Reaching Migrants in Survey Research: The Use of the Global Positioning System to Reduce Coverage Bias in China

Landry, Pierre F.; Shen, Mingming

doi:10.1093/pan/mpi001

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“…Compared to the census, the final data set required particularly large weights for two groups: (1) The young ages 18-29 required larger weights in both urban and rural areas and particularly for those aged 18-24 in the countryside. This was consistent with the young being difficult to locate simply because they were more migrantboth from village to city and within cities (Landry & Shen, 2005).…”

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Sexual Infidelity in China: Prevalence and Gender-Specific Correlates

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The nature of extra-relational sex in societies with rapidly changing sexual mores and widespread commercial sex remains under-explored. The 2006 Sexuality Survey of China provides a national probability survey with data on 3,567 people 18-49 years old who were in a marital (89%) or dating/cohabiting (11%) relationship. In attitudes, extramarital sex was completely unacceptable to 74% of women and 60% of men and either somewhat or completely unacceptable to 95% of women and men. Most (77%) women wanted severe punishment of men's short-term commercial sex and women's jealousy was equally elevated by their primary partner's episodes of commercial and non-commercial sex. Nevertheless, the prevalence of infidelity during the last 12 months was 4.5% (women's non-commercial sex), 11.0% (men's non-commercial), and 5.5% (men's commercial), with each percent matching or exceeding the median for other countries. In multivariate equations for non-commercial infidelity, men's infidelity was significantly more responsive to sexual dissatisfaction with his primary partner while women's was more responsive to deficits in love. In commercial sex, men were uninfluenced by primary partner deficits in love, sexual satisfaction or oral sex-pursuing, it would seem, simply a greater variety of sexual partners. In a "trading up" pattern, women partnered with low income men had elevated infidelity. The minority of women reporting early masturbation and premarital sex were just as likely as men with these backgrounds to have elevated infidelity. The Chinese patterns provide ample material for deliberations on gender similarities and differences in extra-relational sex.

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“…This methodological difference might have diminished infidelity reports elsewhere as compared with China (Treas & Giesen, 2000;Whisman & Snyder, 2007). Sampling remained a challenge in China, particularly for a young, highly mobile population that might differ in sexual behavior (Landry & Shen, 2005).…”

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“…The survey employed spatial probability sampling specifically designed to target urban residents regardless of their official hukou status (Chen, Chen, Landry, & Davis, 2014;Landry & Shen, 2005). The actual sampling procedure was carried out in several stages.…”

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Life satisfaction in urbanizing China: The effect of city size and pathways to urban residency

Chen

Davis

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a b s t r a c tAlthough Durkheim, Simmel, and other early social theorists posited causal links between urban life and individual despair or distrust, most contemporary analyses of subjective well-being attribute variations primarily to individual characteristics. However, China's recent warp-speed urbanization requires a more dynamic and multi-level analysis that simultaneously models individual and geographic attributes. Using a representative survey conducted in 2011 of adults living in urban China, we find that, while age, marital status, and household wealth have an impact on life satisfaction, the characteristics of the surrounding county or city district, the size of the city, as well as the route by which an individual became an urban resident, often have an independent impact. Our results indicate that after controlling for individual socio-demographic characteristics, health status, and household wealth, the new urbanites (rural-to-urban migrants and in situ urbanized rural residents) who settle in cities with urban populations between 200,000 and 500,000 are more satisfied with their lives than those who settle in either larger or smaller cities. We argue that in China, where urban centers vary greatly in size, research on individual life satisfaction should factor in the characteristics of the urban location and the means by which individuals become urban residents. Our work suggests a new research and policy direction for small cities undergoing urbanization and their future trends.

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“…All households residing within these small 'spatial blocks' were enumerated. Within each household, one respondent who had resided in Beijing for more than 6 months was selected using the Kish grid-a pre-assigned table of random numbers commonly used in survey research for determining which person in the household to interview (Landry and Shen 2005).…”

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Online Information Searches and Help Seeking for Mental Health Problems in Urban China

Chen

Zhu

2015

Adm Policy Ment Health

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In recent years, the Internet has emerged as an alternative information source on mental health problems. Yet, the profile of the typical Internet help seeker is to be determined. Based on data from a household survey of 2558 Beijing residents, the study investigates online information searches and help seeking for mental health problems. Multinomial logistic regressions are estimated for respondents' access to the Internet, and mental-health-related information searches and help seeking on the Internet for the whole community sample and the most psychologically distressed subsample. The study identifies a digital divide in online help seeking for mental health issues based on age, migration and hukou status, and socio-economic factors. Youth and high socio-economic status are significant predictors of Internet access and use. Among the whole community sample, rural-to-urban migrants are less likely to have access to the Internet and search information or seek help online. Among the most psychologically distressed subsample, urban-to-urban migrants are significantly more likely to have access to the Internet and search information or seek help online. Given the shortage of mental health professionals in China, online information dissemination and guided self-help, if properly designed, could offer a means to reach large numbers of individuals in a cost-effective manner.

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Reaching Migrants in Survey Research: The Use of the Global Positioning System to Reduce Coverage Bias in China

Cited by 173 publications

References 17 publications

Sexual Infidelity in China: Prevalence and Gender-Specific Correlates

Sexual Infidelity in China: Prevalence and Gender-Specific Correlates

Life satisfaction in urbanizing China: The effect of city size and pathways to urban residency

Online Information Searches and Help Seeking for Mental Health Problems in Urban China

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