Inter-generational Differentiation in Urban-rural Migration of Farmer Families from the Life Course Perspective
Departing from using household as the unit of analysis,this article introduces the "life course perspective"to address inter-generational differentiation in urban-rural migration. Specifically,the article examines the migration of individuals and their families between urban and rural areas as a result of mutu-al calibration between the individual's life course,the priorities of their family,and the opportunity struc-ture of the county-level urban-rural space. The main findings from anthropological fieldwork in Shan County are as follows:During their youth,those born in rural areas in the 1970s and 1980s had similar i-deas about urban-rural mobility. However,as their life courses progressed,the pursuit of various"priori-ty items"by their families-such as parents arranging marriage housing for them,the search for stable live-lihoods after marriage,and the pursuit of better educational resources for their offspring-encounter the op-portunity structures of housing,employment,and education within the county. Strategic responses are made using household as the unit of analysis. This ultimately leads to significant inter-generational differ-entiation in the trajectories of urban-rural mobility over time for those born in the 1970s and 1980s and their families.
Household as the unit of analysisLife course perspectiveUrban-rural migrationInter-generational differentiation
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