Migration and depressive symptoms in migrant-sending areas : findings from the survey of internal migration and health in China
OBJECTIVES: China has experienced large-scale internal migration and growing mental health disorders. Limited research has examined the relationship between the two processes. We examined the association between labor out-migration and depressive symptoms of family members left behind in migrant-sending areas.
METHODS: We conducted a multistage probability sample survey of Chinese adults in 2008 ("Internal Migration and Health in China"), including 787 people in rural migrant-sending areas. To study whether adults in out-migrant households were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (CES-D) than were adults in non-migrant households, we used multivariate regressions and adjusted for a wide range of confounding factors and for the complex sampling design.
RESULTS: Adults in households with labor out-migrants were more likely to report depressive symptoms than those in households without out-migrants, presumably a result of the absence of family members. However, monetary remittances from labor migrants buffered the mental health costs of out-migration.
CONCLUSIONS: Labor out-migration has important consequences for the mental health in migrant-sending communities. There is an urgent need to address the psychological costs of migration and to promote regular remittances.
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2012 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:57 |
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International journal of public health - 57(2012), 4 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 691-8 |
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Englisch |
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Lu, Yao [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 06.11.2012 Date Revised 23.03.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1007/s00038-011-0314-0 |
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| 520 | |a OBJECTIVES: China has experienced large-scale internal migration and growing mental health disorders. Limited research has examined the relationship between the two processes. We examined the association between labor out-migration and depressive symptoms of family members left behind in migrant-sending areas | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: We conducted a multistage probability sample survey of Chinese adults in 2008 ("Internal Migration and Health in China"), including 787 people in rural migrant-sending areas. To study whether adults in out-migrant households were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (CES-D) than were adults in non-migrant households, we used multivariate regressions and adjusted for a wide range of confounding factors and for the complex sampling design | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Adults in households with labor out-migrants were more likely to report depressive symptoms than those in households without out-migrants, presumably a result of the absence of family members. However, monetary remittances from labor migrants buffered the mental health costs of out-migration | ||
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