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Rural -to- urban Migrants Survey Questionnaire

Surveyors please read the following to respondents at the beginning of the interviews:

Dear respondent, this is a special purpose survey jointly conducted by a number of government departments, aiming at investigating the current social issue of rural to urban migration in order to propose feasible policies to the related government departments. The survey mainly covers some relevant aspects of your situation including: income, consumption, employment, household management and life. Please answer the questions honestly and in accordance with the actual situation of your household and thoughts, assisting the surveyor earnestly to complete the questionnaire. We will strictly follow the Statistics Law and keep any personal information that you provide confidential. Thank you for your cooperation!

Questionnaire Number

Household Address: ____________Province________ __City ____________District (County)________________Street_________ __

Residential compound ___________Unit Number

Source Village Household Address: ____________Province________ __City ____________District (County)_____________Township/town_________Village

_________ __ Group ___________Unit Number

Name of household head: ____________________________ Contact phone number: ____________________

Time interview commenced: 2008 Year ____Month____ Day_____Hour_____Minute

Time interview concluded: 2008 Year ____Month____Day_____Hour_____Minute

Name of Respondent:__ _____ __ Tel: Signature:

Block Number on City Map

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A. Household roster and personal characteristics (Every household member needs to answer the following questions) (Note: ①Survey coverage: household members of the migrant worker, including every member who was living with the respondent, sharing incomes and expenditures at the time of interview. ②Please keep household member number consistent ③ Household head refers to the major contributor to the household income and the decision-maker in the household. Select one from the members randomly if hard to tell.

Question Question Number

A000 Name of household member ( Company fill it before survey) A000

A00 Household member number ( Company fill it before survey) A00 Household

Head 1 2 3 4 5 6

A01 How many months did you live away from hometown due to work or business in the last 12 months? A01

A02

What is your relationship to the household head? 1)Head of household 2)Spouse 3)Biological Son/daughter 4) Step/Adopted son/daughter 5)Son/daughter-in-law 6)Sibling 7)Parent 8)Father/mother-in-law 9)Grandparent 10)Grandchild (son’s child) (11)Grandchild (daughter’s child) (12)Grandchild’s spouse (spouse of son’s child) (13)Grandchild’s spouse (spouse of daughter’s child) (14)Uncle/aunt (15)Nephew/niece (16)Other relative (17)Boyfriend/girl friend

A02

A03 Were you present during the survey? Yes ① No② A03 A04 Gender Male Female① ② A04 A05 Age (Full year) A05 A051 Surveyor please specify the age group of the respondent: ①＜16 ≥16② A051

A06

Date of Birth _____Year

month dayA06

/ / / / / /

A07 Is your date of birth based on the lunar calendar or the solar calendar? ①Lunar calendar ②Solar calendar A07

A08 What is your age rank among your siblings? (The rank starts from the oldest to the youngest age.) A08

A09 Marital status: Married① Remarried Cohabit Divorced Widowed② ③ ④ ⑤ Never Married⑥

A09

A10 How many children have you ever had? (including all the living or deceased biological children) A10 A13 Ethnicity Han Zhuang① ② Hui③ Weiuer Yi④ ⑤ Miao⑥ Man⑦ Others⑧ A13

A14

Current work status: ① Employed (Wage earner, farmer or the self-employed) ②Reemployed retiree ③Unemployed ④Retired ⑤Household worker ⑥Family worker ⑦Loss of working capabilities ⑧In school student/preschool child ⑨Awaiting job assignment /further education/dropout student ⑩Others

A14

A15 Current status of Hukou (Person selected through the sampling process has to hold rural Hukou, can only choose 3 or 4 in this question) ①Local city(county) urban Hukou ② Non-local urban Hukou ③ Local city(county) rural Hukou (Skip to A18) ④Non-local, rural Hukou (Skip to A18)

A15

Question Number A000 Name of household member A000

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A00 Household member number A00 Household

Head 1 2 3 4 5 6

A16 (A15=1 or 2)When did you arrive at urban Hukou ______Year A16

A17 (Ask if A15=1, 2) How did you arrive at urban Hukou? ①Education ②Military service ③Becoming a cadre ④Land expropriation ⑤Purchasing urban housing ⑥Born in city ⑦Other (please specify)

A17

A18 (Ask everyone) Have you ever had any non-agricultural employment experience, e.g. joining the army/being a village cadre? ① Yes ② No

A18

A19 (Ask everyone) The name of the province where your Hukou is registered A19 A20 (Ask everyone) The name of the city/town/metropolitan city where your Hukou is registered A20 (Ask if A051=2) The following social security questions are only for the household members whose ages are ≥16.

A21 Do you have unemployment insurance? ①Paid by employer ②Paid by yourself ③Paid by both employer and yourself ④None ⑤Don’t know ⑥Not applicable.

A21

A22 Do you have pension insurance? ①Paid by employer ②Paid by yourself ③Paid by both employer and yourself ④None ⑤Don’t know ⑥Not applicable.

A22

A23 Do you have on-the-job Injury insurance? ①Paid by employer ②Paid by yourself ③Paid by both employer and yourself ④None ⑤Don’t know ⑥Not applicable.

A23

A24 Do you have a housing fund? ①Paid by employer ②Paid by yourself ③Paid by both employer and yourself ④None ⑤Don’t know ⑥Not applicable.

A24

Health status (Ask all household members. For those under 16 years old, the questions should be answered by their parents or guardian.) Question Number

A000 Name of household member A000

A00 Household member number A00 Household Head 1 2 3 4 5 6

A25 Current height (Cm) A25

A26 Current weight (Kg) A26

A27 Your current state of health (compared to people of the same age as you) ①Excellent ②Good ③Fairly ④Poor ⑤Very poor

A27

A28 Have you any physical disabilities? ①No ②Yes, but there is no impact on normal work, study and life. ③Yes, affecting the normal work, study and life.

A28

A29 Were you sick or injured in the last three months? (including chronic or acute disease) ①Yes ②No (Skip to A36) A29

Question Number

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A000 Name of household member A000

A00 Household member number A00 Household Head 1 2 3 4 5 6

A30 (Ask if A29=1) What was the nature of your latest illness or injury? (Write down the name of the disease) A30

A31 (Ask if A29=1) Was the illness or injury serious? ①Very serious ②Fairly serious ③Fairly slight ④Very slight ⑤Don’t know A31

A32

(Ask if A29=1) During the period of period of illness, what form of treatment did you seek? (Select a maximum three options according to time sequence of the illness.) ①Took no action/not significant ②Didn’t take any medicine, but had rest for a few days ③Get some medicines by yourself ④Went to see doctor at the medical office or the small clinic ⑤Went to see doctors at hospital ⑥Others (Please specify)

A32

A33 (Ask if A29=1) How much were your total medical expense on the disease in the last three months? (including reimbursements or the reduced amount of expenses) (Yuan) A33

A34 (Ask if A29=1) Of which, how much did you personally pay?(A34≤A33) (Yuan) A34

A35 (Ask if A29=1) How many days did he illness affect your normal work, study and life in the last three months? (Day) A35

A36

(Ask everyone) Do you have any medical insurance? (Can choose more than one) ①Commercial medical insurance ②Public health services (paid for by the government) ③Labor insurance medical service ④Medical insurance that can also be used by other family members ⑤Rural cooperatives medical service ⑥Overall plan medical services ⑦Women and children health insurance EPI⑧ (Expanded Program on Immunization) insurance ⑨Other (please specify) ⑩None (skip to A38)

A36

A37 (Ask if A36≠99) How much did you pay for medical insurance in 2007? (including amounts deducted from your payroll) (Yuan) A37

A38 (Ask if A36=99) If you didn’t have any medical insurance, what was the reason? ①Never heard about it ②Heard about it before, but didn’t quite understand the details ③Cannot afford the expense ④It is not necessary ⑤Not implemented ⑥Others (Please specify)

A38

A39 (Ask everyone) What was the total amount of your cash expenditure on medical services in 2007? (including reimbursements or the reduced amounts) A39

A40 (Ask everyone) Of these, how much did you pay? (A40≤A39) (Yuan) A40

A41 (Ask everyone) Have you ever taken a physical examination or been immunized (e.g. vaccination) in 2007? ①Yes ②No A41

A42 (Ask everyone) Are you a regular smoker? (at least one cigarette per day) ①Yes (Skip to A44) ②No A42

A43 (Ask if A42=2) were you a regular smoker? (at least one cigarette per day) ①Yes ②No A43

Have you ever had any of the following feelings in the last few weeks? (Only ask the household members who are no less than 16 years old. Respondents please check A051=2 and A03=1.)

