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the health-related income inequality among antenatal care, delivery care and postnatal care. The results show that
place of residence, strongly determined the utilization of health care services in India. Urban women were more
using the full antenatal care, skilled attendants at birth, and postnatal care services as compare to rural women. The
study indicated consistent wealth related inequalities in utilization of maternal health care, which is approx 5 times
more likely in richest group as compare to poorest during 2005-16. Study suggested that education, exposure to
mass media were dominant explanatory variables which were contributing a large share in overall inequality in
utilization of health care in EAG states and also in India during 2005-16.

PS 1.2 Internal Migration

10:15 - 11:45am Tuesday, 3rd August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Pattraporn Chuenglertsiri , Alifah Nuranti

184 The in situ rural-urban transformation of return migrants and its determinants:
Insights from a survey of seven provinces in China

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Yu ZHU , Wenfei Winnie WANG , Liyue LIN , Jianfa SHEN , Qiang REN
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1 School of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai
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University, Shanghai, China. School of Geography, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. Department of
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Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Centre for
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Social Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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5. Population Mobility (Internal and International Migration, including Refugees) and Urbanization

Abstract

Based on a survey in seven provinces, this paper examines in situ rural-urban transformation of return migrants and
its determinants in migrants’ sending areas in China. It reveals that compared to non-migrants, return migrants are
younger, better educated, and more likely to engage in non-agricultural activities and setting up a business. The
paper also shows that return migrants’ migration experiences have substantially improved their economic
conditions, contributed to their business creation, and led them to a more urban lifestyle. The results of logistic
regression further confirm that return migrants’ individual characteristics and migration occupations significantly
increase their possibility to engage in non-agricultural occupations; however they seem to have little impact on
return migrants’ likelihood of working in local urban areas. The results suggest that even though return migrants’
individual characteristics and migration experience have promoted their in situ rural-urban transformation, such
effect is rather limited. Weak industrial base at the origins has been identified as a major barrier for rural-urban
transformation, which suggests that strategic measures to strengthen industrial capacity in those migrant sending
areas should take place in order to fully unleash return migrants’ potential in rural-urban transformation of their
home areas.

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