Intergenerational relations in China are affected not only by cultural traditions and the impacts of social and economic modernization, but also by unique conditions resulting from state policy. These state policy conditions include population control policies (specifically, the one child family), housing scarcity, and policies affecting women's employment, collective services, and pensions. The proposed work examines intergenerational relations in urban China to evaluate the relative impacts of these forces on the Chinese family. Specific aspects of intergenerational relations to be studied include: co-residence, residential proximity, frequency of contact, and assistance in daily routines. Two sources of data are a random survey of older people in nine Chinese cities conducted in 1988 with a total sample size of 7,000) and a 1993 random sample survey of all adults in two major cities with samples of approximately 1,050 in each. Family relations are conceived as reciprocal, with support flowing both upward and downward through generations, and dependent on the needs and resources of both parents and children. Multivariate analyses will include characteristics of various family members including parents, adult children, and others.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD032946-02
Application #
2332284
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1996-02-15
Project End
1999-01-31
Budget Start
1997-02-01
Budget End
1998-01-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
State University of New York at Albany
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Albany
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
12222