Research On The Effect Of Care Style On Children’s Health

Childcare is a almost problem for every family.In recent years,China’s population policy has been adjusted from "strict one child policy " to "selective two-child policy" and then to " the universal two-child policy" according to the actual national conditions.The policy gives more and more families the chance to have the second child,but most families still insist on the decision to have one child,which is also in consideration of childcare.At the same time,as a special group,children’s development will affect their lifetime welfare and capital and determine the future population quality of a country.As the final manifestation of children’s welfare,children’s health problem is the focus of attention in the world.With the diversification of childcare methods,it is worth exploring that how do different forms of care style affect children’s health.Through reviewing the existing literatures,we find that the research on children’s health status currently focuses on the analysis of the influencing factors from the perspective of genetics and nutrition,while ignoring the fact that the acquired care style also has an important impact on the growth and development of children.Especially for children aged 1-6 who lack the ability to take care of themselves,the choice of care style is extremely important.When we look at the research on the way of childcare,it is more from the perspective of family and care givers welfare,and less about the influence on the children.In this context,this paper selects children aged 1-6 as the research object,and uses their age-specific height Z-score and age-specific body mass Z-score as indicators to measure the health of children,and analyzes the health status of this specific group from the perspective of the main care methods of children.The research uses STATASE15.0software and China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)database,including children questionnaire,adult questionnaire,family income and expenditure questionnaire,family member questionnaire to find and study children aged 1 to 6 samples.The research describes the state of health and the way of care received by this group of children in China and uses two-stage least squares model(2 SLS)to solve the endogeneity problem,and then examines the heterogeneity of regression results between samples by grouping.Studies have found differences in the impact of children’s health by different types of care.Formal care relatives to any kind of informal care,two indicators to measure children’s health are improving.The role of the formal care can significantly improve the child’s age-specific height Z-score,at the same time significantly reducing child’s age-specific body mass Z-score.In other words,Formal care can improve a child’s height and reduce the likelihood of a child becoming overweight.The classification of informal care was combined with the sample of formal care to test.The effect of formal care versus intergenerational care on children’s age-specific height Z-score and age-specific body mass Z-score was greater than that of parent-specific care.So in general,from children’s health point,formal care services are better than parent-specific care and better than intergenerational care.In the heterogeneity grouping test,the conclusion that formal care is the best choice is stable,but for children aged 1-3,elderly care is better than parental care,and formal care has a greater impact on children aged 1-3,girls and children in central and western regions.Therefore,based on empirical tests,the following policy recommendations are proposed: Firstly,we should increase the proportion of children receiving formal care,and make intergenerational care as a supplement.Secondly,we should optimize the allocation of formal care resources,make up for the shortcomings and moderately more develop policies and support for formal care to the central and western regions.Thirdly,expand the enrolment age range by appropriately lowering the criteria for the admission of children to formal care institutions;Finally,guidance and training to parents should be strengthened.Gender discrimination in informal care should be eliminated and girls’ health concerns should be addressed.