Migrants moving younger
Source: Xinhua |
July 18, 2011, Monday
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PEOPLE are moving from the countryside to work in cities when they are around 20 years old, some six years younger than their parents' generation, according to a recent survey by the Fortnightly Review magazine.
The magazine surveyed 2,278 people aged between 16 and 35 who migrated to cities for work from their rural hometowns in 29 provincial-level regions.
Over 60 percent of respondents expressed willingness to continue working in urban areas rather than in agriculture at home.
Asked about what factors most attracted them to the cities, 39.8 percent of respondents listed "work conditions and job prospects" as their primary motivation.
That was followed by the status of being accepted into urban life, the realization of their legitimate rights in accessing public services and family and friendship links.
Xu Xiaodan, head of the opinion research center of the Fortnightly Review, said young migrant workers want to be more involved in urban life and establish their family and have their children educated in cities.
Official figures showed China had 153 million migrant workers last year.
The magazine surveyed 2,278 people aged between 16 and 35 who migrated to cities for work from their rural hometowns in 29 provincial-level regions.
Over 60 percent of respondents expressed willingness to continue working in urban areas rather than in agriculture at home.
Asked about what factors most attracted them to the cities, 39.8 percent of respondents listed "work conditions and job prospects" as their primary motivation.
That was followed by the status of being accepted into urban life, the realization of their legitimate rights in accessing public services and family and friendship links.
Xu Xiaodan, head of the opinion research center of the Fortnightly Review, said young migrant workers want to be more involved in urban life and establish their family and have their children educated in cities.
Official figures showed China had 153 million migrant workers last year.
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