Yue, Ai
Bai, Yu
Shi, Yaojiang
Luo, Renfu
Rozelle, Scott
Medina, Alexis
Sylvia, Sean
Article History
First Online: 12 March 2020
Ethics
: This study received ethical approval from the Stanford University Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Protocol ID 25734) and from the Sichuan University Ethical Review Board (Protocol ID 2013005–01). Adult study participants and caregivers of all sample children provided informed consent prior to the start of any study activities. The Stanford and Sichuan IRBs approved a waiver of written consent. Oral consent was obtained from the caregivers by trained members of the field survey team who were trained in the consent process. Consent procedures included ten minutes devoted to consent discussion, five minutes to describe the study and five minutes for questions, and followed a set script in Chinese. At the conclusion, caregivers were asked if they understood what was requested of them.
: AY, YB, SR, and SS conceived of the study. All authors designed the data collection strategy. AY, YB, YS, and RL collected the data. AY, YB, and SS analyzed the data. AY, AM, and SS wrote the manuscript. All authors participated in critical revisions.
: Data and analysis code are available from the authors upon request.
: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare.
: This manuscript was previously circulated as a working paper titled “The Effect of Maternal Migration on Early Childhood Development in Rural China” (ExternalRef removed).