Education of Children Left Behind in Rural China

Despite China's substantial internal migration, long-standing rural-urban bifurcation has prompted many migrants to leave their children behind in rural areas. This study examined the consequences of out-migration for children 's education using longitudinal data from the China Health and...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 2012-04, Vol.74 (2), p.328-341
Main Author: Lu, Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Child Advocacy
Child care
Child Development
Child Rearing
Child. Socialization
Children
Children & youth
children left behind
China
Cognitive Development
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational opportunities
Emigration
Family
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family relations
Family Relationship
Family structure
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Households
Human ecology and demography
Human migration
Internal migration
Labor migration
Longitudinal Studies
Middle schools
Migrants
Migration
Minority Groups
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Participation
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents and Children Over the Life Course
Peoples Republic of China
Rural Areas
Rural communities
Rural Education
School age children
sending areas
Siblings
Social Class
Social conditions
Sociology
Sociology of migrations
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Studies
Surveys
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Despite China's substantial internal migration, long-standing rural-urban bifurcation has prompted many migrants to leave their children behind in rural areas. This study examined the consequences of out-migration for children 's education using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (N = 885). This study took into account the complex family migration strategies and distinguished various types of migration in China, including different forms of parental migration as well as sibling migration. The results showed that migration of siblings generates benefits for children ' s education, which is particularly pronounced for girls and children at middle-school levels. But parental migration has not given children left behind a significant advantage in educational prospects as their parents had hoped. Younger children seem to be especially susceptible to the disruptive effect of parental out-migration.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00951.x