Comparing Accidental Drownings Between Local Permanent Residents and Internal Migrants in Pudong, Shanghai, China (2004–2017)

Feng Li (), Xuesong Lu and Paul S. F. Yip
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Feng Li: Southeast University
Xuesong Lu: Pudong District of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau
Paul S. F. Yip: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2021, vol. 22, issue 2, No 16, 703 pages

Abstract: Abstract There were over 200 million internal migrants in China and their wellbeing is of great concern to the development of China. However, injury-related mortalities of the migrants, especially accidental drownings, were not uncommon, yet rarely studied. This study investigates accidental drownings in Pudong, Shanghai (2004–2017). Accidental drownings of the migrants in the police files were extracted (n = 363). Those of the local permanent residents were used as the comparison group (n = 160). Poisson regressions were used to estimate the rate ratios and the annual percentage change (“APC”). Child migrants aged 0–14 years were much more vulnerable to accidental drownings than their local counterparts (p

Keywords: Accidental drowning; Internal migrant; Child migrants; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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