Labor Migration and Time Use Patterns of the Left-behind Children and Elderly in Rural China

This analysis of the impact of internal migration on the time allocation patterns of the left-behind elderly and children in rural China, 1997–2006, contributes to the literature on changes in the well-being of the left-behind population. Based upon the China Health and Nutrition Survey, the multiva...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World development 2011-12, Vol.39 (12), p.2199-2210
Hauptverfasser:	Chang, Hongqin, Dong, Xiao-yuan, MacPhail, Fiona
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Asia Boys Children Children & youth China China (People's Republic) elderly Farms Gender Gender differences Gender differentiation Girls Health surveys Hours of labor households Housework Internal Migration Labor Labor Migration Men Migration Multivariate analysis Nutrition Old age Older people Peoples Republic of China Population Rural Areas Rural population Studies Sustainable development Time Time Utilization time-allocation Well Being
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Zusammenfassung:	This analysis of the impact of internal migration on the time allocation patterns of the left-behind elderly and children in rural China, 1997–2006, contributes to the literature on changes in the well-being of the left-behind population. Based upon the China Health and Nutrition Survey, the multivariate analysis demonstrates that the migration of household members increases the time spent on farm work and domestic work by the left-behind elderly and children. Migration has a striking gender differentiated impact, with the increase in work time being greater for elderly women and girls than elderly men and boys.
ISSN:	0305-750X 1873-5991
DOI:	10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.021