China's floating population: Definitions, data and recent findings
China's floating population: Definitions, data and recent findings
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DOI：
10.1080/0042098022000033845
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
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影响因子：
4.7
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West, LA
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作者：
Goodkind, D;West, LA
在中国的流动人口中，最难界定和衡量的群体之一是流动人口，这是一个快速增长的人口，主要集中在城市地区。但谁属于流动人口？虽然这一术语使人联想到没有永久居留权的未定居者的形象，但它经常被含糊地使用，或指明显不同的人群。本文讨论了这些歧义，并确定了各种定义，我们认为是相关的。对这些定义的澄清导致对主要数据来源（人口普查、移徙调查和户口登记名单）的讨论。沿着这条路，我们回顾了一些关于中国流动人口的重要实证研究结果。我们还讨论了影响最近趋势的因素，并可能影响未来的移民和流动人口的趋势。
Among migrants in China, one of the most difficult groups to define and measure is that referred to as the floating population (liudong renkou), a rapidly growing population concentrated largely in urban areas. But who belongs to this floating population? Although this term conjures up images of unsettled persons lacking permanent residence, it is often used ambiguously or denotes distinctly different groups of people. This paper discusses these ambiguities and identifies a variety of definitions that we think are pertinent. The clarification of these definitions leads to a discussion of major sources of data (censuses, migration surveys and household registration lists). Along the way, we review some key empirical findings on China's floating population. We also discuss factors that have affected recent trends and are likely to affect future trends in migration and the floating population.