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Question Number

A000 Name of household member A000

A00 Household member number A00 Household Head 1 2 3 4 5 6

A44 When you are doing something, do you find ①Can concentrate ②Attention occasionally diverted ③Attention sometimes diverted ④

Attention frequently diverted, cannot concentrate

A44

A45 Do you often lose sleep over worry? ①Not at all ② Occasionally ③Fairly often ④Very often

A45

A46 Can you play useful part in things? ①Always can ②Can play some positive roles Can play positive roles poorly ③ Cannot ④

play a positive role A46

A47 Are you capable of making decisions? ①Always have own opinions ② Sometimes have own opinions ③Do not have many own opinions ④Do not have any personal opinion at all

A47

A48 Are you constantly under strain? ①Never ②Sometimes ③Fairly often ④Very often A48

A49 Do you feel you couldn't overcome difficulties? ① Never ② Sometimes ③Fairly often ④Very often

A49

A50 Are you able to enjoy day-to-day activities? ①Very interesting ② Fairly interesting ③Not very interesting ④Not interesting at all

A50

A51 Are you able to face problems? ①Never ② Seldom ③ Sometimes ④ Always A51

A52 Do you feel depressed ①Not at all ② A little bit ③Fairly seriously ④Very seriously A52

A53 Do you always lack confidence ①Not at all ② A little bit ③Fairly seriously ④Very seriously

A53

A54 Do you often think that you have no value ①Not at all ② A little bit ③Fairly seriously ④Very seriously

A54

A55 Are you happy when you consider each aspect of your life? ①Very happy ②Fairly happy ③

Not very happy ④Not happy at all A55

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B. Education and training backgrounds for adult household members (Only for the Household members who have completed education and aged 16 and over, i.e. A051=2 and A14≠8)

Question Number Personnel A000 Name of household member A000 B101 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) B101 1 2 3 4 5 6 B102 Highest level of education completed (Please skip to B116 if never been to school) (Education level B102

B103 (Ask if B102≠1) How many years of formal education have you had (Excluding skipping or failing a grade)? (Years) B103

B104 (Ask if B102≠1) At which grade level did you leave school? (Education grade number) B104

B105 (Ask if B102≠1) How were your scores in your class before you leaving school? ①Very good ②Good ③Average ④Poor ⑤Very poor B105

B106 (Ask if B102≠1) Have you ever skipped or failed a grade? ①Failed a grade ②Skipped a grade ③Neither of them ④Both of them B106

B107 (Ask if B102≠1) At which age did you enter primary school? (excluding pre-school) (Age) B107

B108 (Ask if B102≠1) Have you ever attempted national university entrance examination? ①Yes ②No (skip to B114) ③Recommended for admission (Skip to B114) B108

B109 (Ask if B108=1) In which year did you last attempt the national university entrance examination? _____ Year B109

B110 (Ask if B108=1) What was your score for that examination? (Score) B110

B111 (Ask if B108=1) Which category of examination did you take? ①Arts and PE (Physical Education) ②Social science and history ③ Science and engineering ④Uni-category ⑤3+2 new category ⑥Others (Specify)

B111

B112 (Ask if B108=1) Province where you attended the examination? (Name of the Province) B112

B113 (Ask if B108=1) What was the cut off matriculation score for the undergraduate program at your category in the province? (Score) B113

B114 Are you currently involving in a formal education program? ①Yes ②No (Skip to B116) B114

B115 What kind of education are you taking? ①TV University ②Correspondence course ③Long-distance education ④Part time ⑤Adult continuing education ⑥Other (Please specify)

B115

B116

(Ask all respondents in this part) Besides formal education at school, have you received any training or ever been an apprentice (Maximum 3 options according to time order) ①Never(skip to next person or next form) ②Agricultural production training ③non-agricultural training as an intra-service of enterprises ④non-agricultural training in the community ⑤Other trainings (please specify)

B116

B117 (Ask if B116≠1) What was training you received most recently? ①Work-related skill training ②Non-work-related general skill training ③General training, for example, protecting worker’s benefit ④Other training (Please specify)

B117

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B118 (B116≠1) Total number of days for this training (If it was less than a day, please count it as one day) (Day) B118

B119 (Ask if B116≠1) How much did you spend for the training? (include costs paid for by yourself or family members. If free, please write 0) (Yuan) B119

B120 (Ask if B116≠1)Who defrayed the cost of the training? ①Government ②Current employer ③Previous employer ④Both yourself and the employer ⑤Other (please specify)

B120

C. Employment situation (Only for the Household members who aged 16 and over, i.e. A051=2. Respondent please writes down all the household member numbers for those no less than 16 years old into C100.)

Questions Question Number Personnel

Current Work status A000 Name of household member C100 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) C100 1 2 3 4 5 6

C101 Did you work more than one hour with pay in the latest one week? ①Yes (including the self-employed and wage earner, skip to C103) ②Family worker without pay, skip to C103) ③No

C101

C102 (Ask if C101=3) Why didn’t you work for pay?①Have work, but on leave (including service leave with or without pay) ② Full-time student (skip to next household member or table D) ③Have no job (including retired, skip to C158)

C102

C103 (Ask if C101=1 or 2 or C102=1) When did you start this job? ______ Year C103 C104 What is your primary occupation? (Name of the occupation) C104

C105 When did you start this occupation? ______ Year (Including the period of time in the same occupation in other place) _____Month

C105

C106 Which industry is your primary job in? (Name of the industry) C106 C107 Ownership type of the work unit of your primary job? (Ownership Number) C107

C108

The nature of your current primary job: ①Permanent ②Long term contract (one year and above) ③Short term contract (less than one year) ④Non-contract casual ⑤Family workers without pay (Check C101=2) ⑥Self-employment ⑦Temporary job ⑧Other (Please specify)

C108

C109

How did you get this job? ①Assigned by the government ②Through employment agent run by government ③Through community employment service station ④Through commercial Employment agent run by private (including job fair) ⑤Applied for advertised job ⑥Applied directly ⑦Introduced by family members ⑧Introduced by relatives ⑨Introduced by friends ⑩Introduced by acquaintance (11)Employer recruitment (12)Other (please specify)

C109

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C110 How long did you spend in gaining this job? (Days) C110

C111 How many employees are there in the work unit (including yourself)? ①1 ②2-5 ③6-7 ④8-20 ⑤21-49 ⑥50-99 ⑦100-999 ⑧1000 and above ⑨Not sure, less than 50 people in estimation ⑩Not sure, more than 50 people in estimation

C111

C112 How many hours on average do you work at current primary job per week? (Hours/week) C112

C113

Which of the following best describes your current work schedule? ① Regular day shift (8 hours) ②Day shift (over 8 hours) ③Regular evening shift (before 12:00 am) ④ Regular night shift (after 12:00 am) ⑤ Rotating three shifts a day (Rotating day, evening and night shift) ⑥Rotating two shifts a day (two different shifts per day) ⑦On call ⑧Irregular ⑨Others (please specify)

C113

C117 What is your average monthly income from current primary job? (It can be 0 or negative) (Yuan/month) (E.g. wages for wage earner, bonus, allowance and commutation in kind, net income for the self-employed.) C117

C118 Do you have any other part-time job besides current prime job? (Including family workers) ①Yes ②No (Skip to C121) C118

C119 (Ask if C118=1) How many hours on average do you work per week including all you jobs with pay (including self-employed business)? (C119≥C112) (Hours/Week) C119

