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Filial norms and intergenerational support to aging parents in China and Taiwan
Author(s) -
Lin JuPing,
Yi ChinChun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00824.x
Subject(s) - china , situational ethics , welfare , social support , social welfare , sociology , east asia , psychology , demographic economics , social psychology , political science , economics , law
Lin J‐P, Yi C‐C. Filial norms and intergenerational support to aging parents in China and Taiwan Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: S109–S120 © 2011 The Author(s), International Journal of Social Welfare © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This study compared intergenerational relations in China and Taiwan. It has been assumed that cultural homogeneity results in filial norms being the shared dominant family value. However, due to different socio‐economic experiences, other situational factors could produce different effects in China and Taiwan. Specifically, geographical distance, parental demands, and children's resources were incorporated in the analysis. We suspected that different situational factors might interact with filial norms in producing varying effects on intergenerational support. Data were taken from the 2006 East Asian Social Survey. Results confirmed that the patriarchal family model of intergenerational support remains strong in both China and Taiwan. The traditional Chinese filial norms significantly accounted for all aspects of intergenerational support examined.