Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 202 pages) : illustrations, color maps.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Zai Liang

Committee Members

Kate Strully, Nancy Denton, Glenn Deane

Keywords

Rural elderly, Migration, Internal

Subject Categories

Sociology

Abstract

In face of massive internal migration in China, this dissertation brings attention to the wellbeing of the left-behind elderly in the social context that adult children, the potential out-migrants, are still the culturally expected and de facto major eldercare providers. This dissertation has attempted to untangle and explain associations between adult out-migration and the psychological and physical health of the left-behind elderly in rural China.

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