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CCR CSR | A Study on Migrant Workers with Left-behind Children in China | August 2013
CCR CSR | A Study on Migrant Workers with Left-behind Children in China | August 2013
children interviewed by the research team, each said that when their parents Guishan, 15, says that for as long as he can remember his father has been
called them, the main topic of conversation was always their studies. working away from home. He once asked his father what kind of work he
does, but his father simply replied, “You just concentrate on your studies.”
Figure 8: Responsibilities regarded as most important by migrant workers in raising children (multiple choice)
Guishan says that he’s used to this. The boy adds that he actually doesn’t
90%
even want to know what kind of work his dad does because his father has
80%
Figure 9: Reasons migrant workers feel children should live with their parents (multiple choice)
70%
Region
Left-behind
children
parents Migrant
children
parents Young
worker
without
children
87% 89% 90%
41% 44%
20% Parents need to be with their children;
56%
emotional pressure is greater when children
are not around 10% Being there to provide supervision for
children’s education is important 73% 66% 59%
Being there can promote children’s social
integration 44% 34% 51%
Guide children with values 58% 47% 73%
Protecting and comforting children is
important 40% 30% 37%
Supporting children’s comprehensive
development is important 66% 61% 73%
Parents should accompany their children;
intimate relationships are beneficial to
children’s physical and mental growth 86% 99% 93%
something else so that he knows what’s on my mind.” Parents need to be with their children;
50%
emotional pressure is greater when children
are not around 42% 33%
When 14-year-old Xiaoyuan is on the phone to his mother, he always asks Being there to provide supervision for
children’s education is important 64% 74% 56%
Being there can promote children’s social
integration 35% 49% 47%
matter how tired your mum is or how hard she’s working; it’s worth it.” He says when she speaks like this he gets emotional, but thinks that because his Guide children with values 53% 66% 70%
results in math are never good, he’s letting his mother down. Protect and comfort children 29% 32% 36%
Support children’s comprehensive
development 56% 64% 78%
60%
50%
PRD
40%
30%
0%
Protecting the child
from harm Ensure the healthy
psychological
development of the
he/herself has good
social skills Showing the child
love and care
72% 45% 76% 60%
68% 74% 46% 79% 54%
76% 82% 48% 87% 74%
Ensuring that the
child has all his/her
primary needs met
and is healthly Ensureing that the
child receives a
good education
Parents of left-behind
children 69% Parents of migrant
children Young migrant
workers
Chongqing
12-year-old Xiaohang didn’t know what to say to his dad. “I think all he
cares about is my schoolwork. Maybe next time I’ll try to talk to him about
how she is, and she always replies, “If you are in school, then it doesn’t
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Parents should be with their children;
intimate relationships are beneficial to
children’s physical and mental growth
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