Rural Migrant Women's Informal Learning of Life Skills in Social Networks in Urban China

Autor/inn/en	Luo, Shujuan; Seeberg, Vilma
Titel	Rural Migrant Women's Informal Learning of Life Skills in Social Networks in Urban China
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 12 (2022) 1, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Luo, Shujuan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/21582440221079820
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Females; Informal Education; Daily Living Skills; Urban Areas; Adjustment (to Environment); Social Integration; Social Networks; Empowerment; Migrants; Occupational Aspiration; Communication Skills; Foreign Countries; Program Development; Coping; Stress Variables; Decision Making; Problem Solving; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Weibliches Geschlecht; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Urban area; Stadtregion; Soziale Integration; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Migrantin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Kommunikationsstil; Ausland; Programmplanung; Bewältigung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Problemlösen
Abstract	Life skill programs have been widely provided for vulnerable women in Third World Countries but not for the deprived rural migrant women in China. This study explored the way these women informally learned life skills in urban China and their primary sources of learning, in hopes of providing insights into possible life skill programs targeting them. A basic interpretive qualitative research was conducted by interviewing seventeen migrant women in Northwest and Central China. Findings show that these women learned certain core life skills informally as they adjusted to the urban life. They regarded rural migrant social networks as the main source of learning. Yet, their aspirations to acquire better communication and occupational skills remained mostly unfulfilled and a few of them demanded extra emotional support. This study strongly suggests life skill programs provided for rural migrant women in China to enhance their capability for self-protection, empowerment and social integration. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01