C120 (Ask if C118=1) What is your average total monthly income from all the jobs with pay (including self-employed business) (Wage worker’s wages, bonus, allowance and commutation in kind, self-employer’s net income, C120≥C117) (Yuan/month)

C120

C121

(Ask all the respondent in this section) Are you still looking for another job? If so, what is the main reason? ①Want longer hours worked ②Want higher income ③Do not like current employer ④Do not like current working conditions ⑤Other (Please specify) ⑥Not seeking another work C121

C122 Is your current primary job a self-employed or a wage work? ①Self-employed (Skip to C147) ②Wage work (Continue to ask C123) ③Family worker without pay (Check C101=2 and C108=5, skip to C165)

C122

(Ask if C122=2) Questions for Current Wage-Earners

C123 Does your work unit provide catering? ①Fully catered ②Catered for two meals ③Catered for one meal ④Not catered, but subsidized (skip to C126) ⑤Not catered (skip to C127)

C123

C124 (Ask if C123=1, 2 or 3) How much is deducted from you salary for catering per month?(Write 0 if no deduction.) (Yuan/month) C124

C125 (Ask if C123=1, 2 or 3) How much is the value of the meals provided by your work unit per month in your estimation? (Yuan/month) C125

C126 (Ask if C123=1, 2, 3 or 4) How much are your allowance for meals per month? (Yuan/month) C126

C127 (Ask all respondent in this section) Does your work unit provide accommodation? ①Provided ②Not provided, but subsidized (skip to C130) ③Not provided (skip to C131) C127

C128 (Ask if C127=1) How much is deducted from your salary for accommodation per month? (Yuan/month)

C129 (Ask if C127=1) How much is the value of accommodation provided by your work unit per month based on your estimation? (Yuan/month)

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Questions Question Number Personnel

A000 Name of household member C100 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) C100 1 2 3 4 5 6 C130 (Ask if C127=1, 2) How much are you subsidized for accommodation per month? (Yuan/month) C130

C131 (Ask all respondent in this section) Type of salary or wages of this non-agricultural job? ①Monthly paid ②Annual paid ③Piece work ④Hourly pay ⑤Commission ⑥Base salary with commission ⑦Other (Please specify)

C131

When finish the questions above, please skip to C165

(Ask if C122=1) Questions for Current Self-employed Workers Question Number Personnel

C147 How many people do you hire (excluding family members)? (People) C147

C148 The main reason why you were engaged in self-employed business? ①Cannot be employed ②The self-employed can make more money ③Want to be own boss ④Freedom and flexibility ⑤Other, please specify

C148

C149 How much did you invest in the business when you started it? (Yuan) C149

C150 How much did you borrow? (including from bank, credit cooperatives or from friends and family members) (Please skip to C153 if your answer is ‘0’) (Yuan) C150

C151 (Ask if C150≠0) Of this amount, how much did you borrow from formal banks or credit cooperatives? (C151≤C150) (Yuan) C151

C152 (Ask if C150≠0) How much did you borrow from civil loan organizations or private lenders? (C151≤C150) (Yuan) C152

C153 (Ask if C122=1) What was your main job before operating this business? ①Other self-employed business ②Wage-work ③Not work at all ④Attend a training ⑤In school ⑥Farming ⑦Other, please specify

C153

C154 (Ask if C122=1) Have you ever been employed by others? ①Yes ②No C154

C155 (Ask if C122=1) Do you want to look for an opportunity to be employed by others? ①Yes ②No (Skip to C157) C155

C156 (Ask if C155=1) Why do you still want to be employed by others? ①Can earn more money ②May be more decent ③May be more stable ④Other, please specify C156

C157 (Ask if C122=1) How much would be your average monthly wage if you were employed by others? (Yuan/month)

C157

When finish the questions above, please skip to C165.

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Questions for those who do not have a job Question Number Personnel

A000 Name of household member C100 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) C100 1 2 3 4 5 6

C158 (Ask if C102=3) During your period of unemployment, what was your main status? ①Retired (Skip to C165) ②Disabled ③Sick/injured ④On maternity leave ⑤In school/attending job training ⑥Doing Housework ⑦Nothing ⑧Other, please specify

C158

C159 (Ask all C158≠1) Have you ever worked before? ①Yes ②No (Skip to C161) C159

C160 (Ask if C159=1) When did you leave your last job? ______Year ____Month ___Day

C160

/ / / / / /

C161 (Ask all C158≠1 in this section) Have you been actively looking for a job? ①Yes (Skip to C163) ②No C161

C162 (Ask if C161=2) What’s the main reason for not looking for a job? ①To look after other family members/ household work ②Travelling/on vacation ③Volunteer ④Cannot find a job ⑤Other, please specify

C162

C163 (Ask all C158≠1) If there was a job suitable for you, would you be able to work in two weeks? ①Yes (Skip to C165) ②No C163

C164 (Ask if C163=2) What’s the main reason for not being able to work? ①In school ②Attend a training ③Wait for the response from another job ④Prepare their own business ⑤Sick/injured ⑥Maternity leave ⑦Household works ⑧Other, please specify

C164

(Ask all A051=2) First job After Migration Question Number

Personnel

C165 When did you first migrate out for a work? ______Year

C165

____Month

C166

Why did you leave your rural hometown? (Please choose the most important one) ①Didn’t like farming ②Have been studying, cannot farm ③No future in hometown, don’t like rural life-style ④Too poor at home, want to reduce family expenditure ⑤Too poor at home, want to assist with family expenditure ⑥Prefer city life ⑦Many other villagers are working well in the city, would like to try ⑧Open mind, accumulate work experience ⑨The whole family is in city ⑩Others (Please specify)

C166

C167 What did you do before you first migration? ①In school ②Farming ③Worked at a TVE ④ Self-employed ⑤ Worked as a rural teacher ⑥Worked as a village cadre ⑦Housewife ⑧Did not work ⑨Other

C167

C168 Who provided the information for job-hunting?①Relatives ② Other migrant workers from same village ③Other (Please specify) C168

C169 Is your current job the first job after migration? ①Yes (Skip to C184) ②No ③After migration, never find a job (Skip to C184) C169

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Questions Question Number Personnel

A000 Name of household member C100 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) C100 1 2 3 4 5 6

C170

(Ask if C169=2) How did you get this job? ①Assigned by local government ②Through government job agent in city ③Through community employment service station ④Through commercial employment service (including job fair) ⑤Applied for advertised job ⑥Applied directly ⑦Through family members ⑧Introduced by relatives ⑨Introduced by friends ⑩Introduced by acquaintance (11)Employer recruitment (12) Other (Please specify)

C170

C171 (Ask if C169=2) How long did it take you to find this job after you arrived in the city? Day(s) C171

C172 (Ask if C169=2) Which province was this job located in? (Province number) C172

C173 (Ask if C169=2) Occupation of this job (Occupation name) C173

C174 (Ask if C169=2) Ownership of the work unit (Ownership number) C174

C175 (Ask if C169=2) Industry (Name of industry) C175

C176 (Ask if C169=2) Tenure of your first job: ① Permanent Long term contract② (3 years or more) Short term contract (less than 3 years)③

Non④ -contract casual Family assistance⑤ Self⑥ -employment Other (⑦ Please specify) C176

C177 (Ask if C169=2) How many days per week on average did you work for this job? (Days/week) C177

C178 (Ask if C169=2) How much did you get paid in the first month of your first job? (Could be ‘0’. Please work out the average amount if you got paid all in once.) (Yuan/Month) C178

C179 (Ask if C169=2) How much was your monthly pay for this job before you quit/lost it? (Could be ‘0’. Please work out the average amount if you got paid all at once.) (Yuan/Month) C179

C180 (Ask if C169=2) How did you leave this job? ①Left voluntarily ②Was forced to leave (Skip to C182) C180

C181

(Ask if C180=1) Why did you quit the job voluntarily: (Skip to C183 after this question) ① Low pay ②Job instability ③Poor working conditions ④High work intensity ⑤Poor social welfare ⑥Disliked the employer ⑦ Disliked my colleagues ⑧Better to start my own business ⑨Other (Please specify)

