PAD 3800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hukou System, Poliomyelitis, Pertussis

• School: FIU
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAD 3800
• Professor: Keith Revell

Document Summary

Gong, urbanisation and health in china : study guide. What is the thesis of this reading? (a) what percentage of the. Urbanization in china demands innovative health policies focused on the needs of migrants and research that could close knowledge gaps on urban population exposures. 622 million in 2009 an increase driven largely by rural-to-urban migration. 1 china"s urban population as a share of the total population is growing rapidly,2 and an additional 200 million rural- to-urban migrants are anticipated during the next 10 years. China"s permanent residence registry system (called hukou in. The system records the residential location of every citizen and divides registered residents into agricultural and non-agricultural groups. The advantages for those holding nonagricultural hukou in cities are many, and include access to health care, education for children, and housing benefits. Nearly a fifth of china"s total population hold hukou for locations other than where they live i. e. , they are migrants.