The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China

Zhao, Qiran; Yu, Xiaohua; Wang, Xiaobing; Glauben, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2014.07.013

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“…Studies by Zhao, Yu, Wang & Glauben (2014) show that parental migration for employment has negative influences on children's learning, for example, their academic performance is reduced [1], or their learning process is interrupted as found by Zhaobao Jia & Tian (2010) [2], or children find difficulty in communicating with their teachers and friends in studies by Luo, Gao & Zhang (2011) [3]. Rural children having absent parents have more negative emotions than those living with parents as [5].…”

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The Psychological Well-Being among Left-Behind Children of Labor Migrant Parents in Rural Northern Vietnam

Luot¹,

Dat²

2017

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Background: In Asia, especially in China and ASEAN, it has been an obvious trend that the population in general and parents in particular leave the countryside to bigger cities or more developed countries for employment opportunities. Many migrant workers are forced to leave their children at home with caregivers, particularly in families with both husband and wife working away from home. Studies worldwide have showed that, besides positive economic and social impacts, labor migrant parents also cause negative effects to the well-being of those they leave behind, especially children. However, this study orientation has not generated significant interest in Vietnam. Participants: This paper indicates the results of a survey on 469 left-behind children of labor migrant parents in rural areas by comparing them with a control group of 650 children living with their parents in three rural areas of North Vietnam including Phu Tho, Bac Ninh and Ha Nam provinces. Besides, we also survey 363 caregivers (parent or grandfather/grandmother of left-behind children) about psychological well-being of left-behind children. Method: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was used for this study. SDQ was Vietnamized by author Dang Hoang Minh et al. (2013) and adaptable to Vietnamese teenagers. Results: As reported by the surveyed children, the SDQ mean total difficulties score of those having migrant parents was 12.55 (SD = 5.96) and 18.9% of these children had scores higher than the cut-off score. As rated by caregivers, they were 11.12 (SD = 5.14) and 15.1%, respectively. There is a statistically significant difference in mental health between the LBC and non-LBC group. The general trend is that the LBC reported to have higher scores of total difficulties and specific expressions including hyperactivity/inattention, emotional symptoms, peer relationship problems, conduct problems than that of non-LBC. Self-esteem and self-assessment of

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The Psychological Well-Being among Left-Behind Children of Labor Migrant Parents in Rural Northern Vietnam

Luot¹,

Dat²

2017

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“…Third, contrary to prior findings that family income improves parental involvement (Brown & Park, 2002), this study shows that a one Naira increase in the non-remittance family income of the left-behind household is associated with low parental involvement. This might be that increase in the non-remittance family income was accompanied by investment in home luxuries, which was reported to have a negative effect on schooling of the children (Zhao et al, 2014). Fourth, a one year increase in the age of the left-behind children increases the probability that the children have a high parental involvement.…”

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Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from OIC Member Countries

Muktar¹,

Jali²,

Razak³

2016

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Recently, empirical studies have reported mixed findings on the impacts of parental migration on the academic performance of left-behind children. Although most of the studies suggested variation in parental involvement as the potential explanation for their findings, little is known about why parental involvement may differ among different left-behind households. Using a survey data collected from 401 caregivers of the left-behind children in rural areas of Niger State, Nigeria, we investigated the effects of family's social capital on parental involvement in the schooling of the left-behind children. We also explore how these effects differ among different caregivers using Logistic regression model. We find that left-behind children in families with high social capital are more likely to have high parental involvement compared to their peers in households with low family's social capital. Also, left-behind children under the care of mothers or non-parent caregivers are less likely to have high parental involvement compared to their peers under the care of fathers. We suggest that when migrating, parents should entrust the guardianship of their children in the households with high family's social capital.

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“…The interest in lone motherhood issues lies not only it its increasing prevalence rate but also in its potential consequences. Among them, detrimental effects on children's education is one of the more significant, as shown by the experience drawn from Western countries (Bernardi & Radl, 2014;Fitzgerald Krein & Beller, 1988;Milne, Myers, Rosenthal, & Ginsburg, 1986;Mulkey, Crain, & Harrington, 1992;Wagmiller, Gershoff, Veliz, & Clements, 2010) as well as from America (Child Trends, 2013;Creighton, Park, Teruel, & Teachman, 2009), Africa (Case & Ardington, 2006;Child Trends, 2013), and Asia (Child Trends, 2013;Gertler, Levine, & Ames, 2004;Tao & Xin, 2010;Usakli, 2013;Zhao et al, 2014). In a context where education has been a long-lasting focus of public policy and where children's education is highly valued by parents, to what extent does this apply to Vietnam?…”

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Lone Motherhood and its Educational Outcomes for Children in Vietnam

Loenzien

2016

Marriage & Family Review

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Micro-data from the 2009 Vietnam census indicate that lone mothers represent 11.0% of all women aged 15 to 49 living with at least one of their children ( 17 years old). Results from logistic regression models show that school enrollment and attainment levels are lower for children of lone mothers than for children living with two parents. This negative effect is observed for children of never married, divorced or separated, and widowed lone mothers as well as for children of women currently married to a migrant not residing in the household provided they are not head of household. This disadvantage may be explained by reduced availability of human, material, and financial resources; restricted agency of the mother; and long-term socioeconomic and demographic processes shaping family relations and migration.

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The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China

Cited by 116 publications

References 53 publications

The Psychological Well-Being among Left-Behind Children of Labor Migrant Parents in Rural Northern Vietnam

The Psychological Well-Being among Left-Behind Children of Labor Migrant Parents in Rural Northern Vietnam

Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from OIC Member Countries

Lone Motherhood and its Educational Outcomes for Children in Vietnam

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