Journal article
The Structure of Intergenerational Relations in Rural China: A Latent Class Analysis
Journal of marriage and family, Vol.74(5), pp.1114-1128
10/01/2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01014.x
Abstract
Most existing typology studies of intergenerational relations have used samples in North America and Europe. The present study expands on previous research by determining whether similar family relation typologies could be found using a sample of Chinese rural elders. The data were derived from a survey of 1,224 older adults in China's rural Anhui province in 2009. Latent class analysis revealed 5 types of intergenerational relations in rural Chinese families: (a) tight-knit, (b) nearby but discordant, (c) distant discordant, (d) distant reciprocal, and (e) distant ascending. The authors argue that the distant ascending ties reflect the strong filial obligations that Chinese adult children have toward their parents and that the distant reciprocal ties reflect collaborative and mutually beneficial parentchild relations in rural China in the context of massive rural-to-urban migration. The findings of this study demonstrate how family relations in contemporary China are shaped by the larger economic, geographic, and cultural contexts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Structure of Intergenerational Relations in Rural China: A Latent Class Analysis
- Creators
- Man Guo - University of IowaIris Chi - University of Southern CaliforniaMerril Silverstein - Syracuse University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of marriage and family, Vol.74(5), pp.1114-1128
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01014.x
- ISSN
- 0022-2445
- eISSN
- 1741-3737
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307151102771
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