Empirical Research on Factors of Cenozoic Peasant Workers’
Adaptation to City
Zhu Bolun
Zhejiang Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, China
Keywords: Group of Cenozoic Peasant Workers, Adaption Situation, Influence Factors, Regression Equation Model,
Strategy.
Abstract: Cenozoic peasant workers are the migrants born in 1980s from rural areas. With the change of time and
environment, they are different from the first generation peasant workers in sense of value, career pursuit
and psychological adaptation. They are more urgent to integrate with city. However, the integration is
blocked by subjective and objective factors. Therefore, city adaption of cenozoic peasant workers, as an
important society problem, has realistic significance in urbanization and modernization of Hangzhou. Based
on investigation data in seven areas of Hangzhou, the work applied regression equation model to analyze
city adaption conditions and influence factors. The results have great significance in integration of cenozoic
peasant workers and decision of functional government departments.
1 INTRODUCTION
Cenozoic peasant workers are the uneducated
migrants from rural areas born in 1980s and 1990s.
Data show that migrant workers at the age of 16-30
are 40% of the whole peasant workers at present.
Compared with the first generation, they have less
life and family burden as well as more capacity to
new things, information and skills. With less
experience and over-ambitious similarity, they have
gradually become the people drifting between city
and countryside.
At present, research on migrant workers from rural
areas, with characteristics of description and
interpretability, is performed in terms of external
theories in population movement field. There is little
quantitative and qualitative analysis according to
group of cenozoic peasant workers and integration
problems.
2 INVESTIGATION SURVEY
2.1 Sampling and Data Collection
In this investigation, different populations and
residents of cenozoic peasant workers are taken as
research subject; cenozoic peasant workers as main
questionnaire; attitude of residents to cenozoic
peasant workers as supplementary questionnaire.
The main factors affecting city adaptation of
cenozoic peasant workers are explored based on
economy, society, life and psychology. Random
sampling method cannot be used because the
population of cenozoic peasant workers is difficult
to determine. Instead, group sampling is used. In
1000 questionnaires sent out by the research group
from June to July in 2013, there are 828 effective
questionnaires, where 361 are sent to cenozoic
peasant workers, and 467 to residents.
2.2 Sampling Situation
The typical city where cenozoic peasant workers are
concentrated is selected in this investigation based
on regional sample situation. Meanwhile,
manufacturing enterprises with concentrated
population are investigated. In investigation,
cenozoic peasant workers with middle school degree
or above account for 87% according to education.
The salaries of cenozoic peasant workers are among
1000-3000 Yuan. Some can get more than 3000
Yuan with their own efforts.
3 REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF
LIFE LEVEL OF CENOZOIC
PEASANT WORKERS
Investigation team applies SPSS to perform binary
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DOI: 10.5220/0006021201630166
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logistic regression analysis according to data such as
clothing, dinner place selection, eating habit, living
situation and private car ownership. Results show
that P values of dinner place selection, living
situation and private car ownership are less than
0.05, and B values of the first two factors are
positive. Therefore, living situation is the largest
factor of city population adaptation investigation.
Private car ownership and dinner place selection are
secondary in life level. Analysis of cenozoic peasant
workers shows that 30% of them are not satisfied
with living situation; 20% are satisfied; others think
the living situation is not bad. According to
accommodation, there are 66% of peasant workers
living in private rental houses, and 3% in low-rent
houses. The rental houses in the integration region of
urban and rural cannot be effectively supervised,
thus seriously affecting living and security
environment.
4 REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF
SOCIETY LEVEL OF
CENOZOIC PEASANT
WORKERS
The investigation data including residence, dialect
and social group are conducted with regression
analysis according to society level. Results show
that P value of idiom is less than 0.05, and B values
of the first two factors are positive. Therefore, the
largest factor affecting city population adaptation is
application of local idiom. Data show that 64% of
respondents cannot understand local idiom.
Consequently, language is one of the most important
carriers to integrate into regional culture.
5 REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF
ECONOMY LEVEL OF
CENOZOIC PEASANT
WORKERS
The investigation data including income, monthly
expense and board wages are conducted with
regression analysis according to economy level.
Results show that P value of monthly expense is less
than 0.05. Therefore, monthly expense is the largest
factor affecting city population adaptation.
Statistical information shows that the disposable
average income of urban residents is 37538 Yuan
(3128 Yuan per month) in Hangzhou in 2012. Data
show that salary income of investigation group is at
the internal of 2001-3000. In respondents, 40.7%
have the same monthly income with urban residents
in Hangzhou; 27.2% have higher level of income
than urban residents in Hangzhou. Monthly expenses
of respondents at different income internals are more
than 1500 at least. High cost of city life as well as
unfair of life and social security measurement
decreases their incomes in fact.
6 REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF
PSYCHOLOGY LEVEL OF
CENOZOIC PEASANT
WORKERS
The investigation data including city positioning,
satisfaction degree and prospect are conducted with
regression analysis. Results show that P value of
prospect of staying in Hangzhou is less than 0.05,
and B value is positive. Therefore, prospect of
staying in Hangzhou is the largest factor affecting
their adaptation based on psychology level.
