Parental Migration and Left-Behind Children’s Depressive Symptoms
Estimation Based on a Nationally-Representative Panel Dataset
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mi Zhou (0000-0002-9067-1101, Shenyang Agricultural University), Xiaotong Sun (0000-0001-5628-0994, Shenyang Agricultural University), Li Huang (0000-0001-5365-7899, Shenyang Agricultural University, corresponding author), Guangsheng Zhang (0000-0002-9776-0529, Liaoning University, corresponding author), Kaleigh Kenny (0000-0003-3970-0023, Stanford University), Hao Xue (0000-0001-6583-993X, Northwest University), Emma Auden (Shaanxi Normal University), Scott Rozelle (0000-0001-5053-0243, Stanford University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1069-1069 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph15061069 |
| PMID | 29795049 |
| OpenAlex | W2803974372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 21 |
China's rapid urbanization in the past several decades have been accompanied by rural labor migration. An important question that has emerged is whether rural labor migration has a positive or negative impact on the depressive symptoms of children left behind in the countryside by their migrating parents. This paper uses a nationally representative panel dataset to investigate whether parental migration impacts the prevalence of depressive symptoms among left-behind children in China. Using DID and PSM-DID methods, our results show that parental migration significantly increases the depression scores of 10 and 11-year-old children by 2 points using the CES-D depression scale. Furthermore, we also find that the negative effect of decreased parental care is stronger than the positive effect of increased income in terms of determining the depressive symptoms status of children in rural China
Anxiety · China · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Economic growth · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Left behind · Mental health · Panel data · Panel survey · Psychiatry · Rural area · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |