中国农民工的社会网络与性别偏好——基于深圳调查的研究

Social Network and Son Preference among Rural-Urban Migrants in China: A Study in Shenzhen

文章利用西安交通大学人口与发展研究所2005年中国深圳市农民工调查数据,基于社会网络理论定量研究了农民工的性别偏好现状及其影响因素。研究发现流动后农民工的生育观念与行为仍具有明显的男孩偏好特征;社会网络因素、流动因素和个体因素在一定程度上对农民工的男孩偏好观念与行为产生了影响。本文的研究结果对于理解中国城镇人口出生性别比偏高的现象和原因有重要作用。

Using sample data from a survey of temporary immigrants in Shenzhen conducted by Institute for Population and Development Studies at Xi＇an Jiaotong University in April 2005, this paper studies the status and determinants of the attitudes and behaviors related to son preference among the rural - urban migrants in a framework of social network theory. It is revealed that attitudes and behaviors of childbearing among these rural - urban migrants exhibit strong son preference. Social networks, migration history and individual factors have effects on the attitudes and behaviors concerning son preference among rural - urban migrants. The findings may help to understand the increasing sex ratio at birth in contemporary urban China.