Author(s)

Li Yiyue ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Master of Culture Studies (Digital and Cultural Innovation), Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding Author

Li Yiyue

ABSTRACT

In the process of urbanization, the number of migrant labors' children is constantly huge, but their identity has not been recognized by society, and they themselves lack the independent will to integrate into the society. Many factors hinder the identity construction of migrant labors' children in the city. This paper adopts qualitative and quantitative research methods and collects data from interviews with migrant children mainly in Niushipu, Shenzhen, and data from the Blue Book of Migrant Children: Report on the Education Development of Migrant Children in China (2021-2022). This paper will analyze the realistic predicament of migrant labors' children from three aspects: "System gap: household registration social security is not up to standard, high entrance examination threshold", "Information gap: weak media retrieval ability, weak awareness of rights protection", "Psychological gap: lack of identification of label identity, marginal situation hinders integration". In addition, under the situation of marginalization, their identity construction is analyzed from two perspectives: the identity of migrant labors themselves and the other theory of urban residents.

KEYWORDS

Children of migrant labors, migrant children, urbanization, identity construction

CITE THIS PAPER

Li Yiyue, The Dilemma and Identity Construction of Migrant Labors' Children in the Process of Urbanization. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2024) Vol. 6: 69-78. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2024.060111.

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