C181

C182

(Ask if C180=2) Why were you forced to quit the job: ①The work unit closed, half-closed or lost money ②The firm went bankrupt ③The work unit was merged or reorganized ④Fired by the work unit ⑤Project finished ⑥Contract expired and was not renewed ⑦Dismissed by the work unit ⑧Other (Please specify)

C182

C183 (Ask if C169=2) Duration of your first job? (If less than a month, please count it as ‘1’ month) ___Month C183

(Ask all A051=2) Other Questions Related to Migration for Work Question Number Personnel

C184 Have you been back to your home village for longer than 3 months after migrating to the city? ①Yes ②No (Skip to C186) C184

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Questions Question Number Personnel

A000 Name of household member C100 Household member number (Please keep consistent with A00) C100 1 2 3 4 5 6

C185

(Ask if C184=1) What was the reason for the last time you spent longer than 3 months in your home village? ①Being sick ②To take care of sick household members ③To look after my children ④To look after home business or agricultural production ⑤Wedding/marriage matching ⑥To save marriage ⑦Didn’t like city or current job ⑧Prefer rural life-style ⑨To build house ⑩Could not find suitable job (11)Hard to earn money, high living cost in city (12) Other (Please specify)

C185

C186 (Ask all respondents in this section) How many cities/towns have you ever migrated to for work purposes? (Number) C186

C187 (Ask all respondents in this section) If policy allowed, how long would you like to stay in the city? ①1year ②1-3year ③Forever ④Not sure C187

C188 (Ask all respondents in this section) If you were still in your home village, how much do you estimate you could earn every month? (Yuan/Month) C188

C189 (Ask all respondents in this section) How many times did you lose your job in the last 12 months? (Including the latest one. Please fill in ‘0’ if you never loss a job.) (Times) C189

D. Children's education Note: Please ask parents or guardians to answer the following questions for all children no older than age 16 and those family members who are over 16 but still in school. [Include children who live in the household, and children who are left behind in rural hometown or with relatives or friends, as well as children who are in school in some other place.] For children no less than 16 years old, need to check A051=2 and A14=8; do not need to check for those under 16 years old.

Question Number Children D000 Name of Child D000 D101 Number (Need to re-number all the children in the family) D101 1 2 3 4 5 6 D102 Was the mother’s duration of pregnancy over 37 weeks? ①Yes ②No ③Don’t know D102

D103 His/ her weight at birth? ______Jin Liang D103

D104 Where is the current primary residential place of the child located? ①Rural hometown ②Other village outside of the rural hometown ③Other township in the same county ④Same county in the same city ⑤Other county/city

D104

D105 Where did the child reside in 2007? ①Rural hometown ②Other village outside of the rural hometown ③Other township in the same county ④Same county in the same city ⑤Other county/city

D105

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D106_1 Please check table A, and write down whether he/she is the household member ①Yes ②No D106_1

D106_2

If D106_1 = 1, please write down the household member number of the child (same as A00), and then jump to D112; if D106_1=2, please write down the household member number of the father or mother of this child (same as A00), and then answer D107. (The question is used to confirm whether the table for household members includes this child; if included, write the original number, if not, write the number either of his/her parents or of guardians)

D106_2

D107 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) Gender ①Male D107 D108 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) Age (In full year) D108

D145 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) Current height (Cm) D145 D146 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) Current weight (Kg) D146

D147 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) Health condition (compared to people of the same age)①Very good ②Good ③Fairly ④not very good ⑤very bad D147

D109 (Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) With whom does he/she live with mainly? ①Father ②Mother ③Grandparents ④Other relatives ⑤Lives by himself/herself (Skip to D111) D109

D110 (Ask if D109=1, 2, 3, 4) The main reason why he/she lives only with father/mother/grandparents/other relatives? ①One or both parents being away ②Parents were divorced or separated ③One or both parents passed away ④one or both parents were busy at work ⑤Going to school ⑥Other

D110

D111

(Ask about child who doesn’t live with you) The main reason why your children don’t live with you? ①High living cost in city ②High cost of attending school/Kindergarten ③School or kindergarten cannot be found here ④Education in hometown is better than here ⑤No one can look after the child ⑥The child is living with your spouse ⑦Other, please specify

D111

D112 Is he / she a pre-school child? ①Yes (skip to next person or table after answering D135-D144) ②No D112

D113 (Ask if D112=2) How old was he or she when first attending school?(not including pre-school education) D113

D114 (Ask if D112=2) Which grade is he/she in currently (or before dropping out)? (Grade number) D114

D115 (Ask if D112=2) The type of school he/she is in currently (or before he/she dropped out)? ①Public school ②Private school ③Other, please specify D115

D116 (Ask if D112=2) What is the education quality of his/her school currently (or before he/she dropped out)? ①The best in the city/county ②Better than average in the city/county ③Average ④Worse than average in the city/county

D116

D117 (Ask if D112=2) Has he/she ever failed or skipped any grade so far (or before dropped out)? ①Failed a grade ②Skip a grade ③Neither of them ④Both of them D117

D118 (Ask if D112=2) How is his/her performance in school currently (or before he/she dropped out)? ①Very good ②Good ③Average ④Not very good ⑤Very bad D118

D119

(Ask if D112=2) Do you worry about the child’s development? If so, which option below do you worry about most? ①Don’t worry at all ②The child’s school result isn’t very good ③Skips classes ④Does not complete homework ⑤Spends too much time at internet cafes ⑥Watches too much TV/Plays too many computer game ⑦Bullied by others ⑧Makes bad friends ⑨Having girlfriend/boyfriend too early ⑩Other improper behavior ⑾Other, please specify

D119

D120 (Ask if D112=2) Is he/she still in school now? D120

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①Yes (Skip to next person or next table after answering D124-D134) ②No, dropped out (Skip to next person or next table after answering D121-D123)

(Ask if C120=2) Questions for School Dropouts D121 In which year did the child stop going to school _ _ _ _Year D121

D122 The main reason why he/she stopped going to school ①He/she doesn’t want to go to school ②Work opportunity ③Did not pass the entrance examination④Financial problems ⑤No school nearby ⑥Other (Please specify)

D122

D123

What is he/she mainly doing now? (Skip to next person or to part E after this question) ①Farming ②Non-agricultural self-employed at home ③Wage work at home ④Work outside of hometown (Include being apprentice) ⑤Business outside of the hometown ⑥Participating in non-agricultural activities outside of the hometown ⑦Lives outside of the hometown, but no information on his/her job ⑧Stays at home doing nothing ⑨Other (please specify)

D123

(Ask if D120=1) Questions for In-School Students Number Children

D124 How far is it between the child’s home and his/her school (km)? (If the child lives in school, please still write down the distance between his/her home and the school. If the school and the home are not in the same city, please write down the distance between the two cities)

D124

D125 Is he/she boarding in school? ①Yes(Skip to D127) ②No D125

D126 (Ask if D125=2) How many hours does he/she spend on studying each week? (not including the time he/she spends at school) (Hours)

D126

D127 (Ask all D120=1) How much did he/she pay for all regular fees to school in 2007? (not including sponsorship fees, fees for temporary study at the school and fees for school selection) (Yuan)

D127

D128 Of these, Tuition and other related fees (Yuan) D128 D129 Cost of food and accommodation (including those obtained outside of the school) (Yuan) D129 D130 Cost of remedial classes taken at school (Yuan) D130 D131 Other fees (e.g. school uniform and so on ) (D128+D129+D130+D131=D127) (Yuan) D131 D132 How much did he/she spend on the remedy classes outside of school in 2007? (Yuan) D132

D133 (Ask all D120=1) How much were the total sponsorship fees/boarding fees /selecting school fees in 2007? (Fill in ‘0’ if no pay. If pre-paid, please fill in the average by year) (Yuan) D133

D134_1 Please check the answer for A15, and write down whether he/she has local non-agricultural Hukou or not.

