Informal care provision across multiple generations in China
Informal care provision across multiple generations in China
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DOI：
10.1017/s0144686x19000369
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Vlachantoni, Athina
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作者：
Falkingham, Jane;Evandrou, Maria;Vlachantoni, Athina
随着预期寿命的延长，家庭结构的变化，以及最近严格的计划生育政策的放松，了解中年个体如何支持多代人，特别是他们的年长父母和年幼的孙子，在中国具有越来越大的研究和政策意义。本文分析了2011年中国健康与退休纵向研究（CHARLS）的数据，以研究中国45-64岁中年人的特征，他们可能被夹在照顾年长的父母/公婆和/或年幼的孙子（16岁以下）之间。二元逻辑和多项回归模型揭示了与为一代或多代提供支持相关的因素。调查结果显示，在中国的中年夹心一代中，58%的人只照顾年幼的孙辈，23%的人只照顾父母/公婆，而15%的人同时抚养两代人。多元分析提供的证据表明，代际照顾的提供是互补的，而不是对中年时间的竞争需求，照顾孙子孙女增加了赡养父母/公公婆婆的可能性，反之亦然。然而，年轻的孙辈数量的增加对对年长父母/公公婆婆的照顾产生了负面影响，这表明在更高的照顾强度下，几代人之间可能存在竞争需求。
With increasing life expectancy, changes in family structure and, most recently, the relaxation of the hitherto strict family planning policies, understanding how mid-life individuals support multiple generations, particularly their older parents and younger grandchildren, is of increasing research and policy significance in China. This paper analyses data from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to examine the characteristics of Chinese mid-life individuals aged 45-64 who are potentially being 'sandwiched' between providing care to older parents/parents-in-law and/or younger grandchildren (under age 16). Binary logistic and multinomial regression models shed light on the factors associated with providing support to one generation or multiple generations. The results highlight that amongst the Chinese mid-life sandwich generation, 58 per cent only provide care to their young grandchildren, 23 per cent only provide care to their parents/parents-in-law, whilst 15 per cent are simultaneously supporting both generations. Rather than acting as competing demands upon the mid-lifers' time, the multivariate analysis provides evidence that the provision of intergenerational care is complementary, with caring for grandchildren increasing the probability of also supporting one's parents/parents-in-law, andvice versa. However, an increase in the number of younger grandchildren has a negative impact on the care provided to older parents/parents-in-law, indicating that at higher care intensities there may be competing demands across the generations.