Residential patterns of parents and their married children in contemporary China: A life course approach |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Feinian?ChenEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8101, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the residential pattern of parents and their married children in contemporary China. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991, 1993, 1997), the analysis shows that the residential pattern of parents and their married children is not a static phenomenon, but changes over the life span. The analysis provides evidence that parental residence often responds to changed circumstances over the life course, adjusting to the need of married children as well as that of their parents. It is found that childcare needs, death of one parent, and health status of parents all play important roles in transitions in parental residence. |
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Keywords: | parental residence living arrangements family change in China |
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