The proposal seeks support for two health-focused follow-up waves to The Gansu Survey of Children and Families (GSCF), one of the first major surveys of youth, poverty, and human capital acquisition undertaken in developing countries. The baseline wave (GSCF-1) included a sample of 2000 children aged 9-12 in 20 rural counties in a province in northwest China. Focusing on educational attainment, it included questionnaires for children, mothers, households, teachers, school administrators, and village leader, as well as tests of child cognitive ability and achievement in math and language. GSCF-2 and 3 will reinterview the same children at three-year intervals to 1) examine the economic consequences of physical and psychosocial health, especially for future labor supply decisions and labor productivity; 2) evaluate the indirect effects of health on labor outcomes through its effect on education and learning; and 3) identify community, family, and individual factors that affect health and development. The GSCF offers a prospective panel design that facilitates identification of the effects of early education and health experiences on adult productivity and health as youth enter the labor market. It pilots new measurement standards for examining these relationships derived from interdisciplinary conceptualizations of health and learning. Finally, it incorporates multiple levels of measurement that allow thorough attention to the roles of family and community resources in conditioning children's health, educational, and economic outcomes.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01TW005930-02
Application #
6540877
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-SNEM-3 (02))
Program Officer
Rosenthal, Joshua
Project Start
2001-09-30
Project End
2004-07-30
Budget Start
2002-05-01
Budget End
2004-07-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$63,000
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104
Chiang, Yi-Lin; Hannum, Emily; Kao, Grace (2015) It's Not Just About the Money: Gender and Youth Migration from Rural China. Chin Sociol Rev 47:177-201
Hannum, Emily; Liu, Jihong; Frongillo, Edward (2014) Poverty, Food Insecurity and Nutritional Deprivation in Rural China: Implications for Children's Literacy Achievement. Int J Educ Dev 34:90-97
Hannum, Emily; Zhang, Yuping (2012) Poverty and Proximate Barriers to Learning: Vision Deficiencies, Vision Correction and Educational Outcomes in Rural Northwest China. World Dev 40:1921-1931
Hannum, Emily; Sargent, Tanja; Yu, Shengchao (2009) Poverty, Parental Ill Health and Children's Access to Schooling in Rural Gansu, China. Prov China 1:24-60
Sargent, Tanja C; Hannum, Emily C (2009) Doing more with less: Teacher professional learning communities in resource-constrained primary schools in rural China. J Teach Educ 60:258-276
Hannum, Emily; Kong, Peggy; Zhang, Yuping (2009) Family sources of educational gender inequality in rural china: A critical assessment. Int J Educ Dev 29:474-486