Child development in rural China: Does parental migration matter?

Xin Li and Xiaoyue Sun

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 119, issue C

Abstract: There were about 41 million left-behind children in China by 2015. The objective of the current study is to investigate the developmental outcomes of children in rural China and the potential protective/risk factors. Using data from a nationally representative household survey (Chinese Family Panel Study 2014) in China, the developmental outcomes of rural children aged 10 to 15 with and without migrant parents were compared using multivariate regression analyses (n = 1,712). The results show that parental migration is not an independent predictor of the developmental outcomes among rural children. Protective and risk factors are reported. The findings indicate the disadvantages of rural children in relation to parental migration, which calls for further intervention and programs to promote their development.

Keywords: Child development; Left-behind; Migration; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105654

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