•Name: Zhang Lili
•Gender: female
•Age: 26
•Occupation: Beautician
•Hometown: Zhoukou, C China’s Henan province
•Departure Date: Jan 26, 2014
•Distance from Home: 1000 kilometers
•Route of Travel: coach
•Time Cost of Travel: 13 hours
•Total cost of Travel: 260 yuan, or 6 percent of monthly income.

•Background: Zhang Lili intended to go back home by train; however, she found it too hard to buy a ticket. She then decided to go back home by taking coach and spend a night on the in-build bed of the coach. She left her son and daughter in hometown and she hasn’t seen the children for a very long time. Although taking coach is not as safe and comfortable as taking train, she was happy when she thought of her children were waiting for her. She said that she bought new clothes for her children and a roast duck for her family members.