Yes① No② (Skip to the next person or part E) D134_1

D134_2 Please check the answer for part A and write down whether he/she has local non-agricultural Hukou Yes No (Skip to the next person or ① ② part E)

D134_2

D134 How much extra does he/she need to pay to the school if he/she has no local city Hukou (Skip to the next person or part E) (Yuan/Year)

D134

The following questions are only for pre-school children Number Children

D135 Last week, how many hours in total did the child’s parents spend with the child (Please write ‘0’ if the child doesn’t live with his/her parents. Please check D106 and check whether this child is a household member.)? (including time spent helping with study,, telling stories, playing games, but not the time when the child is

D135

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sleeping or the time that the parents spent on accompanying the child while they were doing household work) (Hours/Day)

D136 Who takes care of the child the most during working time? ① Mother ②Father ③Grandparents ④Elder brothers and sisters ⑤Other relatives ⑥Maid ⑦Kindergarten ⑧Other, please specify

D136

D137 Who takes care of the child most during non-working time? ① Mother ②Father ③Grandparents ④Elder brothers and sisters ⑤Other relatives ⑥Maid ⑦Kindergarten ⑧Other, please specify

D137

D138 Compared to children of the same age, do you worry about this child’s language ability? ①Not at all ②A little bit worried ③Worried ④Very worried ⑤Don’t know

D138

D139 Compared to children of the same age, how do you think about the growth status of this child? (including physical and Psychological health, as well as study and communication skills) ①Very good ②Good ③Fairly ④Below average

D139

D140 Does this child attend kindergarten/childcare? ①Yes ②No (Skip to D142) D140

D141 (Ask if D140=1) How much is the kindergarten fee monthly? (Yuan/Month) D141

D142 (Ask if D140=2)If the child doesn’t go to the kindergarten, what’s the main reason? ①Being taken care by the family members ②Too expensive ③Cannot find a kindergarten ④The kindergarten is not good for the child ⑤Still too young

D142

D143 (Ask all children in this section) Is this child taken care of by a maid? ①Yes ②No (Skip to the next person or part E)

D143

D144 (Ask if D143=1) How much is the monthly payment to the maid? (Yuan/Month) D144

E. Family and social relationship

E1. Information for separated living spouses Targeted respondent in this section is the household member whose spouse currently does not live in the household. Respondents please fill the household member number into E100, and then answer the following questions.

Question Numb Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Member 4 A000 Name of household member A000

E100 Family members coding (encoding and A00 in the line, here is the need to fill out the married (A09 = 1 or 2) the family members of the number) E100

E000 Does your spouse live with you in this house currently? ① Yes (skip to next person or part E2) ②No E000

E101 Date of birth of your spouse _ _ _ _Year_ _Month E101

E102 What’s your spouse’s rank among his/her brothers and sisters according to the age? E102

E103 Hukou status for your spouse? ①Rural Hukou ②Urban Hukou E103

E105 The highest level of education of your spouse? E105

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E106 Where’s your spouse now? ① In the same city as you ②In the same province, but different cities ③In other province ④In the rural county ⑤In home counties ⑥Outside the home county ⑦Other (Please specify)

E106

E107 Does your spouse currently work in city as a migrant? ① Yes (Skip to E108) ②No E107

E107-1 Has your spouse ever worked as a migrant? ① Yes ②No (Skip to E109)

E108 (Ask if E107-1=1) In which year did your spouse migrate out for the first time? _ _ _ _Year E108

E109

(Ask everyone) What’s your spouse’s current main job status? (choose③⑤ or ⑦⑩, skip to E112) ① Employed (Wage earner, farmer or the self-employed) ②Reemployed retiree ③Unemployed ④Retired ⑤Household worker ⑥Family worker ⑦Loss of working capabilities ⑧In school student/preschool child⑨Awaiting job assignment /further education/dropout student ⑩Others

E109

E110 (Ask if E109=1, or 2, or 6) Your spouse’s current primary occupation? E110

E111 (Ask if E109=1, or 2)Your spouse’s average monthly income? (Yuan / Month) E111

E112 (Ask everyone in this section) How often do you and your spouse contact each other? ① At least once a week ②At least once a month ③At least once a year ⑤Hardly contact each other E112

E113 (Ask everyone in this section) Do you think this physical separation has an adverse impact on the relationship? ①Not at all ②A little bit ③Very significant E113

E114 (Ask everyone in this section) Is the relationship between you and your spouse harmonious? ① Very much ②Quite harmonious ③Fairly harmonious ④Not very harmonious ⑤Not harmonious at all ⑥Hard to say

E114

E115 (Ask everyone in this section) How many months have you and your spouse been separated and not lived together in the last 12 months? (Months) E115

E116 (Ask everyone in this section) How much money on average did you give your spouse monthly in the last 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.) (Yuan/Month)

E116

E117 (Ask everyone in this section) How much money on average did your spouse give you per month in the last 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.)

(Yuan/Month) E117

E2. Basic information for adult children who are over 16 years old and do not live with you (All the following questions should be answered by the household head or his/her spouse; includes all biological/adopt/step adult children who currently do not live in this household, and excludes those who have been included in table D.)

Question Numb

E2000 Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4 Child 5 Child 6

E200 Do you have any children who are 16 years old or above and don’t live with you currently? (not included in table D) ①Yes ②No (Skip to part E3) ③Do not have any child at all (Skip to part E3) E200

E201 Name of the child E201 E202 Is he/she the biological child of the household head or spouse? E202

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①Yes, the biological child of the household head with his/her spouse ②Yes, the biological child of the household head with someone else ③Yes, the biological child of the spouse of household head with someone else ④Neither the biological child of the household head nor his/her spouse

E203 His/her date of birth _ _ _ _Year_ _Month E203 E204 Gender ①Male ②Female E204

E205 His/her marital status ①Married ②Remarried ③Cohabit ④Divorced ⑤Widowed ⑥Never married E205

E206 Number of children he/she has (including both living and dead biological children/children from divorce/adopt/step children) E206

E207 Education level (Education level number) E207

E209 His/her main residential place ①Countryside ②In the same city the same community ③In other community within the same city ④Other cities in the same province ⑤City in other province

E209

E210

His/her employment situation:(If choose ③, ④, ⑤, ⑦, ⑧, ⑨, ⑩, skip to E212) ①Wage work, farming or the self-employed ②The re-employed retiree ③The unemployed people ④

Retired person ⑤Household worker ⑥Family worker ⑦Disabled ⑧ In school/pre-school child ⑨

Waiting for job/waiting to enter school/school dropout ⑩Other

E210

E211 (Ask if E210=1, 2 or 6) His/her current primary occupation? E211

E212 (Ask all respondents in this section) How often do you and your child contact each other? ①At least once a week ②At least once a month ③At least once a year ④Hardly contact each other

E212

E213

(Ask all respondents in this section) What kind of help did he/she provide to you in the last 12 months? (May choose more than one option) ①Financial help (e.g. lend money or things/help you looking for a job and so on) ②Psychological help (e.g. talking/provide advice and so on) ③Daily affairs (e.g. look after children/take care of sick family members) ④No help at all

E213

E214 (Ask all respondents in this section) How many months have you and the child been separated and not lived together in the last 12 months? (Month) E214

E215 (Ask all respondents in this section) How much money/gifts/ banquet have you given to him/her in the last 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.)(Yuan) E215

E216 (Ask all respondents in this section) How much money/gifts/banquet has he/she given to you in the last 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.)(Yuan) E216

E3. Basic information for the parents of household head and his/her spouse (Please ask the household head or spouse to answer the following questions; including biological/adoptive/step parents, if there are a number of parents, choose the closest one) These issues below are for your parents in some cases

Question Number E3000 Father Mother Father in law Mother in law

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E301 Is she/he the biological parent? ① Biological ②Non-biological E301

E302

Family background ① Extremely poor peasant/tenant ②Poor and intermediate peasant ③Intermediate rich peasant ④Rich peasant ⑤Land lord ⑥Worker ⑦Clerk ⑧Firm owner ⑨Small business owner ⑩Government officer (11) Soldier (12) Other

E302

E303 Is this parent a household member? If so, please fill in household member number (keep consistent with A00) and skip to next person or next form, if not, please write 0.

