Kinship and living arrangements in later life: the case of Taiwan
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https://doi.org/10.21504/sajg.v2i1.19Abstract
This article examines living arrangements in later life in Taiwan from the perspective of adult children. It focusses on the question of which adult child co-resides with his/her parents. It is hypothesized that the choice of living arrangement is primarily circumscribed by economic feasibility which varies during stages in the life cycle. Parents may live with children who are single or divorced, or who need their help. When all the children are married, they choose to live with those who are financially better off. Middle-aged children who have their own families are least likely to co-reside with parents. The article further addresses the question whether filial piety is abandoned by children who do not live with parents. A trend of declining frequency of visiting parents has been observed. Nevertheless, it has been found that children who have the greatest probability of living away from their parents tend to visit them most frequently.References
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Chen, A.C. 1969. A study of family division in suburban farm families in Taiwan. M.A. thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan University. (In Chinese)
Chen, C. 1991. The determinants of satisfaction with living arrangements for the elderly in Taiwan. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, March 21-23, 1991.
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Chen, C. 1992b. Living apart from children in later life: the case of Taiwan. Paper read at the Conference on Family Formation and Dissolution: East and West Perspectives, Taipei, Taiwan, May 21-23, 1992.
Chen, C. & Speare, A. Jr. 1990. The impact of the process of modernization on elderly's living arrangements: the case of Taiwan. Proceedings of the Conference on Population Change and Socio-economic Development. Taipei, Taiwan, May 8-9, 1990, pp. 535-51. (In Chinese)
Chen, Y.J. 1986. A discussion on population aging and housing for the elderly in Taiwan area. Paper read at the International Symposium on Welfare for the Elderly. Taipei. (In Chinese)
Cohler, B.J. 1983. Autonomy and interdependency in the family of adulthood: a psychological perspective. The Gerontologist, 23: 33-39.
DGBAS. 1990. Report on the Old Status Survey. Taiwan area. Republic of China. Taipei, Taiwan: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. Executive Yuan.
DGBAS. 1989. Report on the Youth and the Old Survey in Taiwan area. Republic of China. Taipei, Taiwan: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan.
Freedman, R., Moots, B., Sun, T.H. & Weinberger, M.B. 1978, Household composition, extended kinship, and reproduction in Taiwan. Population Studies, 32(1): 65-80.
Freedman, R., Chang, M.C. & Sun, T.H. 1982. Household composition, extended kinship, and reproduction in Taiwan: 1973-80. Population Studies, 36(2): 395-411.
Hermalin, A.I., Chang, M.C., Lin, H.S., Lee, M.L. & Ofstedal, M.B. 1990. Patterns of support among the elderly in Taiwan and their policy implications. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Toronto, Canada, May 3-5.
Hermalin, A. I., Ofstedal, M.B. & Lee, M.L, 1992. Characteristics of children and intergenerational transfers in Taiwan. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, Colorado. April 30-May 2, 1992.
Hsieh, J.C. 1985. Meal rotation. In: Hsieh. H.C. & Chuang, Y.C. (Eds.) The Chinese family and its ritual behaviour. Monograph Series B, No. 5. Taipei: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, pp. 70-84.
Kobrin, F.E. & Goldscheider, C. 1982. Family extension or nonfamily living: life cycle, economic, and ethnic factors. Western Sociological Review. 13(1): 103-18.
Kojima, H. 1987. Parent-child coresidence in the Japanese household. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Chicago. April 30 - May 2, 1987.
Lai, T.H. & Chen, K.J. 1980. Historical and demographic perspective of the Chinese family size. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 5: 25-40. (In Chinese)
Li, R.M. 1992. Factors in elderly transfer of property to children in Taiwan. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, Colorado, April 30 - May 2, 1992.
Lo, J. 1987. Changes of elderly's household structure in Taiwan: 1976-1985. Taiwan Economic Forecast, 18(2): 83-108. (In Chinese)
Lo, J. 1988, The flow and determinants of the financial transfer between aged parents and adult children: the case of Taipei metropolitan area. Academia Economic Papers, 16(2): 103-36. (In Chinese)
Lopata, H.Z. 1973. Widowhood in an American city. Cambridge, Mass.: Shenkman.
Mancini, J.A. & Blieszner, R. 1989. Aging parents and adult children: research themes in intergenerational relations. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51(May): 275-90.
Martin, L. 1989. Living arrangements of the elderly in Fiji. Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Demography. 26(4): 627-43.
Shanas, E, 1979. Social myth as hypothesis: the case of the family relations of old people. The Gerontologist. 19: 3-9.
Shu, R. & Lin. C.C. 1989. Family structure and social change: a follow-up study. In: Yi, C.C. & Chu, C.R. (Eds.) Social phenomena in Taiwan: an analysis. Monograph series (25). Taipei: Sun-Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy. Academia Sinica, pp. 25-55. (In Chinese)
Troll, L.E. 1971. The family of later life: a decade review. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 33: 187-241.
Weinstein, M., Sun, T.H., Chang, M.C. & Freedman, R. 1990. Household composition, extended kinship, and reproduction in Taiwan, 1965-85. Population Studies. 44: 217-39.
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