Statistical data show that 50% of respondents,
confused with their career in city, consider
themselves as countrymen. Change of life style and
value bring cenozoic peasant workers with
confidence and desire. However, the deep bumpkin
cognition also brings them with inferiority.
Residents are inactive to settle of cenozoic peasant
workers. Coexistence of self-confidence and
inferiority makes them hover between city and
country. If cenozoic peasant workers cannot find
new social resources or enter into city circle, they
will feel confused with their own career.
7 STRATEGY THINKING
7.1 Establishing Social Insurance
System of Cenozoic Peasant
Workers
Hangzhou government introduced suggestions about
employment and life of migrant workers based on
their life problems in 2005. Data show that there are
200,000 peasant workers receiving endowment,
unemployment, hospitalization, work injury and
maternity insurances in Hangzhou. Labor insurance
system of integration of urban and rural areas in
Hangzhou has paced the whole nation in non-
discrimination and insurance. However, fair and
rational system does not mean science and
practicability. Insurance rate is low because of high
pay cost level, transfer prohibition, weak collection
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efforts and cognitive deficiencies of insurance for a
long time.
7.1.1 Establishing Flexible Insurance
System
Some types of insurance should be paid by
individuals and enterprises; others are derated for
insurance threshold reduction. For endowment
insurance, the lowest payment base is determined by
the minimum wage standard in Hangzhou. The part
that the enterprises pay should be decreased.
Enterprises pay 12% of the base, and individuals pay
8%. Meanwhile, if individuals do not pay, they will
not get the part of enterprise payment. This method
can improve enterprises' activity in payment for
cenozoic peasant workers.
7.1.2 Dealing with Endowment Insurance
Payment Flexibly
Firstly, for endowment insurance system, off-site
transfer system and transfer association mechanism
should be established among social insurance
institutions, thus ensuring insurance level and
benefits. Secondly, endowment insurance policy
requires more than 15 years' payment at present. The
following flexible measurements are discussed by
management.
(1) Payment age limit and treatment standard of
pension should be reduced.
(2) Migrant workers can be allowed to pay
endowment insurance like local urban workers.
(3) The insured is allowed to pay endowment in
sections and supplementarily.
7.2 Establishing Migrant Worker
Community College and Quasi
Public Platform for Educational
Development
This research shows that income is an important
influence factor of economy level for cenozoic
peasant workers. Some cenozoic peasant workers
leave school for money at their early age. They can
only work in low position with low income without
necessary knowledge and skills, thus hindering their
integration into city. Therefore, government and
society should help them with their human capital
level. The measurements are as follows. Firstly,
public welfare continuing education platform can be
established to add educational input and special
fund. Community College for Cenozoic Peasant
Workers can be established in urban districts in
Hangzhou. Professional skill training and adult
education can be applied to improve special skills,
education degree and employment channel.
Secondly, Lecture Series of Integration into
Hangzhou City for Migrant Workers can be
launched to help them integrate into urban society
from humanity, life and work. Thirdly, topic
exchange activities can be developed between
cenozoic peasant workers and residents in
community college, thus intensifying
communication, understanding and social harmony.
Fourthly, cenozoic peasant workers can be helped to
understand and use urban public culture and sports
facilities such as library, newspaper column and
public sports facilities. Some special libraries and
reference rooms are built to help them improve
culture and health levels.
7.3 Establishing Collective
Accommodation Management
System and Point Redemption
Scheme to Form Housing Supply
System of Rent and Security
Housing
Some cenozoic peasant workers dwell together
according to geography and enterprise relationship.
Village in the city brings about hidden danger of
management and security. In manufacturing
enterprises where migrant workers are concentrated,
the dormitories are built by enterprises and managed
by the government. Comfortable living environment
can be set up by standardized management from
security education to patrol. In Suzhou, collective
accommodation management of 80% of migrant
workers in fire safety provides city managers with
successful research case.
7.4 Intensifying Humanistic Care and
Eliminating System Factor Barrier
At present, the key system factor blocking cenozoic
peasant workers from city is urban and rural
household registration system. Objectively, it takes
them a long time and many generations to get fair
survival and development opportunities. Therefore,
government should make fair education
opportunities for children of migrant workers in
order to promote cenozoic peasant workers'
integration into city. The number of children of
migrant workers has been more than 250,000, with
the growth rate of 20,000 people per year. The
phenomenon of saturated middle and primary
schools brings humanistic repression and social
instability. Government can take point scheme as a
threshold and establish education group to expand
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resources, thus providing new residents in Hangzhou
with high quality education resources.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This work was supported by Key Project of Zhejiang
Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
City—Adaptability Investigation of Second
Agricultural Generation Group in Hangzhou,
Hangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Planning
Projects—Group Adaptability Investigation of
Cenozoic Peasant Workers in Hangzhou(D13SH03).
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