E303

E304 Is he/she alive? ① Yes (skip to E307) ②No E304

E305 (Ask if E304=2) When did he/she pass away? _ _ _ _Year E305

E306 (Ask if E304=2) The reason for his/her passing away? (when answered, skip to another parent or table) ① Cancer ②Cardiovascular disease ③Stroke④Accident ⑤Diabetes ⑥Natural death ⑦Other (Please specify) E306

E307 (Ask if E304=1) In which year was he/she born? _ _ _ _ Year E307

E308 (Ask if E304=1) Education level (Education level code) E308

E310 (Ask if E304=1) His/her current(or past) occupation (if still working, fill in the current occupation, if not, fill in the

most recent occupation) (Occupation name) E310

E311

(Ask if E304=1) His/her work status? ① Employed (Wage earner, farmer or the self-employed) ②Reemployed retiree ③Unemployed ④Retired ⑤Household worker ⑥Family worker ⑦Loss of working capabilities ⑧In school student/preschool child ⑨Awaiting job assignment /further education/dropout student ⑩Others

E311

E312 (Ask if E304=1) Current health status ① Very good ②Good ③Fairly ④Poor ⑤Very Poor E312

E313 (Ask if E304=1) Does he/she require assistance to eat, bathe, go to toilet or walk? If so does he receive adequate

assistance? ① No need ②Needs and receives adequate assistance ③Needs, but receives inadequate assistance E313

E314 (Ask if E304=1) Living arrangement ① Alone or with spouse ②With adult children/grandchildren/children-in-law/grandchildren-in-law ③With only immature children/grandchildren ④With other people ⑤In a nursing home ⑥Other (please specify)

E314

E315 (Ask if E304=1) His/her main residential place ① Countryside ②The same city and same community ③Other community within the same city ④Other cities in the same province ⑤In cities of other province

E315

E316 (Ask if E304=1) Number of children he/she has in total (including both living and dead children/children from divorce or adoption or step-children) (person)

E316

E317 (Ask if E304=1) How often do you contact him/her? ① At least once a week ②At least once a month ③At least once a year ④Hardly contact each other

E317

E318

(Ask if E304=1) What kind of help did he/she did you give to you in the last 12 months? (Can choose more than one option) Financial help (① e.g. lending money or property/helping him/her to look for a job and so on) ②Psychological help(e.g. talking/giving advice and so on) Da③ ily affairs (e.g. looking after children/taking care of the sick) ④No help

E318

E319 (Ask if E304=1) How many months have you been not living together in the past 12 months? E319

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E320 (Ask if E304=1) How much money/gifts/banquet have you given to him/her in the past 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.) (Yuan)

E320

E321 (Ask if E304=1) How much money/gifts/banquet have him/her given to you in the last 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.) (Yuan)

E321

E4. Social network (Choose either household head or his/her spouse to answer the following questions) Please complete E00 ________with household member number. (Please keep consistent with the number in A00) E4_1. During the past Chinese Lunar New Year, how many people in total did you send your greetings to in various ways (including visiting/phone call/mail/e-mail, etc..) (E11) ________ person(s)? Among them, approximately ________person(s) is (are) relative(s) (E12)_______person(s) is (are) friend(s) and acquaintance(s (E13); Among them, ________person(s) is (are) currently living in the city (E14)? ________person(s) have city Hukou (E15) E4_2. Anyone, who had helped you in the past 12 months, including lending money to you, helped finding a job, taking care of child, or talking and giving advice. Please recall approximately how many people have helped you over the past year (E16)? ________person(s) Please specify the basic information of 3-5 people who had helped (or with the closet relationship) your family in the past 12 months, please rank them according to their importance. Not includes the family members of this household, parents or children of the household head or his/her spouse, etc.)

Question Number

E4000 1 2 3 4 5

E400 Name E400

E403

What kind of help did he/she provide to you in the past 12 months? Financial, psychological or in terms of daily life? (Choose one or more) ①Financial assistance (e.g. lending money, lending properties or help finding a job, etc.) ②Psychological help (e.g. discussing or giving advice, etc.) ③Help with daily affairs help (e.g. looking after children/patients, etc.)

E403

E404 Relationship with you? (If choose 1-4, skip to E406) ①Relatives ②Friends ③Colleague/employer ④Schoolmate ⑤Neighbour ⑥

Teacher-student/Master-apprentice ⑦ Acquaintance ⑧Friend from same hometown ⑨Fellows in army ⑩Other E404

E405 (E404=5-10) How long have you known him/her? (fill 1 if less than one year) (Year) E405

E406 (All related persons) His/her education level (Education number) E406

E406_1 Gender ①Male ②Female E406_1

E407 (All related persons) Marital status: ①Married ②Re-marriage ③Cohabit ④Divorced ⑤Widowed ⑥Never married E407

E408

(All related persons) Current work status : ① Employed (Wage earner, farmer or the self-employed) ②Reemployed retiree ③Unemployed ④Retired ⑤Household worker ⑥Family worker ⑦Loss of working capabilities ⑧In school student/preschool child ⑨Awaiting job assignment /further education/dropout student ⑩Others

E408

E409 (All related persons) Current occupation (Occupation name) E409

E410 (All related persons) Is he/she an urban resident? ①Urban resident of local city ②Non-local urban resident ③Migrant worker ④Non-farming rural resident ⑤Farmer

E410

E411 (All related persons) Where does he/she live? E411

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①Countryside ②In the same community, same city ③The same city but different communities ④The same province but difference city ⑤Cities in other provinces

E412 (All related persons) Frequency of contact? ①At least once a week ②At least once a month ③ At least once a year ④Hardly ever E412

E413 (All related persons) How much money/gifts/ banquet have you given to him/her in the past 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients..) E413

E414 (All related persons) How much money/gifts/banquet has him/her given to you in the past 12 months? (If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients.) E414

E4-1 Household head and spouse’s Siblings’ information: Please provide basic information according the age sequence of your siblings.

Question Number

Household head’s siblings Spouse’s siblings

Siblings’ code H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 Relationship 1. Elder brother 2. Elder sister 3. Younger brother 4. Younger sister Relationship1. Biological siblings 2. Adopted 3. Other (Please specify) Does he/she live with you? 1.Yes( 4, Then skip to the next table) 2. No ( 5) Household member code Age Age(Lunar calendar) In which year (Chinese Traditional) were you born? Marital situation 1. Single( 9) 2. Living together 3. Married 4. Divorced 5. Spouse dead 6. Other How many children does he/she have? Education level (Education Code) Is he/she a Communist Party member? 1. Yes 2. No Work situation (If not work , 12) (Code) If working, is he/she a rural-urban migrant? 1.Yes 2.No ( 12) How many years ago did he/she leave his/her hometown?Year

Where does he/she live? 1. The same village in hometown 2. Other village in hometown 3. The same county as hometown 4. Other county 5.Rural area in other province 6. The same city 7. Other city in the same province 8. City in other province 9. Other

Ownership type of unit in which he/she mainly worked. (Ownership code) Main occupation? (Occupation code)

How often do you contact each other? 1. Once a week 2. Once a month 3. At least once a year 4. Almost none

If you encounter difficulties, will you talk with him/her? 1. Yes 2. No If your family has an emergency, will you ask him/her to look after children? 1.Yes 2. No If you have economic difficulties, will you ask him/her for help? 1.Yes 2. No How much money/ how many gifts or banquets did he/she give you last year?(Total in cash value. If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients. ) Yuan

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How much money/ how many gifts or banquets did you give to him/her last year?(Total in cash value. If provided to more than one person, please divide the total sum by the number of recipients. ) Yuan

F. Life events

(Either the household head or his/her spouse need to answer) The household member number for the respondent F00 (consistent with that in A00):________

G. Household income and expenditure during migration period (Either the household head or his/her spouse can answer the following questions.) Note: ① please refer to income or expenditure of the migrant household during the migration period last month, or the past 12 months, not including the income or expenditure in hometown; ② all types of income cannot be repeated or misreported; M③ oney brought from hometown is not included in the income, but the expenditure should include the net remittance (= send back – bring in).

