title: Internal migration in China, 1950-1988.
abstract: This paper examines the long-term patterns of migration within China between 1950 and 1988. The analysis uses data from China's 1988 2/1,000 Fertility and Birth Control Survey, which asks respondents about their most recent interprovincial move. The results suggest that long-term migration patterns can be explained by political and economic changes in China. We argue that the approaches we introduce can offer significant insight into long-term migration patterns for countries where historical data on migration are unavailable or unreliable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Queens College/CUNY, Flushing 11367-1597, USA. liang@pixie.soc.qc.edu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors