BECE. Newsletter 

Vol.20, No.2, 2025, BECE 1985 

 

 

 

 

The Relationship between the Remigration Age and 

Academic Adjustment in Remigrant Children: An 

Empirical Study Based on a Survey in Six Counties in 

China 

By Wang, C., Yan, J., & Cheng, Y. 
Correspondence to: Yongzhou Cheng, Sanxia University, China. E-mail: 

85600855@qq.com 

HE study is based on a field survey of junior and senior secondary 

school students as remigrant children in six counties in Hubei, Guang-

dong, and Yunnan Provinces, who had lived outside their home places at 

younger ages with their migrant worker parents, using the cluster sampling 

method. It aims to examine the relationship between the remigration age and 

academic adjustment in this group, employing the OLS regression, quantile 

regression, and mediation effect models. 

Research Findings: 

• There was a negative correlation between the remigration age 

and academic adjustment in remigrant children. Their academic 

adaptability did not improve as their remigration durations pro-

longed. 

• The negative impact of the remigration age was significant 

among children with prior moderate and above levels of academ-

ic adjustment but insignificant among those with prior low levels 

of academic adjustment. 

• The remigration age of the children not only directly and nega-

tively predicted their academic adjustment but was also indirect-

ly related to it via the mediation effect of their willingness of re-

turning to home places. 

The implications of the study include that the barriers to migrant chil-

dren’s schooling outside their home places should be eliminated, that the mi-

grant worker family needs to make legitimate decisions on remigration, and 

that local governments and schools should formulate inclusive programs for 

remigrant child education. 

 

Source: Education & Economy, 2025; 41(01):70-77. 

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