TY - JOUR
T1 - Population migration and urbanization in China
T2 - A comparative analysis of the 1990 Population Census and the 1995 National One Percent Sample Population Survey
AU - Li, Si-ming
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - This article examines the changing pattern of population migration and its implications for the urbanization process in China as revealed by the 1990 Population Census and the 1995 National One Percent Sample Population Survey. It is found that, in comparison with the period 1985-90, migration in the period 1990-95 tended to be more distance sensitive, reflecting the increase in the number of migration foci resulting from the policy of opening on all fronts. Foreign investment also appears to have a greater effect on migration flow. Proportionately, there was an increase in both village-to-village and city-to-city migrations. The former was most sensitive to increase in distance while the latter was least sensitive. As for rural-to-urban flows, which include both village-to-town and village-to-city flows, migrants in China increasingly bypassed the towns and ended up in the cities.
AB - This article examines the changing pattern of population migration and its implications for the urbanization process in China as revealed by the 1990 Population Census and the 1995 National One Percent Sample Population Survey. It is found that, in comparison with the period 1985-90, migration in the period 1990-95 tended to be more distance sensitive, reflecting the increase in the number of migration foci resulting from the policy of opening on all fronts. Foreign investment also appears to have a greater effect on migration flow. Proportionately, there was an increase in both village-to-village and city-to-city migrations. The former was most sensitive to increase in distance while the latter was least sensitive. As for rural-to-urban flows, which include both village-to-town and village-to-city flows, migrants in China increasingly bypassed the towns and ended up in the cities.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00212.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00212.x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:7644240842
SN - 0197-9183
VL - 38
SP - 655
EP - 685
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
IS - 2
ER -