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Who will care for older people in China?
— Exploring the implications of gender imbalance at birth | | Author(s) | Yoshihiko Kadoya, Ting Yin |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 18, no 2, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 97-105 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Sons as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Family care ; Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Social surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | Much of the literature about the gender imbalance at birth in China presents discussions based on the traditional assumption that Chinese sons are more involved in taking care of parents than are Chinese daughters, and thus that Chinese parents prefer sons. Yet, empirical evidence is lacking. This paper verifies the assumption by using the 'Preference Parameters Study in China 2011', which conducted 652 face-to-face interviews with randomly selected individuals in six major Chinese cities. This paper first presents empirical evidence that Chinese sons (and their wives) are more likely, compared to daughters (and their husbands), to be primary caregivers for parents. The paper also reports the finding that Chinese parents' dependencies on their children would not necessarily decrease with the development of social security, although that may be the case when a child has a highly educated spouse. The paper suggests that the Chinese government needs to increase long-term care services for older people, especially since more women are being educated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619286 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSA: P6:SSH: P6:SJ: I: L: 4Q: 3F: 7DC |
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