Identifying the gap between basic needs and public services for children in urban China’s low-income families: A study in Dalian, China, from the provider's perspective

Jingxuan Li

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 131, issue C

Abstract: This study examined and compared the basic needs of and the publicly funded services available for Dibao recipient children by interviewing 43 staff members at Community Residents Committees in Dalian, China. The finding indicates that Dibao recipient children face a considerable level of unmet needs in the areas of education and medical services, including free school lunch, aid for high school supplies, assistance for severe disease treatment expenses, hospitalization, and outpatient expenses. The results suggest that the publicly funded services in the areas of education and medical care need to be enriched to serve Dibao recipient children more comprehensively.

Keywords: Child poverty; Basic needs; Publicly funded services; Dibao (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740921003285
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:131:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921003285

DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106252

Access Statistics for this article

Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey

More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().