Adult children taking parents into their homes: effects of childhood living arrangements

Article Abstract:

Research has been undertaken into whether childhood living arrangements have an impact on adult children's views on taking a parent into their home and on whether adult children ever enter into such an arrangement. It was established that people raised by single fathers are especially unlikely to be in favour of parental coresidence. In contrast, there is a high level of parental coresidence among people who were brought up by a mother who was single or remarried. It is concluded that childhood living arrangements affect both normative and functional solidarity relating to parental coresidence.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Gender differences in adult children's support of their parents in Taiwan

Article Abstract:

This article examines gender differences in adult children's support of their parents. The authors, analyzing data from the Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, maintain usually only one child will provide help with activities of daily living, but financial and material support is generally shared among siblings, with sons carrying the majority of the responsibility.

Taiwan, Taiwanese, Chinese (Taiwan)

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Satisfaction with work and family life: no evidence of a cultural reversal

Article Abstract:

This article examines work satisfaction and family life. The author, analyzing data from the 1973-1994 General Social Surveys, maintains working women have increasingly been finding work more statisfying than family life, whereas men's work-home satisfaction has remained consistent.

United States, Psychological aspects, Working women, Job satisfaction, Family life

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