Year: 2011
Type: book
Abstract: Recent increases in Chinese elderly living alone or only with a spouse has raised concerns about elderly support, especially when public support is inadequate.However, using rich information from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we find that the increasing trend in living alone is accompanied with a rise in living close to each other.This type of living arrangement solves the conflicts between privacy/independence and family support.This is confirmed in further investigation: children living close by visit their parents more frequently.We also find that children who live far away provide a larger amount of net transfers to their parents, a result consistent with responsibility sharing among siblings.Having more children is associated with living with a child or having a child nearby, while investing more in a child's schooling is associated with greater net transfers to parents.
Source: RAND Corporation eBooks
DOI: 10.7249/wr866
Authors: Xiaoyan Lei, John Strauss, Meng Tian, Yaohui Zhao
Institutions: Peking University, University of Southern California
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Award: G4607009072
OpenAlex ID: W1586451990