The Current Situation, Problems And Countermeasures Of Left-behind Families In Yan Bian Region

Since China’s reform and opening up, young adults began to leave theirhometown as migrant workers in many areas. More and more family structure hasbeen changed. There are a series of problems come from left-behind families to besolved.Based on date named “Monitoring and surveying population flow and itsinfluencing factors in three kinds of areas” that published by the2011national healthand family planning commission (the former national population and family planningcommission). This paper is a study in Yan Bian region which has the most frequentwork activities in Jilin province and included features of other areas.On the basis of findings already made by other researchers, the writerdefines basic conception,“left-behind families”,“left-behind family members”and “family function”. Using dual-structure theory and family-development theory,the writer makes lots of empirical studies on the left-behind family in the Yian Bianarea. The left-behind family member is divided into three categories: left-behindchildren, left-behind mates, left-behind elders.Families is classified into sevencategories: only left-behind elders’family; Only left-behind mates’family; Onlyleft-behind children family; left behind elders and children family，left-behind matesand children family, left-behind elders’and mates’family, left-behind all ofmembers family.Based on the features of the left-behind family members (left-behind children,left-behind mates, left-behind elders), summarizing the existing conditions andproblems through the data analysis. Because of the family members leaving, thechildren are facing serious concerns about developmental environment, study,emotion, body and mind health. Left-behind females have the household burden. Left-behind males have a heavy burden in the mind.90%of left-behind elder have been left alone. According to date analysis the left-behind family labor、housing andincome, there are something have been found: Left-behind labors generally tend to along distance flow for working; left-behind family maintain stably. For the left-behindpeople, the income is diversified and the main source is migrant workers sent to theirfamilies; Most of the left-behind families have been raised. From analyzing thecondition of the Yian Bian area, the writer raises these problems, between the twotimes that migrant workers using to come back home is too long; the communicationmethod is too single for the left-behind people; the left-behind people are toodependent on the source sent by migrant workers.Based on the condition、features and family development state of the left-behind families in Yanbian area, this paper raises the following proposals,accelerating regional characteristic economy development, improving thedevelopment and quality of public service, enhancing social mutual aid activity.