›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (8): 941-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2010.08.017

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Comparative analysis of working situation and social support between local and migrant female nursing workers in Shanghai

QIN Mei-jiao, FU Xiao-ting, HANG Wan-jun, LU Lin   

  1. School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2010-08-25 Published:2010-08-27
  • Supported by:

    Shanghai Education Committee Foundation, 10YS46

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the differences in income, labor security and social support between local and migrant female nursing workers in Shanghai. Methods Female nursing workers from 29 hospitals of 12 districts in Shanghai were selected by random sampling, and were investigated with questionnaires which were involved with basic personal information, working time, average monthly income, pre-post training, labor security and social support. Results It was found that 82.11% of migrant female nursing workers in Shanghai and 24.32% of local female nursing workers did not have overtime wages (P<0.05), 25.23% of local female nursing workers and 89.78% of migrant female nursing workers did not sign labor contracts (P<0.05), and 46.74% of local female nursing workers were trained for at least half a year, while 95.92% of migrant female nursing workers were trained for less than 3 months. Besides, support attitude from family members had influence on self-assessment of female nursing workers (r=0.288, P<0.05). Conclusion There exist significant differences in basic condition, working time, average monthly income, pre-post training, labor security and social support demand between local and migrant female nursing workers in Shanghai. Household registration discrimination should be abandoned, and social support network system should be established for social support demand of migrant female nursing workers.

Key words: nursing worker, female, different household registration, social support, social support network system