Journal
JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Volume 73, Issue 4, Pages 763-787Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00844.x
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Asian/Pacific Islander families; childhood/children; cross-national; immigration/migrant families; mental health/well-being
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- ESRC [ES/G027153/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G027153/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Several million children currently live in transnational families, yet little is known about impacts on their health. We investigated the psychological well-being of left-behind children in four Southeast Asian countries. Data were drawn from the CHAMPSEA study. Caregiver reports from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) were used to examine differences among children under age 12 by the migration status of their household (N = 3,876). We found no general pattern across the four study countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Multivariate models showed that children of migrant fathers in Indonesia and Thailand are more likely to have poor psychological well-being, compared to children in nonmigrant households. This finding was not replicated for the Philippines or Vietnam. The paper concludes by arguing for more contextualized understandings.
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