Young Floating Population in City: How Outsiderness Influences Self-Esteem of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Children in China?

Bo Zhou and Yumeng Zhong
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Bo Zhou: Public Administration School, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Yumeng Zhong: School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: While scholars note that rural-to-urban migrant children in China tend to have worse mental health than urban-born children, insufficient attention has been paid to understanding this mechanism beyond the Hukou system and the urban-rural dual structure. Using data from China’s Nine-City Survey of Migrant Children, this study reveals that perceptions of being a temporary visitor and an outsider in the city have strong negative effects on migrant children’s self-esteem. Regression analysis shows that migrant children sharing a kitchen with other families, studying in migrant-sponsored schools instead of regular schools for local children and perceiving discrimination from local peers tend to have lower self-esteem.

Keywords: rural-to-urban migrant children; self-esteem; outsiderness; shared home; migrant sponsored school; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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