title: Health-related quality of life and its correlates among Chinese migrants in small- and medium-sized enterprises in two cities of Guangdong.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) status and associated factors among rural-to-urban migrants in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 856 rural-to-urban migrants working at small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Shenzhen and Zhongshan City in 2012. Andersen's behavioral model was used as a theoretical framework to exam the relationships among factors affecting HRQOL. Analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Workers with statutory working hours, higher wages and less migrant experience had higher HRQOL scores. Need (contracting a disease in the past two weeks and perception of needing health service) had the greatest total effect on HRQOL (β = -0.78), followed by enabling (labor contract, insurance purchase, income, physical examination during work and training) (β = 0.40), predisposing (age, family separation, education) (β = 0.22) and health practices and use of health service (physical exercise weekly, health check-up and use of protective equipments) (β = -0.20).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Priority should be given to satisfy the needs of migrant workers, and improve the enabling resources.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: Guanyang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017149:Private Sector; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D017150:Public Sector; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult