在内罗毕贫民窟的母亲移民和儿童抚养安排
Cassandra Cotton1, Clement Oduor2
1School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Demography
|December 3, 2024
概括
母亲迁移和城市贫民窟居住显著增加了肯尼亚内罗毕的儿童寄养. 决策是由经济不稳定,关系变化和对农村儿童教育的渴望所驱动的.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 城市研究 城市研究
背景情况:
- 抚养儿童在非洲是一个常见的做法,但它与母亲迁移和城市生活的联系还没有得到充分研究.
- 城市贫民窟是非洲城市人口的重要组成部分的所在地,这使得它们成为社会研究的关键领域.
研究的目的:
- 调查母亲迁移和贫民窟居住如何影响肯尼亚内罗毕儿童抚养决定.
- 探索移民经历,城市非正式定居生活和儿童抚养之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了深入采访和出生历史数据.
- 来自肯尼亚内罗毕两个贫民窟的数据.
主要成果:
- 在内罗毕贫民窟的妇女中,寄养儿童很普遍,特别是在移民母亲和最近抵达的移民中.
- 培养的关键驱动因素包括移民,关系过渡,经济不稳定,生活条件差,以及儿童的教育愿望.
- 较年长的学龄儿童比较年轻的孩子更有可能被寄养.
结论:
- 母亲移民,经济和社会不稳定以及城市贫民窟居住是影响儿童抚养决定的关键因素.
- 该研究强调了塑造非正式城市定居点儿童福利的复杂社会经济和空间动态.
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