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Through gendered lens
— explaining Chinese caregivers' task performance and care reward | | Author(s) | Heying Jenny Zhan |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 16, no 1/2, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 123-142 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Remuneration ; Social surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | The Chinese cultural norm of xiao, or filial piety, has long been held responsible for the practice of familial caregiving for older parents. Yet few explore the gendered nature of such a cultural practice in the current changing economic dynamics. Using data collected in 1997-1999 from 110 Chinese caregivers who were caring for physically dependent ageing parents, this researcher explores the influence of changing economic conditions and Chinese cultural values in caregiver task performance and reward. Findings suggest that Chinese caregiving is highly gendered: women are more likely to be unemployed and provide more personal care than men; and sons are not more likely than daughters to provide financial assistance for parents. Chinese cultural values are playing an important role sanctioning caregiver task performance. Caregivers who believed in patrilocal norms provided more financial assistance; caregivers who reported higher social pressure provided more personal care. While social pressures are found to be positively related to caregivers' performance in personal care tasks, it is negatively related to caregiver reward. The author further explores the gendered implications for the changing economy and culture in China. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041006205 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: P6:SSH: WL: 3F: 7DC |
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