A study on the spatial characteristics and correlation of migrant workers' urban integration and well-being: A case study of Xi'an (China)

[摘要] This paper used SPSS and ARCGIS to measure the urban integration degree and well-being index, spatial features, and their correlation. This results show: (1) The space differentiation of migrant workers' urban integration degree in Xi'an distinct: The northern great site protection zone area is low, eastern military area is peak and the western electronic district and southwest high-tech zone are second peak areas. (2) Migrant workers' well-being index has differentiation spatial distribution: eastern military area is significantly higher than other regions, northern economic zone shows low-lying shape, southern cultural and educational area is higher than northern economic development zone, and central business district is higher than the surrounding. (3) As the result of correlation analysis in SPSS 19.0, it is shown that there is certain positive correlation between urban integration degree and well-being index of migrant workers in main urban districts of Xi'an. Economic integration and social integration have positive prediction to well-being.

[发布机构] School of Information Management and Statistics, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan; 430205, China^1;Tourism School-Human Geography Institute, Xi'An International Studies University, Xi'an; 710128, China^2;Hubei Local Taxation Research Center, Wuhan; 430205, China^3

[效力级别] 生物科学

[关键词] Central business districts;Correlation analysis;Economic development;Economic integration;Integration degrees;Positive correlations;Social integrations;Spatial characteristics