Study Scheffel & Zhang (2019): study CN 2011
- Public
- Elderly left behind after migration, China, 2011-2013
- Survey name
- CN-China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6041
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Migrant Child
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- 1 = 35,3 %
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1= If at least one of the adult children has migrated to another county or even further.
0= Otherwise
Observed Relation with Happiness
Fathers: beta -.05 (.05)
Lives with spouse beta -.01 (ns)
Lives without spouse beta -.07 (.01)
Receives remittances beta +.01 (ns)
Receives no remittances beta -.13 (.01)
Controlled for
- Parent: Age
- Parent: Male
- Parent: Widowed
- Parent: ADL limitation
- Parent: IADL limitation
- Parent: Health status
- Parent: Number of children
- Child: Age
- Child: Illiterate
- Child: Above high school
- Child: Male
- Child: Married
- Child: Age squared, being the oldest son
- province and time fixed effects.
Fathers: beta-f -.13 (.01)
Lives with spouse beta-f -.09 (.01)
Lives without spouse beta-f -.11 (.05)
Receives remittances beta-f -.08 (ns)
Receives no remittances beta-f -.04 (ns)
Controlled for:
- Parent: Age
- Parent: Widowed
- Parent: ADL limitation
- Parent: IADL limitation
- Parent: Health status
- Parent: Number of children
- Child: Age
- Child: Married
- Child: Age squared
At least 1 child migrated 59,5 %
No children migrated 61,5 %
DIFFERENCE - 2,0 %