Health Status and Access to Health Care of Migrant Workers in China

Nineteen percent of rural-to-urban migrants in Zhejiang Province had some form of health insurance.

• Migrants worked long hours and lived in very basic conditions.
• Self-rated health was highest among migrants, who reported the least acute illness, chronic disease, and disability after adjusting for age and education.
• No HIV infections were detected in migrant or urban workers, but positive syphilis tests were found in 0.48% of migrants and 0.68% of urban workers.
• Fifteen percent of migrants and 8% of urban workers reported high health care costs as a barrier to access in the past year.
• Forty-seven percent of migrants were unwilling to contribute to health insurance.

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