively associated with their social integration, but the effect is variance in the regression models of social integration’s four dimensions. The findings reveal the Wuhan City’s leading position in promoting migrants’ social integration within the Wuhan metropolitan area. Furthermore, migration with more family members has higher levels of integration in economy and public service. This implies that the convenience provided by inflow cities’ government for family migration is crucial. To provide high-quality public services is of great significance to attract and retain migrants and then promote their overall social integration.

Keywords: family migration; social integration; migrants; Wuhan metropolitan area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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