A Study On The Social Adaptation Offloating Elementary Children And Its Influencing Factors

There was a large number of so called “floating workers” in China,which referred to people originally born and lived in under-developed area,and made a living in urban city by selling labor.These people usually take on low-end occupations and get paid below average.Children of these “floating workers”,also known as “floating children”,were the target of this research;they were widely believed to have suffered more setbacks than urban kids while they tried to adapt to society.We created a fine designed scale to evaluate the adaptation of these floating children,and did a research in the factors which may have influence on the adaptation process.The outcome was that the variance in the social adaptation level can be well explained by four factors: family,school members,neighborhood,self-motivation and peer group.As for the influence from family,school members,neighborhood and self-motivation,I used Structural Equation Model,(SEM)to simulate the effect.As for the influences from peer group,I used Hierarchical Linear Model,(HLM)to analyze the effects from different factors levels.