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

被引:85
作者
Guo, Man [1 ]
Chi, Iris [2 ]
Silverstein, Merril [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Iowa, Sch Social Work, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Sch Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[3] Syracuse Univ, Maxwell Sch Citizenship & Publ Affairs, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[4] Syracuse Univ, Sch Social Work, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
关键词
aging; family relations; latent class analysis; rural families; social context; typology studies; CHILD RELATIONS; SOLIDARITY; LIFE; AMBIVALENCE; PARENTS; SUPPORT; NUMBER;
D O I
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01014.x
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:1114 / 1128
页数:15
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