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Who will care for the elderly in China?: A review of the problems caused by China's one-child policy and their potential solutions
Yuanting Zhang,Franklin Goza +1 more
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In this paper, the authors focus on the sandwich generation, i.e., those who oftentimes care for both younger and older generations, and personalize the consequences of this demographic shift and introduce possible solutions for lessening its effects.About:
This article is published in Journal of Aging Studies.The article was published on 2006-04-01. It has received 252 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: One-child policy & Total fertility rate.read more
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The effects of China's universal two-child policy
TL;DR: Effects of the new policy on the shrinking workforce and rapid population ageing will not be evident for two decades, in the meantime, more sound policy actions are needed to meet the social, health, and care needs of the elderly population.
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Modern Attitudes Toward Older Adults in the Aging World: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis
Michael S. North,Susan T. Fiske +1 more
TL;DR: Unexpectedly, these analyses found that cultural individualism significantly predicted relative positivity-suggesting that, for generating elder respect within rapidly aging societies, collectivist traditions may backfire.
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The Evolution of China's One-Child Policy and Its Effects on Family Outcomes
TL;DR: In 1979, China introduced its unprecedented one-child policy, under which households exceeding the birth quota were penalized as mentioned in this paper, and estimating the effect of this policy on family outco...
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中国区域经济统计年鉴 = China statistical yearbook for regional economy
中華人民共和国国家統計局総合司,新华财经信息咨询有限公司 +1 more
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Social Capital and Health Outcomes Among Older Adults in China: The Urban–Rural Dimension
Julie A. Norstrand,Qingwen Xu +1 more
TL;DR: Efforts to increase social capital in the hope of decreasing health disparity might be inadequate without eliminating China's unique rural-urban distinction in distributing economic and social resources.
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China statistical yearbook
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cross section of steel industry statistics and highlight the co operation of members and non members in supplying the information included in this publication, further details of the statistical sources used are given in the annex p 119.
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Five decades of missing females in China
Ansley J. Coale,Judith Banister +1 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that in virtually all cohorts of China, the shortage of females in comparison with males is revealed when the cohort is first enumerated in a census, an indication that female losses occur very early in life.
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Attitudes toward family obligation among adolescents in contemporary urban and rural China
Andrew J. Fuligni,Wenxin Zhang +1 more
TL;DR: A sense of family obligation was generally associated with more positive family relationships and a higher level of academic motivation among Chinese adolescents and how the shift to a market economy may influence adolescents' identification with the family in contemporary China was examined.
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Tradition and Change in the Urban Chinese Family: The Case of Living Arrangements*
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that the East Asian family is the cornerstone of social support for most Asians, more so than in the West, due to both cultural values and economic practicality.
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Persistence and challenges to filial piety and informal support of older persons in a modern Chinese society : a case study in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study in a modern new town (Tuen Mun) in Hong Kong was conducted, where interviews with 50 older persons in public housing estates were triangulated with data from focus groups and key informants.