How Chinese Newlyweds’ Experiences as Singletons or Siblings Affect Their Fertility Desires

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Cong Zhang ◽  
Aaron Z. Yang ◽  
Sung won Kim ◽  
Vanessa L. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Fertility Desires ◽  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy

Abstract Did growing up as singletons (only-children) convince young adults born under China's one-child policy of the superiority of singleton status and therefore the desirability of not having more than one child? This article draws on interviews with 52 childless newlyweds in Dalian, China, to help answer this question. We found that far from convincing them of the superiority of singleton status, the feelings of loneliness experienced by singletons in childhood and adulthood have convinced most of them that it is better to have a sibling than to be a singleton and thus it is better to have two children instead of one. Moreover, interviewees who did have siblings tended to corroborate singletons’ beliefs about how valuable a sibling can be in both childhood and adulthood.

scholarly journals Further tests of the scarcity and luxury hypotheses in dispositional greed: Evidence from two large-scale Dutch and American samples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlijn Hoyer ◽  
Marcel Zeelenberg ◽  
Seger M. Breugelmans
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Childhood Socioeconomic Status

AbstractA recent, large-scale study among Chinese adolescents found that childhood socioeconomic status (CSES) was positively related to dispositional greed (i.e., the “luxury hypothesis”), instead of negatively related (i.e., the “scarcity hypothesis”; Liu et al., 2019c). This relationship was found for only-children, not for children with siblings. The generalizability of these findings may be limited, due to China’s one-child policy and socioeconomic policies which may have led to fewer differences in wealth. We replicated this research in two other cultural contexts that represent markedly different socioeconomic policies in order to test its generalizability: the Netherlands (Study 1, N = 2367, 51.3% female, Mage = 54.06, SD = 17.90), and the USA (Study 2, N = 999, 50.1% female, Mage = 33.44, SD = 12.28). Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to test the association between CSES and greed. We mostly replicated the findings by Liu et al. (2019c): CSES was positively related to greed in both studies (“luxury hypothesis”) and there was a moderating effect of siblings in Study 1, but not in Study 2. Implications for theories on greed as well as future research on the association between CSES and greed are discussed.

scholarly journals Adaptations to the One-Child Policy: Chinese Young Adults’ Attitudes Toward Elder Care and Living Arrangement After Marriage

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Chen ◽  
Cuo Zhuoga ◽  
Ziqian Deng
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Chinese Young Adults ◽  
The One

After four decades of China’s family planning policy, the shrinking family size and increasing life expectancy pose special challenges for the one-child generation in terms of providing care for aging parents. The current study explored young adults’ responses to such pressure by examining their concerns about elder care, attitudes toward nursing homes, and living arrangement after marriage in a sample of 473 Chinese working young adults from six cities in China (46.9% males, Mage = 25.1 years, 47.8% only children). Results showed that although most of the young adults reported to have thought about the issue of parents’ elder care, the majority did not worry a lot about it. Only children expressed similar levels of worrying as those with siblings did. However, educational level, rather than sibling status, was systematically related to concerns about parents’ elder care and attitudes toward nursing homes. People with higher education tended to worry less about elder care, and were less likely to consider placing parents in nursing homes as a violation of filial piety. Analyses of the married sub-sample (n = 140) revealed that only children were more likely to co-reside with parents after marriage than those with siblings. And the main reason for co-residence was that the younger generation needed their parents’ help for childcare, rather than to better take care of their parents. Implications for parents’ elder care among Chinese only children were discussed.

scholarly journals Do only children have poor vision? Evidence from China's One-Child Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1131-1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqiu Zhao ◽  
Minghai Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Poor Vision ◽  
Only Children ◽  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy

China’s Only Children and Their Spillover Effects on Academic Performance in the Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haining Wang ◽  
Rong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Only Child ◽  
Only Children ◽  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
The One

Abstract This paper examines the causal effect of students who are the only child in their family on the academic performance of their classmates, exploiting the random assignment of students to classes within schools in China. We find that a higher proportion of classmates as the only child in their family improves the academic outcomes of students in the same classroom. We also find evidence of positive but heterogeneous peer effects by student and class characteristics. Our findings suggest that the academic performance of Chinese students has benefited indirectly from the one-child policy because of this positive peer influence within the classroom.

China's infamous one-child policy

The Lancet ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 365 (9455) ◽  
pp. 215-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M KING
Keyword(s):  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy
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