全国留守儿童究竟有多少——“留守儿童”的概念研究

What Is the Number of Left-behind Children in China?——A Study of the Term Left-behind Children

明确的概念界定是开展科学研究的前提.'留守儿童'较之'流动儿童'概念更加复杂.'留守儿童'的概念及其内涵与外延的界定,直接关系到留守儿童总体的统计与分析,也关系到决策部门的判断与决策.本文通过对'留守儿童'的六类定义进行梳理与探讨,并试图剖析'留守儿童'的概念.笔者认为要以开阔的视野,从多个层面或多个维度来界定留守儿童的概念.因此,本文从七个维度构建了留守儿童的概念.这对深入研究留守儿童问题具有一定的指导意义,为准确把握全国留守儿童的总体状况,为决策部门制定相应对策提供参考.

A Clear definition of concept is the premise of scientific research. The concept of Left- behind Children is more complicated than Float Children. The former connotations and denotations are clearly related to the analysis and statistics of the Left-behind Children scale and the decision-making and the policy-making. On the basis of the six sorts of definitions, this paper attempts to analyze the concept of Left-behind Children. The conclusion is that the concept should be defined from a variety of perspectives and the multi-faceted dimensions. Hence, this article defines it from seven dimensions which may be of great significance to the further research into the issues of Left-behind Children and which is helpful to the further study of Left-behind Children throughout China, especially in making appropriate measures.