Hui family migration in Northwest China: patterns, experiences and social capital

Figures & data

Table 1. Cross table of ethnic identity and migration patterns.

Migration patterns	Han (%)	Hui (%)
Sole	41.2	48.7
Couple	22.9	22.7
Family	35.9	28.6
Total	100	100
χ^2	8.383**

**means P < .01 in two-tailed tests.

Table 2. Description of the independent variables.

Independent variables	Han (%)	Hui (%)	χ^2
Socio-demographic characteristics
AGE
<=25	17.1	18.7
26–45	72.1	67.6
>45	10.8	13.8
GENDER
Female	37.6	38.5
Male	62.4	61.5
EDUCATION
Junior high and below	64.2	82.7
Senior high and above	35.8	17.3
NUMBER OF CHILDREN (Mean)	2.2	2.4
Employment and Housing
EMPLOYMENT TYPES
Employee	63.7	76.5
Self-employed	36.3	23.5
INCOME (Unit: Yuan/month)
<=2,000	42.6	50.6
>2,000	57.4	49.4
RENTING PRICE (Mean, Unit: Yuan/person/month)	187.6Y	216.1Y
Social Capital
TIME OF STAY
<= 2 years	43.9	45.5
>2 years	56.1	54.5
NUMBER OF LOCAL ACQUAINTANCES	3.4	3.5
Circulation			43.24**
Yes	22.2	27.7
No	77.8	72.3
Settlement Intentions			16.98**
Stay in the current city	35.0	36.3
Returning home after earning money	30.9	29.9
Transfer to another city	17.7	10.6
Undecided	16.4	23.2
Hometown Locations			73.99**
Within the city	53.1	58.8
Outside the city, within the province	20.9	33.3
Out of the province	26.1	7.9
Destinations			38.86**
Lanzhou	33.1	36.0
Gannan	30.7	15.6
Linxia	36.1	48.4
Number of the cases	537	595

**Means P < .01 in two-tailed tests.

Table 3. Multinomial regression of sole, couple and family migration of the Han and Hui samples.

Independent variables	Han				Hui
	Couple		Family		Couple		Family
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age (Ref: >45)
<=25	1.917**	0.574	1.312**	0.504	−0.238	0.459	−0.660	0.460
26–45	1.238**	0.462	0.753*	0.382	−0.455	0.341	−0.350	0.326
Gender (Ref: Female)
Male	−0.086	0.258	0.130	0.251	−0.269	0.234	−0.104	0.227
Education (Ref: Senior high and above)
Junior high and below	−0.003	0.273	−0.182	0.260	−0.575	0.306	−0.389	0.309
Number of the children	0.432*	0.189	0.356*	0.181	0.275	0.167	0.193	0.162
Employment and Housing
Employee (Ref: self-employed)	−1.667**	0.318	−2.330**	0.300	−.756**	0.304	−1.315**	0.276
Income (Ref: >2,000)
<=2,000	0.177	0.260	0.159	0.252	−0.371	0.236	0.130	0.228
Monthly rent	0.002	0.001	0.003**	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.003	0.001
Social capital
Time of stay (Ref: >2 years)
<=2 years	0.144	0.268	0.176	0.256	−0.415	0.239	−0.617**	0.233
Number of Local acquaintances	0.000	0.058	0.125**	0.052	−0.001	0.058	0.049	0.053
Community relations	0.115	0.124	−0.052	0.117	0.115	0.126	0.316**	0.122
Circulation (Ref: Yes)
No	0.276	0.298	0.844**	0.318	−0.448	0.263	0.494	0.280
Settlement intentions (Ref: undecided)
Stay in the current city	−1.047**	0.376	−0.996**	0.365	0.596*	0.310	0.677*	0.288
Return home after earning money	−0.398	0.374	−0.561	0.367	0.225	0.322	0.260	0.306
Transfer to another city	−0.964**	0.452	−0.429	0.426	0.680	0.415	0.170	0.415
Hometown (Ref: out of the province)
Within the city	0.158	0.316	−0.120	0.299	0.562	0.440	1.040**	0.435
Outside the city. within the province	0.271	0.400	0.138	0.365	0.281	0.447	0.292	0.451
Destinations (Ref: Linxia)
Lanzhou	−0.107	0.377	0.606	0.356	1.669**	0.425	1.147**	0.404
Gannan	−0.325	0.332	−0.188	0.335	0.478	0.418	−0.008	0.380
Model χ^2	191.544				140.798
Pseudo R^2	0.300				0.211
Number of the cases	537				595

Note: The reference category is: sole.

*P < .05; **P < .01 in two-tailed tests.