Question Number Unit Amount Calculated monthly family income(referring to last month, family income)

G100 Total income of the household G100 Yuan / Month

G101 1. Of these: Labor income: received from employers including salaries, wages not including prize money / subsidies, discounted units, other labor income, part-time and sporadic income, freelance income

G101 Yuan / Month

G102 Of these: wage income: time-/ piece-wage G102 Yuan / Month

G103 Bonus/allowance (wage excluded): bonuses, allowances and benefits in the form of cash income G103 Yuan / Month

Incidents occurring in the past 12 months, (If the same incident occurs more than once, please describe the latest one)

1Married

2 Started relationship

with boyfriend /girlfriend

3Became pregnant

4Gave birth 5Found a good job

6Divorced

/Separated

7 Had serious disease/accident

/ injury

8.Family member passed

away

9.Built a house/

purchased a house

F101 Whether occurred or not?

Yes① No (Skip to ② next incident)

F102

Who was involved in the event? (may select more than one option) ①Self ②Spouse ③Children ④

Brothers/sisters ⑤Parents ⑥Other household members

F103s

Was the event expected? ①Yes ②No Don’t know③

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G104 Other labor income (household production, including net income): other wages, part-time and casual work payment G104 Yuan / Month

G105 Value of income-in-kind such as commodities and discount coupons given by employers. G105 Yuan / Month

G106 2. Net income of the family business: family members engaged in production and operation activities G106 Yuan / Month

G107 3. Asset income: the use and operation of flow assets (bank deposits), real estate (housing, etc.) G107 Yuan / Month

G108 Of these: Interest Rate: income generated by asset owners at a pre-agreed interest rate which was higher than the principal amount of deposits. G108 Yuan / Month

G109 Dividends and profits G109 Yuan / Month

G110 Rental income: net income from leasing house G110 Yuan / Month

G111

Other property income including: 1. Insurance benefits: Net income received from insurance payments, after deduction of premiums 2. Other investment income: Where the family engaged in equity investments, other than the investment of insurance received by investment income. 3. Intellectual property income: The net income generated from the family or family members’ possession of patents, copyrights and other intellectual property.

G111 Yuan / Month

G112 4. Transfer income: All transferred payments from government, companies and social organizations to households, and transfer payments between households. G112 Yuan / Month

G113 Of these: gift income, transfer to elderly family members and children (including cash and income-in-kind): refers to transfer income between households. G113 Yuan / Month

G114 Pension: pension or retirement payment. G114 Yuan / Month

G115 Unemployment Insurance: Where unemployment insurance agencies conduct unemployment registration and provide regular unemployment benefits. G115 Yuan / Month

G116 The minimum living allowance: Where the Government provides minimum living standard guarantee benefits to urban low-income families G116 Yuan / Month

G117 Other types of subsidies from government: In addition to providing the minimum living standard guarantee benefits and unemployment benefits, special allowances will be provided to families which have various types of special situations. G117 Yuan / Month

G118 Other transfer income: 1. Compensation for dismissal 2. Compensation 3. Insurance claims 4. Contribution of relatives and friends for food consumption. 5. Housing funds G118 Yuan / Month

Monthly household expenditure (referring to last month, household spending)

G119 1. Food expenditure (including cost of dining out): Expenditure on food to meet family members’ necessary nutritional needs, eating out and treats G119 Yuan / Month

G120 2. Clothing expenditure: Expenditure on clothes and materials for making clothes. G120 Yuan / Month

G121 3. Housing expenditure: Expenditure relevant to accommodation, including rent, house maintenance, property management fees, decoration, water, electricity and fuel for heating and cooking, etc. G121 Yuan / Month

Expenditure in the last 12 months

G122 Consumption: All expenditure for the daily life of the household, including food, clothing, household appliances and services, medical care, transport and communications, recreation, education and cultural services, housing, miscellaneous goods and services, etc. Not including commodities or services presented as gift.

G122 Yuan/ Annual

G123 4. Consumer durables expenditure: Expenditure on consumer durables, such as furniture, household appliances, medical equipment, transportation and communication tools, educational and entertainment devices G123 Yuan / annual

G124 5. Household items and daily services expenditure: including bedding, kitchen utensils and crockery, hygiene and personal care items, laundry, beauty and barber supplies and services G124 Yuan / annual

G125 6. Medical expenses, medicine, health products and health services expenditure: for medical and health care, drugs, supplies and G125 Yuan / annual

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services.

G126 7. Transportation, fuel and vehicle maintenance expenses: including the cost of transportation returning home: the purchase of transportation devices and spare parts, pay traffic fees, repair costs, fuel costs, etc. G126 Yuan / annual

G127 8. Communications and mailing costs: expenditures for family communications. Including communication tools, telephone charges, postage and other communication costs.

G127 Yuan / annual

G128 9. Entertainment and cultural expenditure: cultural entertainment including daily necessities and services, such as cable TV movie / newspapers magazine / video / photography, etc. G128 Yuan / annual

G129 10. Education expenditure: expenditure directly related to education activities including tuition, and fees for books, school uniforms and sponsorship, but not including fees for children attending school away from home G129 Yuan / annual

G130 11. Non-saving insurance expenditure: including the unemployed / medical / insurance, property insurance is not the return of principal: You can not recover the principal amount of the insurance expenditure. G130 Yuan / annual

G131 12. Other expenditure: expenditure on commodities and/or services not covered above such as gold jewellery, watches, etc. G131 Yuan / annual

G132 Non-consumption expenditure: Expenditure not related to consumption and aside from household savings and money lent to others. G132 Yuan / annual

G133 1. Raising-children/parent-related expenditure: transferred expenditure between households, including cash and non-cash (commodities/in-kind), including for marriages, funerals gift and money, not including money remitted back home to support parents and children who are studying in school at hometown or in other cities.

G133 Yuan / annual

G134 2. The purchase of saving insurance, stocks and bonds: including the purchase of stocks, bonds, and participation in savings insurance (i.e. life insurance which returns principal money). G134 Yuan / annual

G135 3. Building houses, buying houses and housing renovation expenditures: these kinds of expenditures in cities where migrants are working are included, but remittances sent to the hometown for the building, purchasing and renovation of houses are not included. G135 Yuan / annual

G136 4. The total net value of money and commodities brought or remitted back hometown this year: = the difference between transfers to and from the hometown. Where money transferred from the hometown is greater, the total net value is negative. G136 Yuan / annual

G137 5. Children's (who do not live together with you) education fees: Including fees for children who do not live together with you and are not covered by the family member definition (described in Table A), not including fees brought back home for dependent children who are living and study at hometown.

G137 Yuan / annual

G137_1

6. Fees for family production, operation and production fixed assets: including fees for family-based production and business activities in cities where migrants worked, such as fees for commodities, services and their own products consumed in this kind of activities, as well as fees for building and purchasing business fixed assets. Money brought back home for family-based production and business activities and business fixed assets are not included.

