Migrant children have greater chance of missing out on school

The percentage of children of young migrant parents in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou who do not attend school is higher than the national average, according to a report on migrants under age 35 released by the National Population and Family Planning Commission.

The commission looked at the lives of the "floating population" - migrants who do not acquire permanent resident permits, or hukou, in their new cities - of people younger than 35.

It found that more than 60 percent of these migrants in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou brought their children with them.