title: [Analysis on the current situation of neglected rural children aged 0 - 6 years and its impact factors in the western areas of China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To learn the current neglected situation and its impact factors on rural children in two provinces in Western China.
  
  
  METHODS
  The investigation was conducted by using multistage stratified cluster sampling method in some parts of the Shanxi province and the city of Chongqing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1488 subjects, aged from 0 to 6, were recruited in the present study. Results showed that the total prevalence rates of neglected rural children in the two research sites were 31.59% and 48.32 respectively. No significant difference was found on the prevalence of neglected for boys and girls (χ(2) = 0.86, U = 1.51, P > 0.05). The degrees of negligence in the older children showed a significant increase than in the younger children (χ(2) = 13.36, F = 33.45, P < 0.05). The prevalence and degree of negligence in families with three generations were lower than that of a single-parent families and remarried families (H = 10.03, F = 2.83, P < 0.05). The one-child-families were significantly lower than multiple children families, both in terms of prevalence and degree of negligence. Our data demonstrated the degrees of negligence in children whose parents were away from home, were higher than the children whose parents stayed with them (χ(2) = 30.30, U = 6.76, P < 0.05). The degree of negligence in Shanxi was lower than that in Chongqing (χ(2) = 9.42, U = 8.40, P < 0.05). Based on multivariate non-conditional logistic regression analysis, the determinants of stunting among the stranded children were as follows: parents were away from home (OR = 1.54, 95%CI: 1.20 - 1.97); structure of the family (OR = 1.38, 95%CI: 1.16 - 1.65); father's occupation (OR = 0.87, 95%CI: 0.78 - 0.97); schooling of the children's mother (OR = 1.27, 95%CI: 1.07 - 1.52); relationship between children and their fathers (OR = 1.43, 95%CI: 1.07 - 1.91) etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The situation of negligence in children living in the rural areas, were serious in Shanxi and Chongqing provinces, which called for the strengthening on the publicity and education of the issue. School and the society should also pay more attention to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Chen-yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhao-hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jian-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ying-xiong
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Lin-li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population