scholarly journals China’s Left-Behind Children: Impact Of Parental Migration On Health, Nutrition, And Educational Outcomes

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1964-1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengchao Zhou ◽  
Sean Sylvia ◽  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
Renfu Luo ◽  
Hongmei Yi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind

scholarly journals Parental migration and smoking behavior of left-behind children: evidence from a survey in rural Anhui, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Yang ◽  
Cuicui Li ◽  
Chengchao Zhou ◽  
Shan Jiang ◽  
Jie Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind

The Effect of Parental Migration on the Educational Attainment of Their Left-Behind Children in Rural China

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1037-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Xuefei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract About 60 million children under the age of 18 are left behind by their parents in rural China. This paper studies the effect of migrant parents on the educational attainment of their left-behind children in rural China. A theoretical model of optimal schooling in the context of parental migration is proposed. Then, reduced-form equations are estimated using probit model, instrumental variables probit model, and linear instrumental variables model. Results show that parental migration has a negative effect on children’s school enrollment. This negative effect is significant and sizable on the school enrollment of boys, but insignificant on the school enrollment of girls. The most important source of this robust negative effect on boys is the absence of fathers. Results suggest that left-behind mothers or relatives cannot fulfill fathers’ role successfully in disciplining boys and help with their educational needs.

Parents’ Migration and Adolescents’ Transition to High School in Rural China: The Role of Parental Divorce

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 3324-3359
Author(s):  
Shu Hu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Transition To High School ◽  
Parental Migration

Using both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a migrant-sending county from 2012 to 2013, this article examines the mechanisms through which parental migration could shape adolescents’ transition to high school in rural China. Though parental migration improves children’s educational outcomes via social remittance of education value, it also leads to a decline in children’s educational achievements by increasing the odds of parental divorce. The likelihood of divorce rises with the migration of mother or both parents, and this significantly increases the risks of discontinuing schooling and transitioning to vocational high schools, relative to attending academic high schools. In contrast to the conventional explanations of economic resources and psychological health, this article emphasizes the significant role of marital instability in the link between parental migration and children’s educational outcomes.

scholarly journals Mental Health among Left-Behind Children in Rural China in Relation to Parent-Child Communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Leesa Lin ◽  
Mingming Xu ◽  
Leah Li ◽  
Jingjing Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Full Data ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Parent Child

In China, there are an estimated 41 million left-behind children (LBC). The objective of this study was to examine the mental health of current-left-behind children (current-LBC) and previous-left-behind children (previous-LBC) as compared to never-left-behind children (never-LBC), while considering factors like parent-child communication. Children were recruited from schools in rural areas of Anhui province in eastern China. Participants completed a questionnaire focusing on migration status, mental health, and parent-child communication, measured with the validated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Parent–Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS). Full data were available for 1251 current-, 473 previous-, and 268 never-LBC in Anhui province. After adjusting for all confounding variables, the results showed that both current and previous parental migration was associated with significantly higher mental health difficulties, including aspects of emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and total difficulties. Additionally, we found that difficulties communicating with parents were strongly associated with the presence of greater total difficulties in children. Parental migration has an independent, long-lasting negative effect on children. Poor parent-child communication is strongly associated with children’s mental health. These results indicate that parent–child communication is important for the development of children, and interventions are needed to improve migrant parents’ understanding and communication skills with their children.

scholarly journals ¿Educación o desintegración? Parental Migration, Remittances and Left-behind Children's Education in Western Guatemala

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-590
Author(s):  
JASON DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
The United States ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Parental Absence ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
Children’S Education

AbstractMany Guatemalan parents migrate to the United States with the intention of returning earned income to improve the human capital prospects of their left-behind children. This laudable goal is achieved by many – arguably benefiting girls more than boys. However, negative international migration externalities including migration failure, familial abandonment, psychosocial harms and a culture of migration that disproportionally limits the educational prospects of boys need to be considered. Based on qualitative field interviews in western Guatemala with parents and educators, this article presents a nuanced view of economic migration and left-behind children's education, capturing both its remittance-related benefits and parental absence harms.

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