Does parental migration impede the development of the cooperative preferences in their left-behind children? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in China

Zhou, Yexin; Chen, Siwei; Chen, Yefeng; Vollan, Björn

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101826

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“…This finding corroborates other researchers’ conclusions that rural children in China tend to have more adversities and problems, as most of them have poorer family and school conditions compared to their urban counterparts [ 14 , 78 ]. In particular, many rural children have experienced long-term parental separation, because one or both parents migrated to cities to make a living [ 79 , 80 ]. Undoubtedly, the unfavorable development environment incurs multiple childhood adversities, which may lead to a variety of negative outcomes.…”

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Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support

Zhang

Zhang²,

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2022

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Research has documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly impact young people’s risky behaviors. Yet, few studies have explored if individuals’ perceived stress mediates the association between ACEs and risky behaviors; also if social support moderates the pathways from ACEs to risky behaviors through perceived stress. This study aimed to assess the mediation effect of perceived stress and the moderation effect of social support in the study of ACEs and risky behaviors. This study sample includes 1091 Chinese rural young people. A web-based survey was used to assess demographic information, ACEs, perceived stress, social support, and seven types of risky behaviors. Multivariate regression models were run to test associations between ACEs and different risky behaviors while controlling for confounding variables. The mediation model (Model 4) and the moderated mediation model (Model 58) were also performed using the PROCESS macro. Multivariate regression results showed that, with increasing ACEs values, there was an increased likelihood of all risky behaviors. The moderated mediation analysis confirmed that perceived stress mediated the linkage between ACEs and risky behaviors. However, no significant moderating effect of social support was found. The study findings indicate that ACEs, risky behaviors, and perceived stress are significant public health problems among rural Chinese young people. Culturally appropriate prevention and intervention programs and services need to be implemented to address these issues and promote rural Chinese young people’s wellbeing and development.

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Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support

Zhang

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2022

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“…Fifth, the follow-up data, including students in 7th grade at baseline, was also available. Therefore, we used two-period data to examine how parental migration affected the vision health of the LBC in Column (5). We found that LBC with any parent migrated during the two periods were significantly less likely to be myopic and less likely to have their myopia corrected.…”

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“…China, the largest middle-income country, has a substantial and potentially vulnerable subpopulation of left-behind children (LBC) in rural areas. Over the last 40 years, many Chinese parents have moved from rural to urban areas in search of higher-paying jobs to increase family income [ 5 ]. Concurrently, China’s strict domestic migration policies ( hukou ) prevent these migrants from migrating with their children [ 6 ].…”

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The impact of parental migration on left-behind children’s vision health in rural China

Yang

Jing

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BMC Public Health

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Background Parental migration is an important factor affecting left-behind children’s health. However, few studies have addressed the effect of parental migration on children’s vision health in China. To fill the gap, this study aimed to assess the impact of parental migration on left-behind children’s vision health and to explore the possible mechanisms of the effect. Methods Data were obtained from the baseline survey of the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS), which included over 10,000 junior high school students. This study used myopia, the most common vision problem among junior high school students, and tried to analyze whether myopia was corrected with eyeglasses as indicator variables of vision health. The impact of parental migration on vision health was assessed using an instrumental variables approach. Results The results show that parental migration reduced the likelihood of myopia in left-behind children and decreased the possibility of myopic left-behind children being corrected. This result passed a series of robustness tests. The mechanism analysis indicated that compared to non-left-behind children, left-behind children spent more time on outdoor activities and less time on after-school classes, reducing their risk of being myopic. Further, because left-behind children live apart from their parents, their myopia problem is more difficult for parents to notice, and left-behind children are less likely to inform their parents of their myopia than non-left-behind children actively. This helps to explain why left-behind children have a lower correction rate with eyeglasses. Conclusions Our findings suggest that parental migration, while not increasing the prevalence of myopia in left-behind children, has led to inequity in myopic left-behind children’s correction. Given the severe consequences of uncorrected myopia, action is required to enhance the correction rate of myopic left-behind children.

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“…Although studies ( Pescaru, 2015 ; Tan et al, 2020 ; Zhou et al, 2022 ) have identified the influence of many family factors on left-behind children, very few have investigated the role of school factors on the growth and development of left-behind children. As the main place for children’s study and life, it is necessary to conduct an in-depth exploration of schools.…”

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School climate and left-behind children’s achievement motivation: The mediating role of learning adaptability and the moderating role of teacher support

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School climate has been reported to have an important impact on children’s achievement motivation, but the mechanism for the impact of school climate on left-behind children has not been fully explored. The purpose of this study is to investigate the roles of left-behind children’s learning adaptability and teacher support in mediating and moderating the relationship between school climate and achievement motivation. In this study, 1,417 left-behind children were surveyed. The results showed that: (1) after controlling for gender and age, the school climate still had a positive effect on the achievement motivation of left-behind children (c′ = 0.177, p < 0.001). (2) School climate perceived by left-behind children directly predicted their achievement motivation, and indirectly through their learning adaptability (a1 = 0.338, p < 0.001; b = 0.341, p < 0.001). In other words, left-behind children’s learning adaptability may play an intermediary role between school climate and achievement motivation. (3) The indirect effect of school climate on achievement motivation through learning adaptability was moderated by teacher support (a2 = 0.153, p < 0.001), and this indirect effect was more significant for left-behind children who perceived high teacher support. The research reveals the importance of school climate and teacher support to the growth and development of left-behind children, thus holding theoretical significance for improving the achievement motivation of left-behind children.

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Does parental migration impede the development of the cooperative preferences in their left-behind children? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in China

Cited by 12 publications

References 47 publications

Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support

Childhood Adversity and Risky Behaviors among Chinese Rural Young Adults: The Mediation Effect of Perceived Stress and Moderation Effect of Social Support

The impact of parental migration on left-behind children’s vision health in rural China

School climate and left-behind children’s achievement motivation: The mediating role of learning adaptability and the moderating role of teacher support

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