%0 Journal Article
%T Family background, parenting practices, and child outcomes: Chinese migrants¡¯ offspring in Hong Kong
%A Duoduo Xu
%A Tianzhu Nie
%A Zhuoni Zhang
%J Chinese Journal of Sociology
%@ 2057-1518
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0018726718823149
%X 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¨Cchild 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
%K Family background
%K parenting practices
%K academic performance
%K non-cognitive skills
%K children of Chinese migrants
%K Hong Kong
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018726718823149