A comparison of health-risk behaviors of rural migrants with rural residents and urban residents in China

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Chen, Xinguang ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^b   Lin, Danhua ^b   Xiong, Qing ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; China; Commercial sex; HIV AIDS; Rural migrants; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749105603     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.1.2     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. China National Bureau of Statistics. Results from 2005 National 1% Population Sampling Survey. Beijing: China National Bureau of Statistics 2006.
2. Zhang L. Migration and privatization of space and power in late socialist China. American Ethnologist. 2001;28(1):179-205.
3. Zhong D. Cheap Labor and China's Industrialization. Beijing: Dajun Economic Monitoring Center of Beijing 2004.
4. Li PL. Social Network and Social Position of Rural Migrants in China. Beijing, China: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 2003.
5. Li Z, Du LR. A survey of employment status of rural migrant population in Wuhan, China. Planners. 2000;3(16):90-93.
6. Zhao Y. Labor migration and earnings differences: the case of rural China. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 1999;47(4):767-782. (Pubitemid 29511704)
7. Liang Z, Chen YP. The educational consequences of migration for children in China. Soc Sci Res. 2007;36(1):28-47. (Pubitemid 44734597)
8. Yang XS. Temporary migration and the spread of STDs/HIV in China: is there a link? Int Migr Rev. 2004;38(1):212-235.
9. Liu SQ, Chen ZJ, Chen GJ. Impact of urbanization and resettlement on employment of rural inhabitants in China: a case study in Changling Town, Chongqing municipality, Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) area. Mt Res Dev. 2004;24(3):228-233.
10. Wang G. Characteristics and current status of rural migrants in China. Abstracts of Xinhua. 2006;4.
11. Li XM, Fang XY, Lin DH, et al. HIV/STD risk behaviors and perceptions among rural-tourban migrants in China. Aids Educ Prev. 2004;16(6):538-556.
12. Chen X, Stanton B, Li X, et al. Substance use among rural-to-urban migrants in China: a moderation effect model analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2005;161(11):S104-S104.
13. Chen XG, Li XM, Stanton B, et al. Cigarette smoking among rural-to-urban migrants in Beijing, China. Prev Med. 2004;39(4):666-673. (Pubitemid 39194727)
14. Lin DH, Li XM, Yang HM, et al. Alcohol intoxication and sexual risk behaviors among rural-to-urban migrants in China. Drug Alcohol Depen. 2005;79(1):103-112.
15. Yang G, Fan L, Tan J, et al. Smoking in China: findings of the 1996 National Prevalence Survey. JAMA. 1999;282(13):1247-1253. (Pubitemid 29468496)
16. Hao W, Su Z, Liu B, et al. Drinking and drinking patterns and health status in the general population of five areas of China. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2004;39(1):43-52. (Pubitemid 38111672)
17. Yang X, Derlega VJ, Luo H. Migration, behaviour change and HIV/STD risks in China. Aids Care. 2007;19(2):282-288.
18. Yang H, Li X, Stanton B, et al. Workplace and HIV-related sexual behaviours and perceptions among female migrant workers. Aids Care. 2005;17(7):819-833. (Pubitemid 41284696)
19. Liu HJ, Li XM, Stanton B, et al. Risk factors for sexually transmitted disease among rural-to-urban migrants in China: Implications for HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention. Aids Patient Care St. 2005;19(1):49-57. (Pubitemid 40170843)
20. He N, Wong FY, Huang ZJ, et al. Substance use and HIV risks among male heterosexual and 'money boy' migrants in Shanghai, China. Aids Care. 2007;19(1):109-115. (Pubitemid 44852416)
21. He J, Klag MJ, Wu ZL, et al. Effect of migration and related environmental changes on serum lipid levels in southwestern Chinese men. Am J Epidemiol. 1996;144(9):839-848. (Pubitemid 26374953)
22. Hu Z, Liu H, Li X, et al. HIV-related sexual behaviour among migrants and non-migrants in a rural area of China: role of rural-to-urban migration. Public Health. 2006;120(4):339-345. (Pubitemid 43372704)
23. Li X, Zhang L, Stanton B, et al. HIV/AIDSrelated sexual risk behaviors among rural residents in China: potential role of rural-to-urban migration. Aids Educ Prev. 2006;19(5):396-407.
24. Yang X. Temporary migration and HIV risk behaviors in China. Environment and Planning A. 2006;38(8):1527-1543. (Pubitemid 44336194)
25. Hesketh T, Lu L, Jun YX, et al. Smoking, cessation and expenditure in low income Chinese: cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2007.
26. Van Den Hoek A, Yuliang F, Dukers NH. High prevalence of syphilis and other STIs among sex workers in China: potential for fast spread of HIV/AIDS. 2002;15:753-759.
27. Xu H. HIV prevention and control in the floating population in China. J STD/AIDS Prevention and Control in China. 2001;7:32-34.
28. Lynn WA, Lightman S. Syphilis and HIV; a dangerous combination. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004;4:456-466.
29. Hesketh T, Li L, Ye X, et al. HIV and syphilis in migrant workers in eastern China. Sex Transm Infect. 2006;82(1):11-14. (Pubitemid 43266153)
30. Li X, Stanton B, Chen X, et al. Indicators and geographic mobility and health outcomes among young rural-to-urban migrants in China. Journal of World Health and Population. 2006:April:1-34.
31. Beijing Bureau of Statistics. Brief Statistics on Migrant Population in Beijing. Beijing: Beijing Bureau of Statistics 2004.
32. Selvin S. Statistical Analysis of Epidemiologic Data. New York: Oxford University Press 2004.
33. Lawal B. Categorical data analysis with SAS and SPSS applications. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum 2003.