The Educational Consequences of Migration for Children in China

LIANG, ZAI; Chen, Yiu Por

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“…Families with high income are more possibly able to pay for migration. Particularly, due to the registered permanent residence policy in China, many parents may not be able to obtain not only pure air but also well education and health care though successfully migrate (Liang and Chen, 2007;Peng et al, 2010;Gong et al, 2012). Another Los Angeles Metro Region Study (Sieg et al, 2004) also confirmed our research and documented that when the application of the Clean Air Act successful reduced the smog level in certain communities, it attracted richer people living in inferior air condition to move to such area finally.…”

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Propensity to Migrate and Willingness to Pay Related to Air Pollution among Different Populations in Wuhan, China

Chu

Liu

et al. 2017

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Objective: To understand parents' propensity to migrate and willingness to pay with respect to outdoor air pollution, and to explore related affecting factors.Methods: This study used a convenience sample and subjects were collected from a community in Wuchang District and Children's Hospital of Wuhan, respectively. A designed questionnaire was used for this study. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were applied to analyze the relationship between parents' individual and familial characteristics and related behavioral intensions to air quality improvement. Statistical analysis was done with SAS 9.1.Results: The questionnaire was completed by 865 subjects (response rate = 86.5%). The number of people with migrant intent was 150(36.4%) from hospital group, and 139(30.7%) from community group. In the hospital group, subjects with higher knowledge of air quality (OR = 6.268, p < 0.05) and higher average annual household income (AAHI), which was equal or more than 50,000 Yuan (OR = 2.045, p < 0.01), were found to be more intent to migrate. AAHI (OR = 1.939, p < 0.05) was also the affecting factor in the community group correspondingly. Those willing to pay for air quality improvement included 297 people (72.1%) from the hospital group and 333 people (73.5%) from the community group, and affecting factors was the public responsibility for air quality improvement (hospital group: OR = 3.380, p < 0.01; community group: OR = 4.436, p < 0.01).Conclusions: This study indicated high tendency of propensity to migrate for avoiding poor air condition and willingness to pay to improve air quality in Wuhan. Local governments should pay more attention to parents' knowledge of air pollution and attitudes towards government management of air quality, especially those willing to migrate.

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Propensity to Migrate and Willingness to Pay Related to Air Pollution among Different Populations in Wuhan, China

Chu

Liu

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Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…2 In multivariate analyses, they are coded as three dummy variables with urban nonmigrant children as the reference group. In a further step, we adopt an origin-destination approach (Liang and Chen 2007) and restrict the sample to only those who migrate from rural to urban areas and compare them with non-migrant children in both their urban destinations and rural origins. Specifically, they include three groups: rural-urban migrant children, urban nonmigrant children in the destinations where rural-urban migrant children are currently staying, and rural non-migrant children in the origins where migrant children came from.…”

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“…To address the question, we further split non-migrant children in China into two groups: those in the origin counties of migrant children, and those in destination counties/cities of migrant children (Liang and Chen 2007). One may argue that, although migration children face hurdles in attending schools in cities, they still enjoy more educational opportunities than their peers back in the villages.…”

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“…Such discriminative policies against rural migrants have created special hurdles to socioeconomic attainment not only for the adult migrants themselves (Wu 2009;Zhang and Wu 2012), but also for their offspring, particularly in regard to the latter's access to educational opportunities (Liang and Chen 2007). In the 1990s, the city-born children of early migrants were beginning to reach school age.…”

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“…First, most studies focus either on left-behind children or migrant children, rather than placing them in a broad context for comparisons (with Liang and Chen 2007 being the exception). Second, previous studies mainly employ either the census data for a province or the survey data on migration for selected regions; a systematic analysis of the situation at the national level has yet to emerge.…”

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The Educational Consequences of Migration for Children in China

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Propensity to Migrate and Willingness to Pay Related to Air Pollution among Different Populations in Wuhan, China

Propensity to Migrate and Willingness to Pay Related to Air Pollution among Different Populations in Wuhan, China

Population migration and children’s school enrollments in China, 1990–2005

8 From ‘Integration into Cities’ to ‘An Integrated Society’: Women Migrants’ Needs and Rights in Fujian Province, China

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