食物消费视角下祖辈隔代溺爱对农村留守儿童身体健康的影响——以湖北省为例

The Influence of Grandparents’ Indulgence on the Health Status of the Left-behind Children In Rural Areas from the Perspective of Food Consumption: A Case Study from Hubei Province

本文从祖辈对孙辈的隔代溺爱角度出发,基于湖北省1125户留守儿童问卷调查数据,利用回归和Bootstrapping分析方法,探讨了隔代溺爱与农村留守儿童身体健康状况之间的关系及其内在影响机制。研究表明,祖辈作为看护人对农村留守儿童的溺爱程度会促进农村留守儿童的非健康食物消费行为,从而对农村留守儿童身体健康状况产生不利影响;具体而言,祖辈对农村留守儿童的溺爱程度越大,其对农村留守儿童的影响力就越弱,越容易导致儿童的非健康食物消费行为,进而对农村留守儿童的身体健康产生负向影响。

Based on an analysis of data collected from 1125 families with left-behind children in Hubei Province,this article conducts a bootstrap analysis and discusses the relationship between the health status of the left-behind children and the spoiling behaviors from their grandparents.The study shows that the spoiling degree of grandparents as caregivers to the left-behind children can stimulate the unhealthy food consumption behavior of the left-behind children in rural areas,thus negatively affecting the health status of the latter.In particular,the greater the spoiling degree,the weaker the influence of grandparents on the left-behind children in rural areas,and the higher the consumption degree of unhealthy food for the left-behind children.This produces negative effects on the health status of the children.