CCR CSR officially released a new study titled "From the Factory with Love: A Study on Migrant Parent Workers in China"…four years after CCR CSR first researched the topic of migrant parent workers and the impact that separation from children had on them and their work-related decision-making… 

The study found that the majority (74% from our sample) of parent workers are still migrating without their children, citing lack of time and childcare options as the main reasons for leaving their children behind. However, factories surveyed for this study indicated seeing a rise in the number of workers moving to cities with their children, suggesting that reforms to the Hukou system and residence permit regulations may be making it easier…

…[T]the lower workers’ income, the less likely they are to migrate with their children. Almost all parent workers…cited high living costs in their host cities as a major constraint to enabling family unity…over 95% of parents who don’t live with their children expressed feeling guilty about their inadequate parenting functions and 46% of these parents said they don’t understand their children well…

…[C]hildren who migrated with their parents spent more time unattended than other children of factory workers, indicating that lack of childcare and long working hours is a pressing challenge for many migrant parents, and that there is a strong need for strengthened support in these areas…