Journal of Urban Affairs
Volume 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-481

The contact hypothesis in urban china: The perspective of minority-status migrant workers (Article)

Nielsen I. , Smyth R.*
  • a Monash University, Australia
  • b Monash University, Australia

Abstract

This study is the first to test Allport's (1954) contact hypothesis from the perspective of a minority group in China. Employing a sample of off-farm migrant workers in urban China, results indicate a positive effect on self-reported attitudes of intergroup friendship contact between migrant and local workers; and positive effects on self-reported behavioral interaction between migrants and urban locals of both intergroup friendship and intergroup nonfriendship contact. © 2011 Urban Affairs Association.

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Index Keywords

attitudinal survey China urban area hypothesis testing social inclusion neighborhood ethnic minority migrant worker
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00562.x
ISSN: 07352166
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English