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标题：Parental Migration, Intergenerational Obligations and the Paradox for Left-Behind Boys in Rural China
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作者：Nan Zhang ; Nan Zhang ; Tarani Chandola 等
期刊名称：Asian Population Studies
印刷版ISSN：1744-1730
电子版ISSN：1744-1749
出版年度：2016
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：68-87
DOI：10.1080/17441730.2015.1128230
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Drawing on in-depth interviews with caregivers of left-behind children (LBC) in rural China, this article seeks to explore their understanding of migration motives and the social process of taking on care-giving roles for LBC. The authors argue that there are underlying socio-cultural explanations pertaining to economic motives for migration; such as, making contributions to social events (weddings and funerals) in village life, and fulfilling social obligations for left-behind sons’ futures. Parents migrate to save for sons’, but not daughters’, adult lives. Grandparents, particularly on the paternal side, are expected to fulfil social obligations to care for left-behind grandchildren, even without immediate financial returns. These suggest that left-behind boys, and in particular boys cared for by paternal grandparents, may be at greater risk than other LBC, as they may receive even fewer resources in the form of remittances from migrant parents in their early childhood.
关键词：rural-to-urban migration; left-behind children; China; intergenerational exchange