| 摘 要： | What will be the preponderance of the urban family structure in China in the next 10 years? Demographers predicted that it is the "4-2-1 families"-a couple, each of whom is an only child, their only child, and four grandparents. In this issue, we present a special report-Peeping into China's "4-2-1 Families"-Changes in and Future of the One-Child Policy. The backbone of "4-2-1 families" is China's first generation of only children, born after China implemented its family planning policy in 1978. However, such a family structure brings about several challenges both for the families themselves and for the society, important among them, providing for the elderly. It is not easy for a couple to provide for four elders at the same time as they are raising their child. This calls for a social support.
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