The Structure of Intergenerational Relations in Rural China: A Latent Class Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Man; Chi, Iris; Silverstein, Merril
Titel	The Structure of Intergenerational Relations in Rural China: A Latent Class Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 (2012) 5, S.1114-1128 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Older Adults; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Family Relationship; Surveys; Parent Child Relationship; Asian Culture; Economic Factors; Cultural Influences; Geographic Location; Proximity; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Marital Status; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lebensnähe; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Familienstand
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 parent-child 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. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10