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The problem
Intervention: No intervention was tested; this is an observational study examining associations between generational status, residential instability, social support, and child health outcomes
Who it was tested with: 4,807 children aged 3 to 19 years (mean 7.47 years) in Hong Kong, including first-generation children born in Hong Kong to mainland parents and second/third-or-higher-generation children.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"This study compared the HRQoL of children...born in Hong Kong to mainland parents with second- and third-or-higher-generation children; and explores the mediating effects of residential instability and of social support on the association between generational status and HRQoL." This is an observational study examining associations rather than testing an intervention, making it difficult to establish causation or to determine the true effectiveness of addressing these factors.
This is an observational study without an intervention or control manipulation, so causal effects cannot be established. The document does not clarify whether the study was cross-sectional or longitudinal, and does not provide effect sizes or statistical significance levels for the reported associations.
Across countries and designs
18 studies · 28 countries
