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The effects of filial responsibility expectations on intergenerational exchanges in urban China
Author(s)	Shuo Chen, Donald J Adamchak
Journal title	Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 1, no 2, 1999
Pages	pp 58-68
Keywords	Children [offspring] as carers ; Family relationships ; Urban areas ; China.
Annotation	Based on a 1990 Guangzhou (Canton) household survey, this study examines the relationship between normative solidarity (filial responsibility expectations) and functional solidarity (intergenerational exchanges) in Chinese urban families. The results of multivariate analysis indicate that filial expectations have a positive effect on support given by older parents, but not on support received. Results also show that support given is the most important predictor for support received between generations, and that number of daughters is an important factor in older people giving and receiving support. The traditional intergenerational contract such as unconditional filial piety, sons' support and a more sustainable flow from children to parents seems to be changing in contemporary Chinese urban families, as China undergoes significant structural change resulting from economic reform, and social and demographic change. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020125213 A
Classmark	P6:SS: DS:SJ: RK: 7DC
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