Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comparative Study
. 2024 May 13:12:1365241.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1365241. eCollection 2024.

Health inequality of rural-to-urban migrant workers in eastern China and its decomposition: a comparative cross-sectional study

Sisi Du #  1 , Yufan Yang #  2 , Miaomiao Zheng  1 , Haiyan Zhang  1   3 , Tingting Li  4 , Fuman Cai  1
Affiliations
Comparative Study

Health inequality of rural-to-urban migrant workers in eastern China and its decomposition: a comparative cross-sectional study

Sisi Du et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Objectives: As a specific group with high health inequality, it is crucial to improve the health status and health inequalities of rural-to-urban migrant workers. This study aimed to evaluate the health inequality of migrant and urban workers in China and decompose it.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, using a standardized questionnaire to obtain basic information, self-rated health to evaluate health status, concentration index to measure health inequalities, and WDW decomposition to analyze the causes of health inequalities.

Results: The concentration index of health for migrants was 0.021 and 0.009 for urban workers. The main factors contributing to health inequality among rural-to-urban migrant workers included income, exercise, and age. In contrast, the main factors of health inequality among urban workers included income, the number of chronic diseases, social support, and education.

Conclusion: There were health inequalities in both rural-to-urban migrant and urban workers. The government and relevant authorities should formulate timely policies and take targeted measures to reduce income disparities among workers, thereby improving health inequality.

Keywords: concentration index; decomposition; health inequality; rural-to-urban migrant worker; urban worker.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A flow chart for study population selection.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Concentration curve.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Lorenz curve.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

References

    1. Statistics NBo. Population Mortality and Evaluation of Life Expectancy. (2020). Available online at: https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/ndsj/2020/indexch.htm (accessed April 22, 2024).
    1. CPC Central Committee. Issued BY the CPC Central Committee and The State Council “Healthy China 2030” Plan Outline. (2016). Available online at: http://cpc.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1026/c64387-28807482.html (accessed April 22, 2024).
    1. Li D, Zhou Z, Shen C, Zhang J, Yang W, Nawaz R. Health disparity between the older rural-to-urban migrant workers and their rural counterparts in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. (2020) 17:30955. 10.3390/ijerph17030955 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Liang D, Teng M, Xu D. Impact of perceived social support on depression in Chinese rural-to-urban migrants: the mediating effects of loneliness and resilience. J Community Psychol. (2019) 47:1603–13. 10.1002/jcop.22215 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Pham KTH, Nguyen LH, Vuong QH, Ho MT, Vuong TT, Nguyen HT, et al. . Health inequality between migrant and non-migrant workers in an industrial zone of Vietnam. Int J Environ Res Public Health. (2019) 16:91502. 10.3390/ijerph16091502 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (19BSH043). The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this article, or the decision to submit it for publication.