eprintid: 10196393
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creators_name: Wu, Yufeng
title: Exploring the Interconnections between Family Structures
and Internal Migration Processes in Contemporary China
ispublished: unpub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F26
note: Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request.
abstract: Unprecedented internal labour migration in China is a result of its industrialization and economic reforms since the "Reform and Opening Up" of the late 1970s. Over the last couple of decades, with the relaxation of the restrictive household registration system (hukou) and economic restructuring, migration patterns have however been transitioning from individual towards family-based movements with new geographies.
 
Traditional economic theories, which view migration primarily as an economic pursuit aimed at maximizing individual or household employment returns, increasingly fall short in explaining the complexity of contemporary migration dynamics in China. These theories tend to overlook the social interconnectedness of individual actions and decisions, failing to recognize the crucial role that family ties play in shaping migration patterns and decisions. In consequence, this thesis draws on life course theories and in particular the principle of 'linked lives' as well as migration scholarship to provide a more holistic and comprehensive understanding of contemporary migration processes in China.
 
In this thesis, large secondary datasets from the China Migration Dynamics Survey are analysed to investigate the intricate relationship between family structures and migration dynamics in China. A diverse range of quantitative methods are used across the thesis including bivariate analysis, logistic regression models and multilevel regression. These methods are used to study a range of dimensions of contemporary migration dynamics including geographic patterns of settlement, migrants’ social integration, hometown connectivity, and return intentions.
date: 2024-09-28
date_type: published
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: doctoral_embargoed
thesis_award: Ph.D
language: eng
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elements_id: 2308629
lyricists_name: Wu, Yufeng
lyricists_id: YWUDX10
actors_name: Wu, Yufeng
actors_id: YWUDX10
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: restricted
pages: 337
institution: UCL (University College London)
department: Geography
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Wu, Yufeng;      (2024)    Exploring the Interconnections between Family Structures and Internal Migration Processes in Contemporary China.                   Doctoral thesis  (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).    
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10196393/1/Wu_10196393_Thesis.pdf