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Spatial Analysis of the Return location of Migrant Workers—Case Study on 12 Villages in Henan Province, China



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Gao Genghe, Zeng Wenfeng, Luo Qing and Fan Xinsheng

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DOI:10.17265/2159-581X/2018.03.003

In the process of rapid industrialization and urbanization, the phenomenon of migrant workers’ return accompanied its flow is attracting more and more attention of scholars. Based on the sampling data of 529 migrant workers’ return questionnaires, statistical analysis and binary logistic model were used to analyze the return location choice and influencing factors of migrant workers. The study found that the village, the local township and the local county seat are the main choices for the inter-provincial migrant workers of return location. The local township and the local county seat are also the preferred locations for migrant workers to return to business, while in the city and other city are less migrant workers. The main mechanism for the choice of migrant workers of return location is the balance between the family and the economic benefits. The main factors affecting the choice of rural migrant workers’ return location are the age of migrant workers, the number of primary and secondary school students, the number of migrant workers, and the per capita cultivated area. The mobility and return of migrant workers are actually the location choices and changes of migrant workers in geospatial space, which depends on the sticky size of different locations.

Return location, spatial analysis, migrant workers, circulation migration.