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1 online resource (171 pages) |
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Routledge Research on Asian Development Ser |
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Routledge Research on Asian Development Ser
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<P>List of Tables</P><P>List of Figures</P><P>Acknowledgements</P><P>1. Introduction </P><P>2. The Institutional and Policy Context</P><P>3. Economic Well-being</P><P>4. Physical Well-being</P><P>5. Psychological and Social Well-being</P><P>6. Cognitive Development and Educational Attainments</P><P>7. Community and Family</P><P>8. Youth Values and Attitudes</P><P>9. Migration and Parental Absence for Left-Behind Children</P><P>10. Parental Absence and Child Development Outcomes</P><P>11. Conclusion</P><P>Bibliography</P> |
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Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Significance of the study; Multiple contexts of child well-being; The China Family Panel Studies survey and data overview; Child living arrangements and parental absence; Notes; 2 The institutional and policy context; The hukou system and urban-rural divide; Urbanization, migration, and the rural family structure; Family planning policy and demographic transition; Education policy and child schooling; Health care system and reform |
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ConclusionNotes; 3 Economic well-being; Economic well-being and rural-urban disparities; Economic well-being of children in different living arrangements; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Physical well-being; Child health in rural and urban areas; Physical health of children in different living arrangements; Summary and discussion; Notes; 5 Psychological and social well-being; Rural-urban disparities in child psychological and social well-being; Gender differences in child psychological and social well-being; Psychological and social well-being for children in different living arrangements |
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Psychological well-being: sense of happinessCognitive development and educational attainment; Conclusion and summary; Note; 11 Conclusion; What have we found?; Why should we care?; What is being done?; Poverty Alleviation and Child Development; Pre-school, primary, and secondary education; Urbanization, hukou reform, and the welfare of children affected by migration; Implications for the future of child and youth well-being in China; Bibliography; Index |
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And discussionNotes; 6 Cognitive development and educational attainments; Kindergarten and school enrollment and college aspirations; Class size in primary and middle schools; School satisfaction, study engagement, and performance; Vocabulary and math test scores; High school and post-secondary enrollment; Summary and conclusion; Notes; 7 Community and family; Community context; Neighborhood and relative relationships; Family structure; Observed home environment; Parental involvement in child's education; Positive parenting behavior; Attitudes on parental responsibility |
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And discussionNotes; 8 Youth values and attitudes; Deference to authority; Gender roles and patrilineality; Attitudes toward and perceptions of social inequality and mobility; Political satisfaction and dissatisfaction; Summary and conclusion; Note; 9 Migration and parental absence for left-behind children; Urbanization, exclusion, and migration patterns; Experiences of parental absence for left-behind children; Patterns of care-giving for children, especially left-behind children; Summary and conclusion; Note; 10 Parental absence and child development outcomes; Physical well-being |
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Print version record |
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Child welfare.
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Children -- Social conditions.
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Maternal and infant welfare.
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Quality of life.
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Social indicators.
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Child development.
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Child welfare.
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Children -- Social conditions.
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Children.
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Chinese families.
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Cognitive Development.
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Development.
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Economic development.
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Education.
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Left-behind children.
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Maternal and infant welfare.
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Migration.
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Quality of life.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
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Social indicators.
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Social policy.
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Well-being.
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Youth values.
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Youth.
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China.
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China.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ren, Qiang.
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Yang, Dali L.
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Zhou, Di.
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| ISBN |
036708614X |
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0429626096 |
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0429627734 |
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0429629370 |
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9780367086145 |
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9780429626098 |
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9780429627736 |
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9780429629372 |
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