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INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS IN RURAL CHINA:
DO CHILDREN’S GENDER AND BIRTH ORDER MATTER?
by
Lu Zhou
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIAL WORK)
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Lu Zhou
Object Description
| Title | Intergenerational transfers in rural China: Do children's gender and birth order matter? |
| Author | Zhou, Lu |
| Author email | luzhou@usc.edu; zhoulv_jason@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Social Work |
| School | School of Social Work |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-26 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-08-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Flynn, Marilyn S. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Chi, Iris Silverstein, Merril |
| Abstract | This dissertation is a unique case study of the effects of children’s birth order and gender on intergenerational transfer motivations in rural China. Intergenerational transfer motivations are critical determinants in public transfer programs and policies in Western countries such as United States. However, these concepts are relatively new within the Chinese culture, and the effects of children’s birth order and gender have not previously been examined with regard to intergenerational transfers involving rural Chinese elders.; The purpose of this study was (a) to examine the factors that affect intergenerational transfers; (b) to explore motivations for the transfer of income and time from the perspective of rural-dwelling Chinese parents; and (c) to compare and contrast motivations for intergenerational transfers by children’s gender and birth order from the perspective of Chinese parents.; A stratified multistage method was used to randomly select 1,224 potential respondents from the Chaohu area, Anhui Province, China, and data were collected in 2009. After the exclusion of participants who failed to pass the cognitive test, the sample size for the present study was 1,165. Findings demonstrated that children’s birth order had a significant effect on intergenerational transfer motivations from parents’ perspectives. However, children’s gender did not play any role in determining the motivations for intergenerational transfers. Implications for government policy and future research are discussed. |
| Keyword | altruism; exchange; intergenerational transfers; intergenerational transfer motivations; older adults; rural China |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Chaohu |
| Geographic subject (county) | Anhui |
| Geographic subject (state) | China |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3256 |
| Rights | Zhou, Lu |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Zhou-3928 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Zhou-3928.pdf |
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| Full text | INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS IN RURAL CHINA: DO CHILDREN’S GENDER AND BIRTH ORDER MATTER? by Lu Zhou A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIAL WORK) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Lu Zhou |
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