Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood
ObjectivesThis study examined how living without parents at different stages of childhood and adolescence affects physical and mental health in adulthood.MethodsThe data came from 3,464 survey respondents aged 18–36 in the 2018 China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey. Physical health was self-rated. Menta...
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| description | ObjectivesThis study examined how living without parents at different stages of childhood and adolescence affects physical and mental health in adulthood.MethodsThe data came from 3,464 survey respondents aged 18–36 in the 2018 China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey. Physical health was self-rated. Mental health was measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. The ordered probit and ordinary least-squares regression analyses were employed to determine the associations between growing up without parents at different stages in pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood.ResultsIndividuals who did not live with their parents during their minor years were more likely to report worse physical and mental health in adulthood, compared to those who lived with their parents. This difference was heterogeneous among different age stages and genders.ConclusionsAbsence of parents in the household has long-term impacts on the physical and mental health of children in adulthood, especially for females. The government should make feasible institutional arrangements to avoid the separation of minor children from their parents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3a01508a73a4b329686da12dc14d0b72023-03-13T05:04:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.992539992539Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthoodYao Jiang0Hanling Xiao1Fan Yang2Department of Demography, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaDepartment of Labor and Social Security, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Labor and Social Security, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaObjectivesThis study examined how living without parents at different stages of childhood and adolescence affects physical and mental health in adulthood.MethodsThe data came from 3,464 survey respondents aged 18–36 in the 2018 China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey. Physical health was self-rated. Mental health was measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. The ordered probit and ordinary least-squares regression analyses were employed to determine the associations between growing up without parents at different stages in pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood.ResultsIndividuals who did not live with their parents during their minor years were more likely to report worse physical and mental health in adulthood, compared to those who lived with their parents. This difference was heterogeneous among different age stages and genders.ConclusionsAbsence of parents in the household has long-term impacts on the physical and mental health of children in adulthood, especially for females. The government should make feasible institutional arrangements to avoid the separation of minor children from their parents.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.992539/fullleft-behind childrenphysical healthmental healthfamily structureparental absence |
| spellingShingle | Yao Jiang Hanling Xiao Fan Yang Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood Frontiers in Public Health left-behind children physical health mental health family structure parental absence |
| title | Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| title_full | Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| title_fullStr | Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| title_short | Accompanying your children: Living without parents at different stages of pre-adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| title_sort | accompanying your children living without parents at different stages of pre adulthood and individual physical and mental health in adulthood |
| topic | left-behind children physical health mental health family structure parental absence |
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