Social Capital and Migrant Housing Experiences in Urban China: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

Housing Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1155-1174

  Liu, Zhilin ^a   Wang, Yujun ^b   Tao, Ran ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

housing experience; Migration; social capital; structural equation modeling; urban China

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA;

EID: 84887989631     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.818620     Document Type: Article

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