scholarly journals Money is time: geographical distance and intergenerational support to aging parents in rural China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Chaohua Cai ◽  
Qinying He ◽  
Jeffrey Alwang
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Geographical Distance ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Aging Parents

Village senior centres and the living arrangements of older people in rural China: considerations of health, land, migration and intergenerational support

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 2044-2073 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUIJUN LIU ◽  
KAREN N. EGGLESTON ◽  
YAN MIN
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
North East

ABSTRACTChina is experiencing rapid urbanisation and population ageing, alongside sometimes contentious rural land consolidation. These on-going social, economic, political and demographic changes are especially problematic for older people in rural areas. In these regions, social and institutional support arrangements are less developed than in urban areas; older people have few options for re-settlement but are resistant to or incapable of adjusting to high-rise apartment living. In 2012–13, we gathered rich qualitative and quantitative data on over 600 older residents in 12 villages under the jurisdiction of City L in north-east coastal China to analyse residents’ living arrangement choices during the village renovation process. We compared villages with and without senior centres to shed light on the correlates of co-residence and independent living. Senior centres play a role in balancing the burden on rural Chinese families resulting from population ageing, smaller families, widespread migration for work, and the rapid urbanisation that is restructuring land rights and social support arrangements.

scholarly journals Daughters’ and Sons’ Remittances in Rural China: Findings From a National Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 2911-2934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob J. Gruijters
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Part Model

In China, it has historically been the responsibility of sons rather than daughters to provide economic support to older parents. This study used a sample of 12,389 non-coresident children to analyze whether such gender differences persist in contemporary rural China and how they can be explained. A two-part model showed that daughters were somewhat more likely to remit to parents, although sons provided higher amounts. The support of parents by both daughters and sons was found to be strongly related to out-migration and the receipt of grandchild care, but the negative effect of marriage was stronger for daughters. These findings imply a weakening of the traditional gendered division of intergenerational support. The increased importance of daughters as a source of economic security in later life is likely to reduce parents’ preference for sons.

scholarly journals Intergenerational support and depression among Chinese older adults: do gender and widowhood make a difference?

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAN GUO ◽  
IRIS CHI ◽  
MERRIL SILVERSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACTUsing four-wave panel data of 1,327 older adults in rural China, this study examined potential gender and marital status differences in the relationships between three forms of intergenerational support (monetary, instrumental and emotional support) and the level of depression of the older adults. Results from a pooled time-series fixed-effects model showed that receiving and providing monetary support had a comparable beneficial effect on mothers and fathers, but mothers benefited more psychologically than fathers from closer relationships with their children. Exchanges in instrumental support was not related to either mothers' or fathers' level of depression. Widowhood further affected the gendered relationships between support and depression in that recently widowed fathers had a significantly higher level of depression when they received more monetary support from their children. In contrast, providing monetary support to children was associated with a significantly higher level of depression among recently widowed mothers. We explained the findings in the context of familial and gender norms in the Chinese culture and temporal needs for family support that link with bereavement coping stages among older adults. We argued that the gender and marital status patterns observed in this study are attributive to more fundamental differences in men's and women's social positions in the Chinese society.

scholarly journals Out-Migration of Young Adults and Gender Division of Intergenerational Support in Rural China

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Song ◽  
Shuzhuo Li ◽  
Marcus W. Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
And Gender

Intergenerational Support to Aging Parents

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1068-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merril Silverstein ◽  
Daphna Gans ◽  
Frances M. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Intergenerational Solidarity ◽  
Filial Responsibility ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Parent Experiences ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Using Data

This investigation examines how norms of filial responsibility influence adult children to provide social support to their aging parents. Relying on intergenerational solidarity and social capital theories, the authors hypothesize that filial responsibility as a latent resource is more strongly converted into support when (a) the parent experiences increased need and (b) the child in question is a daughter. Using data from 488 adult children in the Longitudinal Study of Generations, the authors examine change in support provided between 1997 and 2000. Declining health of either parent increases the strength with which filial norms predisposed children to provide support. The conversion of filial norms into support is stronger among daughters than among sons but only toward mothers. Results are discussed in terms of the contingent linkage between latent and manifest functions and the persistence of gender role differentiation in the modern family.

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