Re-examining the middle-class thesis: Class profiles of families employing migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.1177/01171968211069697

A. Cheung

引用次数: 5

Abstract

To what extent is employing migrant domestic workers (MDWs) a middle-class practice in Hong Kong? I drew quantitative data from the Population Census and a representative household survey to test the middle-class thesis. The results show that a significant proportion of the families that currently employ or had ever employed MDWs were not from middle-class backgrounds. As the practice of hiring MDWs spread to families from lower socio-economic backgrounds, it may be expected that the working and living conditions of MDWs may deteriorate due to the fewer resources of these families.

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再检视中产阶级命题:香港雇用外佣家庭的阶层概况

在香港，雇佣外籍家庭佣工在多大程度上是中产阶级的做法?我从人口普查和一个有代表性的家庭调查中提取了定量数据来检验中产阶级理论。结果表明，目前雇用或曾经雇用家政工人的家庭中，有很大一部分不是来自中产阶级背景。随着雇用女佣工的做法蔓延到社会经济背景较低的家庭，可以预期，由于这些家庭的资源较少，女佣工的工作和生活条件可能会恶化。

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Asian and Pacific Migration Journal DEMOGRAPHY-

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1.20

自引率

11.10%

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