China
Indonesia
Aims
This project will focus on the comparative urbanization process in
China and Indonesia. The research output will improve the understanding
of a little-studied area and provide insights to assist policy makers
to manage migration movement more effectively. The study will
investigate three main research areas:
- The income mobility of migrants and their families and the impact of migration on poverty alleviation.
- The experience of the children of migrants who remain in home villages and those who migrate with their parents:
- The assimilation of migrant workers into the city:
The Survey
Longitudinal survey data specifically designed to study migration
issues are required to address the research questions. Annual surveys
will be conducted for five consecutive years (2008-12). The sample size
each year is 18,000 households in China (5,000 migrant, 5,000 urban and
8,000 rural households) and 2,500 households in Indonesia (both urban
and migrant).
Where are surveys conducted?
In China our sample covers the nine-largest provinces sending and
receiving migrants. These are: Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei,
Sichuan, Guangdong, Henan, Anhui and Sichuan. The Urban Survey is
conducted in 15 cities within these provinces – refer to the Urban
Household and Urban Migrant pages for more information.
In Indonesia, four major cities are surveyed – Tangerang, Medan, Samarinda and Makassar.
Surveys in each country are conducted by partner organisations under the direction and supervision of the RUMiCI project team.
Sampling
Each component of the survey work is designed according to the
specific needs of that component. More information is provided on the
relevant survey page, but in general terms:
China Urban and Rural Household Surveys: RUMiCI’s sampling design
for these surveys is based on that of the Annual Rural Household Survey
and Annual Urban Household Survey conducted by China’s National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS).
China Migrant Household survey: The RUMiCI project team conducts a
census in each of the 15 target cities and generates the sampling frame
on the basis of the census information.
Indonesia Urban and Migrant surveys: The sampling frame is based on
the 2008 National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) listing information.
Questionnaire design
The questionnaires are designed by the research team and in-country
collaborators. Surveys are conducted at both household and community
level.
The household survey questionnaires each contain a standard palette
of questions around household characteristics, education and
employment, children and their education, health, general wellbeing,
income, expenditure, assets, etc. Specific questions are included in
questionnaires targeting different types of respondents, e.g. questions
on migration history are included in the urban migrant survey
questionnaire.
Community surveys are conducted at village (rural) and Shequ – China or neighbourhood – Indonesia (urban community) level
Survey conduct
In China the rural and urban household surveys are conducted by the
NBS, and the migrant survey by a professional survey organisation. In
Indonesia the survey is conducted by a team based within the project’s
institutional research collaborator, Gadjah Mada University (UGM),
Yogyakarta.
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