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Social Support and Suicidal Ideation among Children of Cross-Border Married Couples

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  • Lee Shinyoung

    (Cornerstone Research, Chicago, IL, United States of America)

  • Kim Seulki

    (Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, United States of America)

  • Kim Young-Chul

    (Department of Economics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea)

  • Ryu Doojin

    (Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea)

Abstract

Marriage-related migration by women from less developed to high-income nations has been increasing rapidly in Asia, and the proportion of children born to these foreign-born women is increasing as well. Using a unique dataset based on the Korean Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we investigate the relationship between social support and suicidal ideation among children with foreign-born mothers. We find that both maternal advice and teachers’ advice are significantly associated with a reduction in suicidal ideation among these children, with a further decrease of 3.2 and 4.9% points, respectively, compared to children with native Korean mothers. These findings imply that more government attention should be focused on educating and training foreign-born mothers and schoolteachers to improve their capacity to advise these children.

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  • Lee Shinyoung & Kim Seulki & Kim Young-Chul & Ryu Doojin, 2024. "Social Support and Suicidal Ideation among Children of Cross-Border Married Couples," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:econoa:v:18:y:2024:i:1:p:17:n:1038
    DOI: 10.1515/econ-2022-0120
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    Keywords

    cross-border marriage; marriage migration; social support; suicidal ideation;
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    JEL classification:

    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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