Home divided, home reconstructed: children in rural–urban migration in contemporary ChinaFootnote

^†The connotation of the Chinese word for home as ‘jia’ is quite broad. This term can refer to family, the material dwelling (house), and an affective space. This broad definition is adopted in the article unless specified otherwise.

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