Mental health and psychosocial problems among Chinese left-behind children: a cross-sectional comparative study

The past three decades of modernization and urbanization in China have created a surge of migrant laborers, with increasing numbers of young adults and couples migrating from rural areas to find work in large cities, usually far from their hometowns. These adults usually do not take their children with them because of high living costs and barriers to educational services and medical care. This phenomenon has created large numbers of children who have been left behind(LBC) in the care of one parent, relative or others while the other parent or both parents become migrant workers(Ye and Murray, 2005).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research