Does the Completeness of a Household-Based Convoy Matter in Intergenerational Support Exchanges? |
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Authors: | Chaonan Chen |
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Institution: | (1) Academia Sinica, The Institude of Economics, 128, Sec. 2, Yen-Juan-Yuan Rd., Nan-Kang , Taipei, Taiwan 115, Taiwan, Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Based on the closeness of kinship relationships, a 4-layer household-based convoy is proposed for the study of intergenerational
support exchanges. It first separates co-residing family members from non-coresiding family members with whom they have frequent
contact and places them in the innermost and next-innermost circles of an individual’s convoy structure, respectively. Relatives
and friends with whom there is frequent contact are then added as the third and outer-most circles. In principle, it is ideal
to have a full four layers. However, in reality, most people miss one or more layers during the different stages of the life
cycle. A probability sample with 1979 cases is used to investigate the effect of convoy incompleteness on intergenerational
support exchanges. The research findings show that missing any one layer and missing both the third and fourth layers do not
result in a significantly negative effect on the mean types of support exchanged. When individual types of support are examined
one by one, the convoy structure works similarly but selectively. It works best for types of support involving more labor
costs, less for those involving financial support, and least for those involving advice. In addition, it is noted that a multiple
exchange strategy is used in intergenerational support exchanges. |
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Keywords: | convoy family household kinship social support |
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