1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« My goal is to explore the impact of out-migration on family members left behind in the village, particularly around the allocation of household labour resources. » (p. 5)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
« Fifty-two households were interviewed out of 856 households in the village and of these 48 had sufficient information to use. While this sample size was not sufficient to be representative, I did try to use random selection methods to determine which households would be interviewed. Using a table of random numbers, I selected a list of household numbers and of these 40 were interviewed. [...] » (p. 42)

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse de contenu

3. Résumé

« The impact of labour migration on rural households in China has become a topic of interest to scholars both inside and outside China. Household members who stay in the village while others migrate have been referred to as the “leftbehind”. This paper explores who is “left-behind” in one village in Gansu, China, using interview data collected from forty-eight households. The author concludes that the label “left-behind” is a limited one, as rural households engage in migration strategies linked to their life-cycle stages and participate in multiple strategies for income generation, combining agriculture, local employment, nonlocal employment, and other activities. » (p. 3)