中国の出稼ぎ家事労働者の生活戦略 : 大連でのインタビュー調査から

In the late 1990s, internal migration from rural to urban area became increasingly common in China. By the end of 2011, there were an estimated 250,000,000 migrant workers. In earlier times, most migrants in China were male but more recently, the female migrant population has increased substantially. Along with more nuclear families and aging population in urban areas, there is a shortage of caregivers for family members and a need for paid domestic workers. This paper examines the life strategies of migrant female domestic workers employed in private homes in China. Interviews with eleven domestic workers and two employers living in Dalian city reveal how women protect themselves when they are treated unfairly and how they continuously improve the lives of their own family members and themselves. Another focus of this paper is the care deficit created when migrants must be away from their homes.