Quality of life and influencing factors for migrant workers in Zhejiang province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2012.02.021
- VernacularTitle:浙江省流动人口生存质量及影响因素分析
- Author:
Haiyan XING
;
Weiying ZHAO
;
Haiyu LI
;
Rongmei TAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Migrant workers;
Quality of life;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2012;28(2):143-146
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To identify the quality of life (QOL)and major influencing factors for migrant workers in Zhejiang province.Methods The QOL of 1217 migrant workers and 1387 permanent urban residents in Zhejiang province were measured by WHOQOL-BREF scale (Chinese version)in a stratified sampling.A multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the relationship between the factors and the scores of the four domains.Results There were no significant statistical differences(P＞0.05)found in the scores of physical health,social relationship and general health between migrant workers and urban residents.Their scores of psychological health,surrounding conditions and general quality of life,however,were found lower than urban residents (3.5 ± 0.8 vs 3.6 ± 0.8).Influencing factors for their psychology were education,family conflicts and appetite; those for their surrounding conditions were daily average work hours and appetite.Conclusion Given improvements in the quality of life of migrant workers,rooms to improve were found in such scores as psychological health and surrounding conditions.
