文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Raising sons or daughters for old age? Influence of children's gender on intergenerational family support in rural families

作者：Zhu, Jiguang[1,2];Wang, Yuncan[1];Song, Yunxing[1,3]

第一作者：朱纪广

通讯作者：Zhu, JG[1];Zhu, JG[2]

机构：[1]Henan Univ Econ & Law, Coll Econ, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China;[2]Henan Univ Econ & Law, Academician Lab Urban & Rural Spatial Data Min, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China;[3]Univ N Carolina, Dept City & Reg Planning, Chapel Hill, NC USA

第一机构：河南财经政法大学经济学院

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Henan Univ Econ & Law, Coll Econ, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China;[2]corresponding author), Henan Univ Econ & Law, Academician Lab Urban & Rural Spatial Data Min, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China.|[10484]河南财经政法大学;[1048422]河南财经政法大学经济学院;

年份：2023

卷号：10

外文期刊名：FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85146451216);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000914811900001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000914811900001)】；

基金：This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42171182), the National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of China (20BJY113), the Natural Science Outstanding Youth Fund Project of Henan Province (222300420021), the Key Scientific Research Project of Henan Province (22A790002), the Training Program for Young Backbone Teachers in Colleges and Universities of Henan Province (2021GGJS069), and Huang Tingfang/Xin He Young Scholars Program of Henan University of Economics and Law.

语种：英文

外文关键词：raising sons for old age; raising daughters for old age; children's gender; size of family; intergenerational support

摘要：BackgroundUnder the background of miniaturization of family size and a growing number of young and middle-aged population outflow in rural China, the study of family pension mechanism in rural China from the perspective of changes in the pension functions of son and daughter will not only help to deepen the understanding of the change rules of China's family system, but also provide important reference for the future design of rural pension system. Data and methodThe data come from the China Family Tracking Survey (CFPS), a nationwide social survey project runs by the Social Science Research Centre of Peking University. After excluding missing data, we obtained a valid sample of 11,207 sons and 2028 daughters in four data periods. We applied a fixed effects model for the analysis. ResultsIn rural areas, sons mainly provide economic support, while daughters mainly provide life care, thus forming a gender-based division of labor. With increasing off-farm job opportunities for daughters, they provide more economic support for their parents, but the time they spend on housework for their parents is reduced. As the number of children in a family has increased, daughters' role in supporting their parents has decreased. This research shows that although the traditional son-centered pension mode in China has not completely disintegrated, it has changed significantly. The findings reveal that changes in family size and improvements in women's status are important factors in changing family support patterns. DiscussionDifferent from the thought research about intergenerational relationship for a whole model, this article from the family internal different subjects role identity, shows the characteristics of the individual in the family, is conducive to theoretically explore the tension in the intergenerational relationship, individual and family which is helpful to understand the contemporary China's rural family generation ethics and intergenerational solidarity model. Families are classified more carefully according to the number, size and gender of children in the family, so as to fully show the heterogeneity and complexity of intergenerational relationships and old-age care models in rural families with different structural types. The discussion of the above issues has refined the description of rural family pension resources in China, which has certain reference significance for improving rural pension policies and actively dealing with the aging population.