Liu, Y;
Zhang, F;
Liu, Y;
Li, Z;
Wu, F;
(2017)
The effect of neighbourhood social ties on migrants' subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities.
Habitat International
, 66
pp. 86-94.
10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.05.011.
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Abstract
Existing literature on migrants' subjective wellbeing (SWB) in Chinese cities has highlighted the crucial role of social ties, yet the pathways by which social ties influence their SWB remain poorly understood. Using Guangzhou survey data and multilevel linear regressions, this paper examines the extent to and ways in which migrants' social ties with neighbours enhance their SWB, with a pa rticular focus on the distinction between the main effects and buffering effects of their neighbourhood ties. Results from multilevel models reveal that neighbourhood ties enhance migrants' SWB in a direct manner, but no evidence shows that neighbourhood ties lessen the negative impacts of neighbourhood deprivation. Results also illustrate that the association between neighbourhood ties and SWB is stronger for locals than for migrants. This paper contributes to our understanding of migrants' SWB by disentangling the positive effects of their social ties with neighbours and investigating the role of migrants' neighbourhood ties in relation to stress arising from neighbourhood deprivation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The effect of neighbourhood social ties on migrants' subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.05.011 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.05.011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Migrants, Subjective wellbeing, Neighbourhood ties, Neighbourhood deprivation, Urban neighbourhoods, China |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1562681 |
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