Family background, parenting practices, and child outcomes: Chinese migrants’ offspring in Hong Kong

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

社会 Pub Date : 2019-07-01 DOI:10.1177/0018726718823149

Zhuoni Zhang, Tianzhu Nie, Duoduo Xu

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Using data from the 2011 population census and the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics, this paper examines the academic performance and non-cognitive skills of the children of Chinese migrants in Hong Kong aged 14 and below. Our analyses show that the poorer academic performance of Chinese migrants’ children results mainly from disadvantageous family background and parenting practices. Children of cross-border and migrant families do not differ from children of natives in Chinese, mathematics, or English, once parental education and parent–child communication about school life are controlled for. Children from migrant families have significantly higher levels of non-cognitive ability than children of natives. Our analyses also show that parental education is positively associated with Chinese and English performances; parents talking with children about school life significantly improves children’s performance in Chinese, mathematics, and English; and parental migrant status and parenting practices have positive effects on non-cognitive skills.

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家庭背景、养育方式和子女结果：香港中国移民的后代

本文利用2011年人口普查和香港社会动态小组研究的数据，研究了香港14岁及以下中国移民子女的学习成绩和非认知技能。我们的分析表明，中国移民子女学习成绩较差的主要原因是不利的家庭背景和养育方式。一旦父母教育和父母与孩子关于学校生活的沟通得到控制，跨境和移民家庭的孩子在中文、数学或英语方面与本地人的孩子没有什么不同。来自移民家庭的儿童的非认知能力水平明显高于本地儿童。我们的分析还表明，父母教育与汉语和英语表现呈正相关；父母与孩子谈论学校生活显著提高了孩子的语文、数学和英语成绩；父母移民身份和养育方式对非认知技能有积极影响。

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社会 Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

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1.70

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6799

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