Other scholars argue that most Chinese who migrated to the United States were sojourners, and did not see the need to bring their wives or other females across the ocean into the U.S. It was considerably less expensive for the man in a family to journey to the United States for work, and send money home to China, as opposed to bringing his entire family across the ocean.3 Many Chinese men expected to only be in the United States for the few years, but many of the laborers who immigrated were subject to corrupt companies, who invented reasons to prolong the laborers contract, thus he was uncertain when he would see his family again.3 Males also did not want to bring their female connections with them to the United States due to cultural differences.
