Li, Minmin, Zhu, Ni, Zeng, Lingxia, Wang, Duolao, Dang, Shaonong, Watson, Victoria 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2519-4588, Chen, Tao ORCID: 0000-0002-5489-6450, Hua, Zhongqiu, Li, Zhaoqing, Kang, Yijun et al (show 2 more authors)
(2020)
Effect of Parental Migration on the Intellectual and Physical Development of Early School-Aged Children in Rural China.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 17 (1).
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Abstract
<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect of parent migration on intellectual and physical development of early school-aged children in rural China.<h4>Design</h4>setting and participants: The present cross-sectional study participants were a subset from a controlled, cluster-randomized, double-blind trial. From October 2012 to September 2013, the offspring of women who participated in a large trial were examined in the present study. Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC-IV) in which validity and reliability were shown to be satisfactory was used to measure the intellectual function and trained anthropometrists measured weight and height of children using standard procedures.<h4>Results</h4>The mean difference of FSIQ scores between non-migration and both-parent migration groups was -3.68 (95%CI: -5.49, -1.87). After adjusting for the confounders, the mean difference of full-scale IQ between non-migration and both-parent migration group was -1.97 (95%CI: -3.92, -0.01), the mean differences of perceptual reasoning index and processing speed index were -2.41 (95%CI: -4.50, -0.31) and -2.39 (95%CI: -4.42, -0.35) between two groups respectively.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our results emphasized the impairment of both-parental migration in intellectual function (FSIQ, PRI, PSI) of children. These findings have important policy implications for the Chinese government to prevent the impairment of left-behind children. Further research is required to clarify the mechanisms by which both-parental migration influence the impairment in intellectual function of children.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | parental migration, intellectual development, physical development |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2020 13:53 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 10:50 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17010339 |
| Open Access URL: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/1/339 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3075559 |
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