Association between Social Integration and Health among Internal Migrants in ZhongShan, China.

ABSTRACT: Internal migrants are the individuals who migrate between regions in one country. The number of internal migrants were estimated at 245 million in China in 2013. Results were inconsistent in the literature about the relationship between their health statuses and social integration. The main difference exists on how to measure the social integration and whether health statuses of internal migrants improve with years of residence. To complement the existing literature, this study measured social integration more comprehensively and estimated the internal migrants' health statuses with varying years of residence, and explored the associations between the migrants' social integration and health. We used the data from 2014 Internal Migrant Dynamic Monitoring Survey of Health and Family Planning

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4749174 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature