Daughters’ and Sons’ Remittances in Rural China: Findings From a National Survey

Gruijters, Rob J.

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide such a comprehensive overview of intergenerational proximity in the Chinese context. Contrary to recent reports of increasing gender equality in other aspects of intergenerational solidarity (Gruijters, , ; A. Hu, ; Xie & Zhu, ), we find that residential decisions of Chinese couples continue to exhibit a strong bias toward the husband's parents. There is, however, a social gradient in patrilocality, and neolocal residence is the modal arrangement among high‐status couples.…”

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Patrilocal, Matrilocal, or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

Gruijters

Ermisch

2018

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective:The study describes current patterns of intergenerational proximity in China and analyzes the structural conditions that are associated with couples' proximity to the husband's and the wife's parents. Background: Patrilocality is a core aspect of the traditional Chinese kinship system and is deeply rooted in Confucian beliefs. In recent decades, however, this custom has been challenged by internal migration as well changes in family values and preferences. Method: The authors model the effect of each spouse's household registration (hukou) origin, education level, and sibling structure on intergenerational proximity using a nationally representative sample of 4,256 couples derived from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies. Results: Almost 75% of married Chinese couples live with or in close proximity to the husband's parents. There is, however, a strong social gradient in intergenerational proximity, and patrilocality is particularly pronounced among rural-origin and less-educated couples. Matrilocal residence remains unusual, although it is more likely when the wife has no brothers. Conclusion:The custom of patrilocal residence demonstrates a remarkable resilience, even as other patriarchal traditions have crumbled in the face of China's Great Transformation. Implications: The authors provide explanations for the persistence of patrilocality and discuss implications for intergenerational support, gender inequality, and son preference.

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Patrilocal, Matrilocal, or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

Gruijters

Ermisch

2018

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Contrary to recent reports of increasing gender equality in other aspects of intergenerational solidarity (Gruijters, 2017(Gruijters, , 2018A. Hu, 2017;Xie & Zhu, 2009), we find that residential decisions of Chinese couples continue to exhibit a strong bias towards the husband's parents.…”

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Patrilocal, Matrilocal or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

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2018

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“…This is perhaps because parents of only daughters usually hold more egalitarian gender role attitudes given that they had stopped giving birth in the case of having no sons. Moreover, recent studies have found that it is increasingly becoming common for daughters to transfer money or provide care to their aging parents in both rural and urban China ( Xie and Zhu, 2009 ; Gruijters, 2018 ). Thus, modern parents have economic incentives to invest in their only daughters ( Tsui and Rich, 2002 ).…”

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Who Benefits From Being an Only Child? A Study of Parent–Child Relationship Among Chinese Junior High School Students

Liu

Jiang

2021

Front. Psychol.

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After more than three decades of implementation, China’s one-child policy has generated a large number of only children. Although extensive research has documented the developmental outcomes of being an only child, research on the parent–child relational quality of the only child is somewhat limited. Using China Education Panel Survey (2014), this study examined whether the only child status was associated with parent–child relationships among Chinese junior high school students. It further explored whether children’s gender moderated the association between the only child status and parent–child relationships. Two-level ordered logit models suggested that only children were more likely to report a close relationship with their mothers and fathers compared to children from multiple-child families (including two-child families). Taking birth order into consideration, we found that, only children were more likely to have close parent–child relationships than firstborns, whereas no significant differences were found between only children and lastborns. Interaction analyses further suggested that the only child advantages were gender-specific: the positive effects of the only child status were stronger for daughters than for sons, that is, daughters benefited more from being only children. Our findings highlight the importance of considering children’s gender and birth order in exploring the only child effects in the Chinese context. Additional analyses about sibling-gender composition indicated female children were more likely to be disadvantaged with the presence of younger brothers, whereas male children benefited more from having older sisters. This reveals that the son preference culture is still deep-rooted in the Chinese multiple-child families.

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Daughters’ and Sons’ Remittances in Rural China: Findings From a National Survey

Cited by 27 publications

References 46 publications

Patrilocal, Matrilocal, or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

Patrilocal, Matrilocal, or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

Patrilocal, Matrilocal or Neolocal? Intergenerational Proximity of Married Couples in China

Who Benefits From Being an Only Child? A Study of Parent–Child Relationship Among Chinese Junior High School Students

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