Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Content Description

1 online resource (v, 195 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Zai Liang

Committee Members

Scott South, Katherine Trent, Donald Hernandez

Keywords

Internal migrants, Children of internal migrants

Subject Categories

Sociology

Abstract

The rise of the floating population in China has greatly stimulated researchers' interest in studying the trends and characteristics of internal migrants, as well as their roles in China's economic transformations. Recent estimation from the Bi-Census data of 2005 suggests as many as 58 million children (under age 18) are left-behind in migrant-sending regions while their parents are away working. The absence of these migrant parents from the home may bring both short- and long-term consequences for their left-behind children. This dissertation aims to provide a systematic examination of the impact of parental migration on the well-being of rural left-behind children, so as to suggest policy implications for enhancing the well-being of this population, as well as future generations.

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