A Comparative Study of Social Support Status of Migrant Workers in Different Industries

With more and more migrant workers enter the city,their life status,social support and mental health have become social concerns. By adopting the measure of Social Support Scale,159 migrant workers have been investigated. This paper found the migrant workers in different industries and age range have significant differences in subjective support,and male migrant workers are significant inferior to female in terms of using social support. Social support has close relationship with individual's mental health. It is very important to strengthen the efforts of providing social support to migrant workers,especially to the youth and those in consumption industries.