Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (23 Seiten)
Titel der Quelle:
Ageing and Society
Publ. der Quelle:
Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2017
Angaben zur Quelle:
37,2015,3, Seiten 633-655
DDC:
300
Schlagwort(e):
family care
;
living arrangements
;
inter-generational relations
;
older people
;
rural China
;
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Wirtschaft
;
Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände
;
Medizin und Gesundheit
Kurzfassung:
China has seen a rapid decline of the traditional multi-generational household and an increase in rural-to-urban migration, raising concerns about a possible breakdown of the informal support system. Against this background, the paper looks at family care-giving (or the absence thereof) to parents in three different living arrangements: with any child or child-in-law (co-resident); independent with at least one child living in the same community (networked); and without any children in either the household or the community (isolated). It also compares the care-giving arrangements of single elders to those living with a spouse. The sample, which is derived from the comprehensive China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), contains data on 887 functionally impaired individuals aged 60 and above. The findings suggest that married parents are mostly cared for by their spouse, even if they co-reside with adult children. Proximity to children is particularly important for single elders, who are more likely to lack a care-giver when living independently. There appears to be a hierarchy in family care responsibilities, where children step in as care-givers only when the spouse is no longer able to fulfil this role. While these findings imply a significant deviation from traditional practices and norms of ‘filial piety’, they can be interpreted as a rational adaptation to the changed economic circumstances in rural China.
Kurzfassung:
Peer Reviewed
Anmerkung:
This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/23104-5
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