Helping out the kids: Expectations about parental support in young adulthood
Helping out the kids: Expectations about parental support in young adulthood
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00727.x
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发表时间：
2001-08-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
Yang, LS
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作者：
Goldscheider, FK;Thornton, A;Yang, LS
本文探讨了非常年轻的成年人（18岁）和他们的母亲对父母可能提供的经济支持下，在年轻的成年常见的各种情况下的期望。使用代表性的数据，从妇女和他们的孩子之一，我们研究母亲和孩子之间的期望和模型的变化，这些期望的差异。我们发现，母亲期望提供支持的比例低于子女期望的比例，母亲和儿子之间的差距尤其大。此外，在支助优先事项方面也有很大差异。许多母亲只抚养已婚的孩子，而其他母亲只抚养未婚的孩子;同样，一些母亲只抚养家中的未婚孩子，而许多母亲只抚养离家的孩子。尽管这些差异中的一些反映了资源的差异，但大多数都表明了美国人对家庭价值观的分歧和困惑。
This paper examines the expectations of very young adults (age 18) and their mothers about financial support that parents might provide under a variety of situations common in young adulthood. Using representative data from women and one of their children, we examine differences in expectations between mothers and children and model variation in these expectations. We find that a lower proportion of mothers expect to provide support than their children expect them to, with particularly large gaps between mothers and sons. Further, there are substantial differences in support priorities. Many, mothers would support only, a married child and others only, an unmarried one; similarly,, some mothers would support only, an unmarried child at home, whereas many, others would only, support a child away. Although some of these differences reflect differences in resources, most suggest disagreements and confusion about Americans' family, values.