Loneliness of left‐behind children: a cross‐sectional survey in a sample of rural China

Jia, Zhaobao; Tian, Weijun

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01110.x

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“…Previous literature has suggested that left-behind children may be at greater risk of depression, anxiety, and loneliness as a result of separation from their parents. 27,28 Compared with children living with both parents, the leftbehind children are also reported to have lower levels of satisfaction with life, including lower levels of happiness and quality of life. 29,30 Study Results…”

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

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“…7 Therefore, rural migrants usually have to travel on their own to seek job opportunities in cities, leaving their children at home (Brown 2006;Chen et al 2009). 8 According to an authoritative survey report by All-China Women Federation (Jia and Tian 2010), the estimated number of left-behind children in rural areas reached nearly 58 million in 2008, a figure that represents almost 30% of all rural children in China.…”

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Does migration benefit the schooling of children left behind?

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2013

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BACKGROUNDWhile many studies have found that migration can benefit home communities and family members left behind by increasing household income, thus easing liquidity constraints on investment; less is known about how "internal" migration and remittances affect the educational performance of the children who are left behind in the source communities. OBJECTIVEMy aim in this paper is to examine the effects of migration on the educational attainment of left-behind rural children in northwest China. To gain a better understanding of whether the educational performance of these children improves or suffers when adult family members migrate, I attempt to disentangle the effects of remittances from the effects of migration. METHODSThe data used in this study come from the 2004 wave of the Gansu Survey of Children and Families. To account for the possible endogeneity of migration-related variables, I use the migration network variables to instrument for different migration strategies. RESULTSThe results show that the absence of adult household members, including parents, has a negative effect on the educational performance of the children left behind, but that remittances can partially compensate for this loss. Boys' educational performance does not seem to be greatly affected by the migration of adult household members. By contrast, the absence of adult household members is shown to have a large negative effect on girls' educational performance, and the positive effect of remittances is also found to be significant for girls. CONCLUSIONSThe findings may be of interest to other developing countries with large internal migration flows and to the relevant policy makers, as the results suggest that

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“…Previous studies have shown that as compared with their non-left-behind peers, left-behind children were more likely to suffer from a high level of loneliness, life dissatisfaction, and unhappiness (Jia and Tian, 2010;Jordan and Graham, 2012;Su et al, 2013). However, there has been a lack of study exploring the influence of parental absence on children's academic performance among the left-behind children.…”

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Parental Absence Accompanies Worse Academic Achievements: Evidence Based upon a Sample of Left-Behind Children in Rural China

Xue

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In China, with the rapid urbanization and large amount of labor force migrating from rural-to-urban areas, an enormous number of children living in rural China are in the absence of parental care. The objective of the study was to investigate the academic performance of left-behind children under various statuses of parental absence. We investigated 3,076 children (1,761 non-left-behind and 1,315 left-behind) regarding their academic achievement in different subjects. We found that children with different status of parental absence would perform differently on Chinese, mathematics, and English learning. In addition, left-behind children would be significantly more likely to get low scores in academic examinations as compared with non-left-behind children. Strengths and limitations of the study are discussed.

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Loneliness of left‐behind children: a cross‐sectional survey in a sample of rural China

Abstract: Left-behind children are at significant risk for loneliness. More specific investigations targeted towards the psychological well-being of these children are needed to identify the underlying preventable risk factors.

Cited by 208 publications

References 13 publications

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

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

Does migration benefit the schooling of children left behind?

Parental Absence Accompanies Worse Academic Achievements: Evidence Based upon a Sample of Left-Behind Children in Rural China

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