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Work and family divided across borders: the impact of parental migration on Mexican children in transnational families
- Authors:
- LAHAIE Claudia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 12(3), August 2009, pp.299-312.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Using new data collected in high emigration communities within Mexico, the impact of partial family migration on children left behind in Mexico is explored. Multivariate results suggest that households where respondents have a spouse who was a caregiver and who migrated to the USA are more likely to have at least one child with academic, behavioural, and emotional problems than non-migrant households. This finding supports efforts to decrease the need for families to cross borders either by decreasing the economic necessities for migration or by designing immigration policies aimed at decreasing the separation of families across borders and increasing family support after a caregiver's departure to the USA. The end goal of these efforts and policies is to improve children's health and well-being in communities with high levels of migration.