{"title":"Exploring the impact of neighborhood environment on the mental health of rural migrant women: A case study in Nanjing, China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2024.105434","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Neighborhoods play a central role in the integration and urbanization process of the migrant population. Rural migrant women in China, influenced by their dual identity of gender and registration status, exhibit unique characteristics and risks in terms of their mental health status and its relationship to the neighborhood environment. However, existing research on rural migrant women is limited, particularly in revealing the impact of the neighborhood environment on their mental health. Drawing on a recent survey conducted in Nanjing, China, this paper uses a structural equation model (SEM) to examine the determinants of mental health among rural migrant women from the perspective of neighborhood effects. The findings suggest that the impact of different factors within the neighborhood environment on the mental health of rural migrant women varies. The built environment has a more significant influence on mental health compared to the social environment. The social environment acts as a mediator and moderator between the built environment and mental health. Distinct differences exist between the pathways by which neighborhood environment affects the mental health of rural migrant women at different socioeconomic levels. Improving mental health and advancing sustainable development goals requires enhancing community environments and addressing the inner needs of rural migrant women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cities","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124006486","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"URBAN STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Neighborhoods play a central role in the integration and urbanization process of the migrant population. Rural migrant women in China, influenced by their dual identity of gender and registration status, exhibit unique characteristics and risks in terms of their mental health status and its relationship to the neighborhood environment. However, existing research on rural migrant women is limited, particularly in revealing the impact of the neighborhood environment on their mental health. Drawing on a recent survey conducted in Nanjing, China, this paper uses a structural equation model (SEM) to examine the determinants of mental health among rural migrant women from the perspective of neighborhood effects. The findings suggest that the impact of different factors within the neighborhood environment on the mental health of rural migrant women varies. The built environment has a more significant influence on mental health compared to the social environment. The social environment acts as a mediator and moderator between the built environment and mental health. Distinct differences exist between the pathways by which neighborhood environment affects the mental health of rural migrant women at different socioeconomic levels. Improving mental health and advancing sustainable development goals requires enhancing community environments and addressing the inner needs of rural migrant women.
期刊介绍:
Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.