G137_1 Yuan / annual

G138 7. Other non-consumption expenditure (interest, fines, etc.): ①Various taxes and fees ② Lottery tickets ③ Unproductive loan interest ④ Personal Social Security Insurance payments G138 Yuan / annual

G139 Savings, loan expenditure: including the return of borrowed money, deposits and loans in cities where migrants worked, not including money brought back home to return borrowed money, deposits and loans. G139 Yuan / annual

G140 Who usually make decisions on daily expenditure? ①Household head ②Spouse ③Both household head and spouse ④Other, please specify G140

G141 How much does your family need to spend in maintaining minimum living standard? G141 Yuan / Month

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G142

The amount of money which is sent/ brought back to the hometown are mainly used for: (Maximum three options according to sequence of importance) ①Daily expenses ②Constructing housing ③Child education expenditure ④Elderly pension ⑤The preparation for marriage⑥Doing business ⑦Medical service ⑧Other, please specify

G142

H. Current family’s expenditure on durable consumption goods (either the head of household or his/her spouse, not including rural hometown of consumer durable goods, can answer) Note: If more than one consumption goods are considered, the "estimated present value of the market" price will be used for the to

Number Type of item Number

(_1)

Estimated value in the current market

(_2) (Yuan)

Number Type of item Number

(_1)

Estimated value in the current market (_2)

(Yuan)

Number Type of item Number

(_1)

Estimated value in the current market(_2)

(Yuan)

H201 Color TV set H208 Acoustic/radio cassette player H215 Air conditioning

H202 Monochrome TV set H209

Video recorder/video disc player

H216 Electric fan

H203 Bicycle H210 Camera H217 Water heater

H204 Private automobile H211

Computer for home use

H218 Large furniture

H205 Vacuum cleaner H212 Expensive musical instruments

H219 Mobile phone

H206 Kitchen fan H213 Motorcycle H220 Electrical cooking utensils

H207 Washing machine H214 Electric refrigerator H221 Electronic learning devices / electronic dictionaries

I. The present housing and living conditions of the migrant households (Please fill out the household head or spouse, not including the home of rural housing, only one person is required to answer)

Question Number

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I101 How many square meters is the actual living space? (after area of community use and walls are deducted from the construction area) If living area stay together with production and business area, only count the area for living; if it is difficult to distinguish, count it as 30 percent of the total. I101

I102 How many persons are living in the house?(≥ number recorded in A00) I102 I103 Drinking water ①Natural well water ②Filtered well water ③Tap water ④Water supplied in barrels/bottles ⑤Other, please specify I103 I104 Water used ①Natural well water ②Filtered well water ③Tap water ④Water supplied in barrels/bottles ⑤Other, please specify I104 I105 Sanitation facilities ①Has both bathrooms and toilets ②Has toilet, no bathroom ③Shared or public sanitation facilities I105 I106 Heating system ①No heating system ②The air conditioning ③Central heating ④Other I106 I107 Household fuel used ①Natural gas/gas piping ②Bottled gas/liquefied petroleum gas ③Coal ④Other, please specify I107 I108 Household communication equipment (may select more than one option) ①Fixed-line telephone ②Internet ③Handset phone ④Public telephone I108 I109 Do you live close to many people from the same origin? ①Yes ②No I109

I110 Have you ever been rejected by a landlord from renting a property despite being able to pay the rent and related expenses? ①Yes ②No

I110

I111 Your current residence: ①Dormitory ②Construction site ③Other working area ( select ① or ②or ③, skip to the next table after asking I112) ④Sharing housing with someone ⑤Rent the housing independently ⑥The self-owned house (Skip to I113) ⑦Other

I111

I112 (Ask if I111≠6) Current monthly rent (Yuan/month) If the same property is used for both accommodation and commercial or manufacturing purposes, the rent should be calculated according to the proportion of the property used for accommodation. If this proportion is difficult to determine, count the rent as 30 per cent of the total.

I112

I113 (Ask if I111=4-7)Place of residence: ①City ②Suburban area ③Suburban district ④Countryside ⑤Other, please specify I113

I114 (Ask if I111=4-7) Ownership of dwelling （if I111=6，fills in directly ③ here）: ①Renting - public building ②Renting - privately-owned house③Self-owned house ④Other, please specify

I114

I115 (Ask if I111=4-7) Residential building style: ①Cottage/townhouse ②Apartment ③Other, please specify I115 I116 (Ask if I111=4-7) Number of rooms (not including the living room, kitchen and bathroom) I116 I117 (Ask if I111=4-7) Interior decoration: ①Does not have any decoration ②Simple decoration ③Luxurious decoration I117 I118 (Ask if I111=4-7) Kitchen condition: ①No kitchen ②Private kitchen ③Shared kitchen I118

(Ask if I111=6) The following questions are related to self-owned house. If it is not self-owned house, please skip to Table J. I119 The estimated rent of the self-owned house (Yuan/Month) I119 I120 Year of purchasing (Year) I120 I121 The total price you paid for the purchase (including taxes and fees, but excluding payment of interest) (Yuan) I121 I122 Monthly mortgage (If no, write 0) (Yuan/Month) I122

J. Basic information of rural hometown (only one of household head/spouse should answer the questions, Participant’s member number J000:___________(Same as A00)

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Number Number J101 Topography your hometown/home village is: ① Plain ② Hills ③ Mountain ④ Other (please specify) J101 J102 The distance between your hometown and the nearest county? (Km) J102 J103 The distance between your hometown and the nearest traffic station (Bus/train station/port) (Km) J103

J104 The distance between your hometown and the nearest primary school? (fill in ‘0’ if the primary school is in your hometown (Km) J104

J105 The distance between your hometown and the nearest Junior high school? (Fill in ‘0’ if the Middle-school is in your hometown) (Km) J105

J106 Are there any medical stations in your hometown? (Including health stations, private clinics or any private doctors) ①Yes ②No (Skip to J108)

J106

J107 (Ask if J106=1) What is the nature of those medical stations? (Can choose more than one) ①Collectively managed ②Civically-operated public health center ③Private ④Other, please specify

J107

J108 What is the daily rate of an unskilled labor in your home village ? (Yuan) J108 J109 What’s the proportion of labor force in your hometown left your hometown and work outside? (Including female) (%) J109

J110 Have you ever made the land contracting adjustment in the last 5 years? Yes① No② J110

J111 Do you have property in your hometown? (E.g. owned housing) (Not including property for commercial/manufacturing use) ①Yes ②No (Skip to J112-1)

J111

J112 (Ask if J111=1) What is the estimated market value of your property? (Yuan) J112 J112-1 Do you own any farmland? ①Yes ②No(Skip to table L) J113 (Ask if J112_1=1)In your family, on average how much land does each person own? (Mu) J113

J114 (Ask if J112_1=1) Who does the farming work? ①Parents ②Subcontractors ③Giving it away ④Giving up ⑤Other, please specify

J114

L1. How likely is it that you will move in the next 12 months?

① Highly likely ② Likely ③Not sure ④Unlikely ⑤Highly unlikely (Please skip to L3)

L2. Do you know your new address?

①Yes (Please tell us your new address) Postnumber __________ Province__________City ___________________________(Street name and number)

Telephone_____________ / ___________________ ②No, not now.

L3. When do you expect to move to this new address? Within ____________ months

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L4. Would you please provide us three contact persons with their details so that we may be able to find you

End of Interview Thanks for your cooperation!

Respondent Notes: Surveyors please take the following notes through observation

S1. Was there any assistance required from the respondent when answering the Subjective section? _________ ①Required assistance with all the questions ②With most of the questions

③with a few questions ④Did not require assistance at all

S2. Willingness of the respondent to cooperate: _________ ①Very good ②Good ③Average ④Poor ⑤Very poor

S3. Personality of the respondent: ___(①Relatively introversive ②Relatively extroversive)

S4. Respondent’s ability of expressing himself/herself verbally_________ ①Very good ②Good ③Average ④Poor ⑤Very poor

S5. Was the respondent earnest during the interview?_________ ①Earnest throughout the interview ②Generally earnest ③Not very earnest

First person Second person Third person

Name

Relation

Province

City Street Number

Telephone

Mobile phone

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S6. Intellectual level of the respondent _________ Very ① High ②High ③Average ④Low ⑤Very low

S7. Reliability of the respondent_____ Very ① High ②High ③Average ④Low ⑤Very low

S8. Was there any irrelevant people around during the interview?________(①Yes ②No)

S9. Was the interview affected due to the presence of other people_______(①Yes ②No ③Not sure) S10. If the interview was interrupted, surveyors please explain why. ____________________________________________________________________

S11. Any other things that should be taken notice (for Supervisors)? ____________________________________________________________________

[Notes for Respondent]

Survey site: ___________Province ______________City _______________District (Town) _______________Street/Road ______________Block____________ Room number