%0 Journal Article
%T Migration and marital instability among migrant workers in China: A gender perspective
%A Weidong Li
%J Chinese Journal of Sociology
%@ 2057-1518
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2057150X18757673
%X This paper presents an examination of how migration affects the marital stability of migrant workers, whether there is gender difference in migrant workers¡¯ marital instability, and whether there is gender difference in the determinants of migrant workers¡¯ marital stability. Poisson regression analysis of survey data related to Guangzhou rural¨Curban migrant workers showed that there is gender difference in marital instability, and that female migrant workers have a higher level of marital instability than male migrant workers. Migrating unaccompanied, inter-provincial migration, distance between the hometown of spouse from husband¡¯s family¡¯s location, and non-traditional gender views were found to be positively related to migrant workers¡¯ marital instability. Some of these influences are mediated by marital satisfaction. In addition, the influence on marital instability of migrating unaccompanied, and distance between the hometown of spouse and husband¡¯s family¡¯s location were identified as more important for female migrant workers, while the influence of inter-provincial migration on marital instability is more important for male migrant workers. It was determined that there are gender differences in the influence of wife's income and gender views: the wife¡¯s income relates positively to male migrant workers¡¯ marital stability, but negatively to female migrant workers¡¯ marital stability. The results show that migration has a stronger influence on female migrant workers¡¯ perceptions of marital instability
%K Gender
%K marital satisfaction
%K marital stability
%K migrant worker
%K population migration
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057150X18757673