Migrant Youth Migration

This study of migrant youth’s transition and attachment to the urban labor market use data from the 2008 Migrants Household Survey (MHS). The survey was conducted in 15 principal migrant-receiving cities. Respondents were interviewed at their workplace. A random sample of more than 8000 rural migrant workers from 5,000 households participated in the survey.
The average age of the migrant workers is 29 years. More than half of the migrant workers are male. Questionnaires cover detailed standard demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of household heads and members, and include also questions on physical and mental health status, life events, social networks, household consumption, assets and expenditure.
The survey also designed modules

The length of time migrant youth uses to make the transition to the first job is measured based on their reply to the question: When did you first migrate out for work? Why did you leave your rural hometown? Have you ever worked before? What did you do before you first migration? How long did it take you to find this first job after you arrived in the city? How long did you spend to find this job? Is your current job the first job after migration? The role of government, community, and family in the transition to the urban labor market is measured based on their reply to the following question: Who provided you with city job information? How did you get this first job? Migrant youth’s attachment to the urban labor market is measured according to their reply to the following questions and so on. Tenure of your first job, how many hours per week on average did you work for this first job? Why did you quit the job voluntarily? How did you leave this job? How many times did you lose your job in the last 12 months? How many hours per week on average did you work for this first

First, the length of time used to find first job. The variables estimate the effect of family, community and government channels on the length of finding a job. Second, the average weekly hours worked on the first job. This variable used to estimate the likelihood of finding a job that need work less than 35 hours a week, work 35 hours a week, or work more than 35 hours a week. And third, the job tenure worked on the first job. This examine the likelihood of job finding that need to work less than one year, work one year or more, or self employed.
Independent Variables: The variable how people find their first job is identified as independent variables in the study. This variable is categorized on to three; through government channels, through family channels and through community channels to find a job. And each is measured as a dummy variable. The questions based in this variable are what are the roles of family, government and community in facilitating migrant workers to secure a contract job? And Are the government channels are more likely than community channels and family channels to find migrant workers’ a full time job?
Other Variables: Birth cohorts, education, marital status and