Parental migration and self-reported health status of adolescents in China: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over 100 million children are parented by migrant workers in China. The aim of this study was to investigate how self-reported adolescent physical and mental health are associated with parental migration.

Methods

Based on cross-sectional data of 13996 students in 112 schools drawn from a nationally representative sample of middle school students in China, this study used self-reported measures for adolescent physical and mental health. Ordered logistic regression was used for the analysis of self-reported physical health, and linear regression was used for the analysis of self-reported mental health, both adjusting for socio-economic covariates and school fixed effects, to determine how adolescent health is associated with parental migration.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: Lu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7240332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature