Children and Youth Services Review
Volume 90, 2018, Pages 66-73

Migrant child phenomenon in China: Subjective happiness factors for assessing service needs (Article)

Xu L. , Cheung M.* , Leung P. , Xu Y.
  • a Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, United States
  • b University of Houston, Child & Family Center for Innovative Research, Graduate College of Social Work, 3511 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204-4013, United States
  • c University of Houston, International Office of Social Work Education, Graduate College of Social Work, 3511 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204-4013, United States
  • d East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China, China Association for Social Work Education, Beijing, China

Abstract

In Tianjin, China, 476 migrant children responded to a survey on educational processes and family influences. These children reported a fair-to-good subjective happiness level. A sequential regression model shows that their subjective happiness will rise alongside nine improvements: (1) public school enrollment, (2) nondiscriminatory admission to education, (3) targeted assistance for higher grade students, (4) integrated local-migrant classes, (5) teacher-student interactions, (6) extracurricular activities, (7) academic performance, (8) parent-child communication, and (9) friends in the city. A comprehensive assessment index can be developed to incorporate school-home factors with a dual focus: migrant worker welfare and migrant child development. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Author Keywords

China Education policy Migrant Children “Dual-focus” policies Subjective well-being

Index Keywords

male education female teacher China major clinical study wellbeing welfare migrant worker Child Development Article Happiness student human friend human experiment Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047137697&doi=10.1016%2fj.childyouth.2018.05.003&partnerID=40&md5=f07d52a344dca0470d9358667e0cc322
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.05.003
ISSN: 01907409
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English