Migrants in Shanghai's manufacturing companies: employment conditions and policy implications

Figures & data

Table 1. Percentages of recruits signing labour contracts for rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers

	Rural migrants (%)	Urban migrants (%)	Local workers (%)
Contract with companies	57.5	71.3	85.2
Contract with agencies	15.8	9.3	3.1
No contract	26.7	19.4	11.7
Total	100	100	100
Numbers of workers	412	108	324
Source: The Shanghai survey.

Table 2. Tabulation of the length of contracts for rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers who signed contracts

	Rural migrants (%)	Urban migrants (%)	Local workers (%)
Less than 1 year	8.8	5.6	0
1 year	69.2	55.6	60.4
Above 1 year but not permanent	5.0	18.8	16.6
Permanent	0.7	1.1	13.3
No designation of contracted period	16.3	18.9	9.7
Total	100	100	100
Numbers of workers	302	87	286
Source: The Shanghai survey.

Table 3. Workers' evaluation of their working environments

Workers' perceptions about their working environment	Rural migrants (%)	Urban migrants (%)	Local workers (%)
Clean	27.4 (390)	46.2 (104)	51.8 (309)
Quiet	13.4 (365)	29.1 (103)	35.3 (306)
Safe	43.3 (379)	61.8 (102)	57.8 (306)
Spacious	31.9 (367)	51.5 (101)	47.8 (299)
Note: The numbers in parentheses refer to the numbers of respondents on which the percentages are based.
Source: The Shanghai survey.

Table 4. Working hours for rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers

	Rural migrants	Urban migrants	Local workers
Average working hours per month (hours)	237.0	212.3	188.4
Average overtime working hours per month (hours)	61.0	36.3	12.4
Percentage of workers with no overtime work	17.1	34.0	38.4
Percentage of workers with overtime hours exceeding 36 hours per month	60	34	14
Percentage of workers who worked 12 hours a dayand 7 days a week	5.3	5.0	0
Numbers of workers	416	109	327
Source: The Shanghai survey.