A migrant worker participates in a dating event. (File photo/jmnews.com.cn)
(ECNS) - More than half of migrant workers in China feel dissatisfied with their situation, with marriage their biggest concern, according to a survey.
The survey shows that 50.4 percent are "not satisfied" or "not very satisfied," while 14.5 percent are "ok" with their current situation.
The survey by China Youth Daily and a popular website for migrant workers finds that 47.8 percent attribute their dissatisfaction to love and marriage issues.
The second biggest pressure, with 38.4 percent of respondents having listed it, is work fatigue.
The survey also finds that 25.5 percent educate their children in their hometowns, rather than where they work.
Nearly 36 percent say the companies they work for don't provide pension insurance.
As for why they leave rural areas to work in big cities, 46.2 percent say they have to earn money for their families, 34.1 percent see no chance of development in their hometowns, and 23 percent wish to earn as much money as possible while they are still able to do so.
Other reasons include aspirations for city life, with better job opportunities and improved educational choices for their children.
In terms of career development, 9.6 percent say they will continue in their current jobs, while 38.3 percent prefer to find less stressful jobs, and 21.2 percent intend to move back to their rural hometowns.
In the survey, 16.5 percent have worked outside their hometowns for more than 10 years, and 24.6 percent have done so for 5 to 10 years.
The number of migrant workers increased last year by 1.9 percent year-on-year to 273.95 million, a 5.2 million increase from 2013, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics.
