Chinese Migrant worker survey in 2020

The dataset used in this study was collected through a large-scale survey conducted in 2020 across 46 Chinese cities, targeting rural-to-urban migrant workers. The final sample includes 23,232 valid responses from individuals originating from 304 prefecture-level cities nationwide. The survey captured rich individual-level data on housing conditions (including tenure type, location, and affordability), urban belonging, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (such as age, gender, marital status, education, income, hukou status, migration distance and duration), and social network strength. The geographic scope includes first-tier, second-tier, and lower-tier cities, allowing for comparative analysis across city types.