Multilevel Analysis of Rural Outmigration in Guandong, China
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In this paper, the author first reviewed studies of migration and development in developing countries. Then, by linking the macro-and microapproaches, he presented a multilevel contextual analysis of migration based on a baseline survey in the rural areas of Guangdong province, China in 1995 to evaluate the impacts of migration policy, rural community development, individual and household characteristics on rural outmigration. The results suggest that migration decision is highly related to individual education levels, marital status, and household registration status, household dependency ratio and income level, and community development level. Finally, the policy implications on migration and development policies in China were discussed. Multilevel Analysis of Rural Outmigration in Guangdong, China Zhu Junming, Ph.D. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 E-mail: [email protected]
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