Weakening Family Support for the Elderly in China
A Cultural Explanation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6046367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yao Yuan (0000-0002-3634-6180, a Population Research Institute, China People's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-34 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Sociology & Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4625 • E-ISSN: 1558-1004 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/csa0009-4625340126 |
| OpenAlex | W2322766563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Is family support for the elderly strengthening or weakening? This paper holds that family support for the elderly in China is weakening, and the cultural sign of this weakening is that family eldercare is gradually turning from a cultural into a behavioral norm. Fostering a socialist culture of respect and support for the elderly is of great importance in reinforcing family eldercare in China
China · Chinese family · Economic growth · Economics · Elderly people · Family support · Family values · Norm (philosophy) · Political science · Sign (mathematics) · Sociology · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |