社会网络对农民工生育观念的影响——来自深圳调查的发现

Attitudes of Childbearing among Rural-urban Migrants Influenced by Social Network:A Study in Shenzhen

利用西安交通大学人口与发展研究所2005年深圳市农民工调查数据,从社会网络视角实证分析了流动后农民工生育观念的影响因素。生育讨论网的弱关系和网络成员的生育行为,以及个体在城镇的滞留时间、初次流动时的年龄、受教育程度等因素对流动后农民工的生育观念产生了影响。

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 attitudes related to childbearing among rural -urban migrants in a framework of social network theory. The paper found that social networks, migration history and individual factors have effects on the attitudes concerning expected number of children and son preference. The lower the ratio of network members only having boy,the weaker migrants＇ son preference appears to he. Weak ties in a childbearing discussion network also tend to weaken migrants＇ attitude of expected number of children. The longer the time those migrants live in urban areas, the weaker their son preference and the lower expected number of children appears to be. Education and number of children ever born also have significant effects on attitudes of child- bearing among rural -urban migrants.