Patterns of temporary labor migration of rural women from Anhui and Sichuan
Roberts, K.; Connelly, R.; Xie ZhenMing; Zheng ZhenZhen
China Journal 52: 1
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1324-9347 DOI: 10.2307/4127884Document Number: 255496
The late 1990s have witnessed increasing numbers of rural Chinese women joining the ranks of labour migrants. This paper examines the characteristics of a surveyed sample of women migrants from Anhui and Sichuan provinces, and shows that the common assumption - that almost all such migrants are young single women working in a coastal factory - is no longer valid. Instead, our findings demonstrate that women are migrating both while single and married, with and without their husbands and children. All age cohorts of women are migrating at a higher rate in recent periods, and younger cohorts of women are migrating more than older cohorts in each period.