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City University of New York - City College
Determining the Predictive Ability of Rural-Urban Migration for Health Indicators in China
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Over one hundred million rural Chinese residents have migrated to urban areas within China for work. In cities, these workers often lack access to health insurance and licensed healthcare. Migrants are also more likely to work in dangerous jobs and to participate in high-risk behaviors. This paper analyzes two health indicators, blood pressure and grip strength, to determine if migrant status can predict health. This paper determines that migrant status is a significant predictor for blood pressure and grip strength, albeit in models with low predictive ability. However, the length of time since a person migrated is not a significant predictor of health indicators.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics and Business
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Rick, Christopher
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Marta Bengoa
- Kevin Foster
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/667
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1664