Help whom and help what? Intergenerational co-residence and the gender differences in time use among dual-earner households in Beijing, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10864269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Na Ta (0000-0001-7095-4262, East China Normal University), Zhilin Liu (0000-0002-2135-4575, Tsinghua University, corresponding author), Yanwei Chai (0000-0003-2513-3769, Peking University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2058-2074 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0042098018787153 |
| OpenAlex | W2898541847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 49 |
An extensive literature has documented the conflict between employment and household responsibilities and its impacts on the gendered patterns of daily activities in dual-earner households. However, most studies have focused exclusively on the division of household labour in nuclear households, with insufficient attention paid to the impact of alternative household strategies such as co-residence with extended family members. This article investigates the extent to which the presence of elderly parents shifts gendered activity patterns and even reduces the gender inequality in time use in urban China. By drawing on an activity diary survey conducted in Beijing in 2012, we compare and contrast the gendered patterns in time use between nuclear family households and extended family households. We find that co-residence mitigates the tension between employment and household responsibilities for women and leads to greater gender equality in the division of household labour and a reduced gender gap in the time spent on employment. However, co-residence only enables women to shift their time allocation from household responsibilities to employment rather than to pursue discretionary activities, and therefore its positive role is limited. We further discuss the policy implications given the limitations of intergenerational co-residence as an individual-based solution for childcare and other social services in transitional urban China
Beijing · China · Demographic economics · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Political science · Residence · Time-use survey · Work (physics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |