Abstract
Since China's economic reform and opening-up in the 70s, with the continuous advancement of urbanization and industrialization, many surplus labor forces originating from the rural area have been transferred to major cities to improve the economic condition at home. Such a phenomenon has caused significant sociological, psychological, and physiological problems in families with left-behind children. Thus, the problems of the survival and development of rural left-behind children brought about by the ongoing population shift have become prominent, attracting the attention of all sectors of society. Based on quantitative and qualitative research on the affect, behavioral patterns, and interpersonal communication of left-behind children from a primary school in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, this paper investigates the living conditions, characteristics, problems, and dilemmas of left-behind children in rural areas. In the end, this paper proposes feasible solutions and countermeasures to help left-behind children and their families get out of their current predicament.
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How to cite this paper
Precarity and Predicament: A Sociological Research on Left-behind Children in Tongren, Guizhou Province
How to cite this paper: Xiyuan Zhang. (2023) Precarity and Predicament: A Sociological Research on Left-behind Children in Tongren, Guizhou Province. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(4), 688-695.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.04.011