Journal of
Economics and International Finance

  • Abbreviation: J. Econ. Int. Finance
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9812
  • DOI: 10.5897/JEIF
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 363

Full Length Research Paper

Gender differences in urbanization willingness: Evidence from Henan, China

Zhiyong Chang
  • Zhiyong Chang
  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China.
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Pingjun Hou
  • Pingjun Hou
  • School of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China.
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  •  Received: 22 September 2020
  •  Accepted: 09 November 2020
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

Abstract

In this work, Henan is taken as a typical study area to assess the level of gender differences of urbanization willingness in China; Henan population structure is a small representation of the whole country. Using data of Henan migrant workers' citizenization research in 2017, the evaluation index system of Henan migrant workers' urban integration degree was established based on the Maslow's demand theory. The weight was computed by combining the weight from the analytic hierarchy process and factor analysis, respectively. The urbanization willingness of different genders was calculated by using the evaluation index system. The result shows that there is no difference between the two groups.
 
 
Key words: Urbanization willingness, gender differences, synthetic evaluation.