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A gendered analysis of family, work, social spheres and life satisfaction: The case of highly educated migrants in Hong Kong
Author(s)
Date Issued
2023
Citation
The 24th Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Sociological Association, 2023.
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Migration is expected to bring higher life satisfaction with better social and economic
achievement. While studies on life satisfaction treat migrants mainly as a single homogeneous group,
knowledge about highly educated migrants is scant in current migration scholarship. Highly educated
migrants may not have higher life satisfaction because they may also have higher expectations. To
complicate matters further, there may be gender differences in the experiences and life satisfaction of
highly educated migrants. This study examines the factors associated with levels of life satisfaction
among highly educated migrants from a gender perspective. First, we examine whether the level of life
satisfaction differs by gender. Second, we explore various factors associated with the life satisfaction of
highly educated migrants and whether these factors differ by gender. We examine these relationships
using data from a respondent-driven sampling of 2,884 highly educated Mainland Chinese migrants in
Hong Kong. Our results indicate that the life satisfaction of female migrants is related to their social
networks, whereas the life satisfaction of male migrants is related to economic security.
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