Quality of childcare and delayed child development in left-behind children in China
Kelly Lin,
Yu-ming Zhou,
Hai-ping Ma
et al.
Abstract:Background
Inequalities in job opportunities and income prompts many Chinese parents to leave rural regions to work in urban regions. Their children are left behind in rural regions, subjected to worse quality of childcare that jeopardizes their development. This study aimed to examine the association between quality of childcare and delayed child development in under-three years children left behind in China.
Methods
Cross-sectional national survey was co… Show more
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