The effects of social integration and hometown identity on the life satisfaction of Chinese rural migrants: the mediating and moderating effects of a sense of belonging in the host city

Chen, Hongsheng; Zhu, Zhenjun; Chang, Jiang; Gao, Yinbao

doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01415-y

Table 2 The relationships of social integration and sense of hometown identity to life satisfaction and the mediation effects of sense of belonging in the host city on those relationships controlling for the effects of nine control variables (n = 15,990)^a

From: The effects of social integration and hometown identity on the life satisfaction of Chinese rural migrants: the mediating and moderating effects of a sense of belonging in the host city

Independent variables	Model 1: Life satisfaction		Model 2: CB		Model 3: Life satisfaction		Model 4: Life satisfaction		Model 5: CB		Model 6: Life satisfaction
Independent variables	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
(Log)SI	0.2674***	0.0192	0.9137***	0.0104	0.0852***	0.0232
(Log)HI							0.0871***	0.0138	0.1762***	0.0090	0.0477***	0.0138
(Log)CB					0.1994***	0.0145					0.2233***	0.0121
Control variables
Age	0.0030***	0.0003	0.0004**	0.0002	0.0030***	0.0003	0.0033***	0.0003	0.0012***	0.0002	0.0031***	0.0003
Gender (ref: male)	0.0246***	0.0053	0.0025	0.0029	0.0241***	0.0053	0.0259***	0.0053	0.0072**	0.0035	0.0242***	0.0053
Self-rated health	0.0573***	0.0027	0.0054***	0.0015	0.0563***	0.0027	0.0639***	0.0027	0.0272***	0.0017	0.0578***	0.0027
(Log) household monthly income	0.0725***	0.0048	−0.0026	0.0026	0.0730***	0.0048	0.0711***	0.0048	−0.0077**	0.0031	0.0728***	0.0048
Homeowner (ref: no)	0.0669***	0.0094	0.0435***	0.0051	0.0582***	0.0094	0.0734***	0.0095	0.0726***	0.0061	0.0572***	0.0094
Occupation (ref: service or manufacturing)
Administration	−0.0017	0.0102	0.0114**	0.0055	−0.0040	0.0102	0.0019	0.0103	0.0254***	0.0067	−0.0038	0.0102
Civil service	0.0258***	0.0074	0.0122***	0.0040	0.0234***	0.0074	0.0288***	0.0075	0.0237***	0.0048	0.0235***	0.0074
Unemployed	−0.0276**	0.0112	− 0.0127**	0.0061	− 0.0251**	0.0111	− 0.0291***	0.0113	− 0.0205***	0.0073	− 0.0245**	0.0112
Education (ref: junior high school or less)
Senior HS	−0.0149**	0.0062	0.0109***	0.0034	−0.0171***	0.0062	−0.0167***	0.0063	0.0077*	0.0041	−0.0184***	0.0062
College or more	−0.0327***	0.0081	0.0029	0.0044	−0.0333***	0.0080	−0.0333***	0.0081	0.0072	0.0053	−0.0349***	0.0080
Length of residence	0.0003	0.0006	0.0008**	0.0003	0.0001	0.0006	0.0006	0.0006	0.0019***	0.0004	0.0002	0.0006
Hours per day worked during the past month	−0.0058***	0.0012	−0.0026***	0.0006	−0.0053***	0.0012	−0.0058***	0.0012	−0.0026***	0.0008	−0.0052***	0.0012
Constant	1.2018***	0.0788	−0.9590***	0.0427	1.3931***	0.0795	1.8384***	0.0622	1.6074***	0.0404	1.4794***	0.0645
R²	0.084		0.350		0.094		0.075		0.060		0.094
Adj. R²	0.083		0.350		0.094		0.074		0.060		0.093
Log likelihood	− 4615.0624		5160.5506		− 4520.8870		− 4691.6582		2209.8000		− 4521.6515

* = p < .10, ** = p < .05, *** = p < .01
^aSI Social integration, HI Sense of hometown identity, CB Sense of belonging in the host community, SE Standard Error, HS high school

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