Does formal housing encourage settlement intention of rural migrants in Chinese cities? A structural equation model analysis

• Published in: Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 1834 - 1850
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhilin, Wang, Yujun, Chen, Shaowei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.06.2017; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Access; Access control; Affordable housing; Attachment; Cities; Correlation; Demographic variables; Demographics; Demography; Determinants; Economic factors; Economic opportunities; Economics; Housing; Housing policy; Integration; Mathematical models; Migrants; Motivation; Public housing; Public policy; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural housing; Rural urban migration; Social behavior; Social integration; Social policy; Sociocultural factors; Sociodemographics; Structural equation modeling; Towns; China; settlement intention; housing; China; migrants; 定居意向; 结构方程模型; 中国; 住房; 移民; structural equation model

A growing body of literature has attempted to understand the social integration of rural migrants in Chinese cities, and specifically patterns and determinants of migrant settlement intention. However, few studies have directly investigated the role of housing access in migrant settlement in cities....