scholarly journals The Cost of “A Better Life”: Children Left Behind—Beyond Ambiguous Loss

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110444
Author(s):  
Mirna Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
Migration Analysis ◽  
The Cost

Aim: The aim of the study is to learn how children left behind in El Salvador and Nicaragua, due to parental migration, experience care across borders. Demographics: 80 participants: adolescents ( n = 21; age 13–18 years; 11 females and 10 males); emerging adults ( n = 10; age 19–30 years; whose parents had migrated when they were children); grandparents and guardians caring for children whose parents had migrated ( n = 14; 12 females and 2 males); professionals (social workers, nurses, lawyers, and teachers); and community leaders involved and/or working directly with children and youth whose parents had immigrated ( n = 35). Methodology: Using grounded theory, the study began with one sensitizing concept: parental migration. Analysis: Modified grounded theory principles centered the exploratory nature of the study. Findings: The reconfiguration of the family after parental migration did not meet the emotional needs of children, challenging notions of a “better life.” Implications: These experiences are redefining notions of the transnational family through new geographies of care.

Impacts of Migration on Families

2021 ◽  
pp. 331-384
Author(s):  
Robert E.B. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paternal Absence ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Children Left Behind

The departure of adults from rural homes raises the living standards of the family left behind, but separation of married couples through migration tends to be endemic to particular societies. The proportion of married women left alone in a rural home is particularly large in much of Africa. The incidence of long-term separation before the wife follows the husband into town is high. Yet, more women than men among rural-urban migrants are without their partner who has moved on. The intersection of child and parental migration leaving children in towns with no relative present is shown to be problematic in Haiti and much of Africa. Otherwise, having migrated into town, children are better educated than those remaining at home, but they do not catch up with their urban-born counterparts. Education of children left behind in villages is hurt by maternal migration, though remittance receipts more than offset paternal absence.

scholarly journals Transnational Families and the Family Nexus: Perspectives of Indonesian and Filipino Children Left behind by Migrant Parent(s)

10.1068/a4445 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 793-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elspeth Graham ◽  
Lucy P Jordan ◽  
Brenda S A Yeoh ◽  
Theodora Lam ◽  
Maruja Asis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Families ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Family ◽  
Filipino Children ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
Migrant Parent

scholarly journals Labor Migration in Indonesia and the Health of Children Left Behind

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Ng
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Migrant Labor ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Indonesia Family Life Survey ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
Height For Age

AbstractEconomic research on labor migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the remittances of overseas migrant labor in the sending country’s economy. Recently, due in no small part to the availability of rich microdata, more attention has been paid to the effects of migration on the lives of family members left behind. This paper examines how the temporary migration of parents for work affects the health outcomes of children left behind using the longitudinal data obtained from the Indonesia Family Life Survey. The anthropometric measure of the child health used, height-for-age, serves as a proxy for stunting. The evidence suggests that whether parental migration is beneficial or deleterious to the child health depends on which parent moved. In particular, migration of the mother has an adverse effect on the child’s height-for-age, reducing height-for-age Z-score by 0.5 standard deviations. This effect is not seen on the migration of the father.

Effect of overseas parental employment migration on healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses and nutritional status among left-behind young children: A systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu Kunwar ◽  
Prabhat Lamichhane ◽  
Claire Vajdic ◽  
David J Muscatello
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Childhood Illnesses ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Manual Search ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

We aimed to examine the available evidence on the impact of overseas parental migration on healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses and the nutritional status of children left-behind under five years of age. A systematic review of English language articles was conducted on PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE, supplemented by a manual search of grey literature and reference lists. There were no studies examining the association between overseas parental migration and healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses. We found three cross-sectional surveys examining the association with an indicator of nutritional status. We observed mixed findings from the available studies. The results indicated that children left-behind may have positive, negative or null effects on their nutritional status. There was insufficient information available to draw conclusions on the magnitude and direction of the association between overseas parental migration and its effect on either healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses or the nutritional status of left-behind children. The association, if any, may be context or country dependent. Prospective studies are needed to address this important knowledge gap.

The Impact of Parental Migration on the Mental Health of Children Left Behind

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Adhikari ◽  
Aree Jampaklay ◽  
Aphichat Chamratrithirong ◽  
Kerry Richter ◽  
Umaporn Pattaravanich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
The Impact
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