title: Major factors and conditions for migration:  survey in Chifeng, Nei Mongol Autonomous Region.
abstract: The author analyzes results from a 1985 survey by the Institute of Sociology of Beijing University that examined rural-rural migration of household heads in the Chifeng region of China.  "The key issues addressed by the survey included the number of immigrants in the current rural population in Chifeng; the immigrant's date of arrival; the factors that led them to leave their native places and choose Chifeng to settle down [in] and the conditions encountered in the process of their migration and settlement."  More than 2,000 families were included in the survey.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Family And Household; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Rural Population