Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China

The E↵ect of Maternal Migration on Early Childhood Development in Rural China

Nearly a quarter of all children under the age of two in China are left behind in the countryside as parents migrate to urban areas for work. We use a longitudinal survey following young children and their caregivers from 6 to 30 months of age to estimate the e↵ects of maternal migration on development, health, and nutritional outcomes in the critical first stages of life.We find significant ne...

Parental Obesity and Early Childhood Development.

BACKGROUND Previous studies identified associations between maternal obesity and childhood neurodevelopment, but few examined paternal obesity despite potentially distinct genetic/epigenetic effects related to developmental programming. METHODS Upstate KIDS (2008-2010) recruited mothers from New York State (excluding New York City) at ∼4 months postpartum. Parents completed the Ages and Stage...

The challenge of early childhood education in rural China

147 words Manuscript: 6175 words 1 Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center, Northwest University, Xi’an, China 3 Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Abstract: The main goal of t...

Parental Migration, Self-Efficacy and Cigarette Smoking among Rural Adolescents in South China

OBJECTIVES Millions of children and adolescents in rural China are left behind as their parents move away for work. Little is known about the impact of parental migration on their smoking and self-efficacy. This study explores the associations among parental migration, self-efficacy and smoking. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among middle school students in Liangying Township, ...

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