Living separately but living close: Coresidence of adult children and parents in urban China

The paper examines the sociolegal and economic significance of legislative measures taken to support families with children and granting the possibility of using maternal (family) fund for the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of residential premises. It analyzes numerous issues related to the acquisition, registration, exercise and protection of joint tenancy (the right to common share ownership of residential premises) acquired in this way, including: the procedure for determining the share in the ownership of residential premises acquired in this manner. The paper also examines factors on which the size of the share of each of the family members depends and parties to the agreements concluded regarding such a distribution. Much attention is also paid to the issues of whether it is mandatory, when determining the size of a share in the ownership of a dwelling, to take into account the opinion of a child who has reached the age of 10, and the competition between the rights and interests of parents and children in respect of dwellings belonging to them on the basis of a joint tenancy (common share property). On the basis of the analysis of the Soviet and Russian civil and housing legislation in order to prevent the violation of the rights of parents to such property by adult children living with them, the author makes a proposal to legally restrict the administrative powers belonging to children.The author summarizes that the presence of an indissoluble consanguinity in the form of the origin of children from parents and the efforts of parents to take care of the child’s health, to meet the child’s needs, to provide conditions for the child’s full development and education necessitate a special legal consolidation of the rights to living premises belonging to children and parents on the ground of the right to joint tenancy (common shared ownership). The inclusion into Art. 246 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation of provisions restricting the administrative powers of adult children will constitute another step towards the humanization of Russian civil legislation.

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Subjective wellbeing of Chinese elderly: a comparative analysis among Hong Kong, Urban China and Taiwan

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x19001272 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Jia Miao ◽

Xiaogang Wu

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Social Participation ◽

Adult Children ◽

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Panel Study ◽

The Elderly ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Urban China ◽

Least Squares Regression ◽

Chinese Societies

AbstractThis study investigates the relative importance of living with adult children and social participation for the elderly's subjective wellbeing (happiness) in three Chinese societies (Hong Kong, urban China and Taiwan). We use data from the 2011 wave of the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (N = 1,658), the 2010 China Family Panel Studies in mainland China (N = 3,198) and the 2010 wave of the Taiwan Social Change Survey (N = 790). The ordinary least squares regression shows that, as the family value of society moves forward on a traditional–modern continuum, the elderly benefit more psychologically from social participation and less from living with children. The older people in Hong Kong who live independently with a spouse are in a significantly better emotional state than those living with adult children. Social participation is positively associated with subjective wellbeing among the aged in Hong Kong but not among those in urban China and Taiwan. The findings suggest that encouraging social involvement is important for effective public policy to tackle rapid population ageing in Chinese societies.

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Solidarity and Conflict Between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis

Journal of Marriage and Family ◽

10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00306.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

pp. 947-960 ◽

Cited By ~ 123

Author(s):

Ruben I. van Gaalen ◽

Pearl A. Dykstra

Keyword(s):

Latent Class Analysis ◽

Adult Children ◽

Latent Class ◽

Class Analysis ◽

Children And Parents

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Book Review: Sharing Lives: Adult Children and Parents

Acta Sociologica ◽

10.1177/0001699317709227 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 371-372

Author(s):

Antti O Tanskanen

Keyword(s):

Adult Children ◽

Children And Parents

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‘She Can’t Support Me Because She’s so Old’: A Mixed-Methods Study of Support Experiences and Needs in Adult Child–Parent Dyads at the End of Life

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.1177/00302228211008748 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003022282110087

Author(s):

Franziska A. Herbst ◽

Laura Gawinski ◽

Nils Schneider ◽

Stephanie Stiel

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

End Of Life ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Adult Children ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Terminally Ill ◽

Adult Child ◽

Self Report ◽

Children And Parents ◽

Parent Caregivers

Little is known about support experiences and needs in the dyads of (1) terminally ill adult children and their parent caregivers and (2) terminally ill parents and their adult child caregivers. The current study aimed at investigating the experiences and needs of adult children and parents in end of life situations regarding their provision and receipt of support. The study employed a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, combining explorative qualitative interviews with the quantitative self-report Berlin Social Support Scales. Sixty-five patients (dyad 1: 19; dyad 2: 46) and 42 family caregivers (dyad 1: 13; dyad 2: 29) participated in the study (02/2018–11/2019). Results show that ill adult children felt less (well) supported than ill parents. Parent caregivers were often limited in the support they could provide, due to their age and health conditions. Hypotheses were deduced from patients’ and family caregivers’ notions to inform dyad-specific recommendations for support interventions.

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Family relations of middle-aged citizens in contemporary urban China: a grounded theory approach

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-06-2021-0163 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 41 (13/14) ◽

pp. 67-80

Author(s):

Qi Wang

Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Adult Children ◽

Family Relations ◽

Urban China ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Older Parents ◽

Content Type ◽

Younger Generation

PurposeAlthough the Chinese nation is undergoing rapid modernisation and urbanisation, there remains widespread interest in some traditional familial arrangements and practices, particularly in the intergenerational context. This paper discusses the family relations of urban middle-aged citizens in present-day China.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed the grounded theory method to investigate family relations among middle-aged citizens in urban China based on data obtained via semi-structured interviews with 34 participants. A grounded theory coding strategy was used for data analysis.FindingsThe analysis revealed evidence of a transformation towards downward solidarity, with decreasing intergenerational co-residency; that is, the traditional norm of adult children providing support to their older parents is rapidly losing popularity. However, middle-aged and older citizens continue to support their adult children by helping them purchase real estate and assisting with childcare activities.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest the existence of intergenerational inequality. Policymakers should acknowledge this phenomenon and provide the younger generation with enough support to improve the wellbeing of the country's middle-aged and older population.Originality/valueThe transformation towards downward solidarity implies a new intergenerational relationship in contemporary China, in which many young people rely on financial and functional support from their older parents. Meanwhile, traditional norms continue to exist despite greater downward solidarity among the younger generation. In other words, old and new norms simultaneously exist.

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