Dilemmas of an Aging Society: Family and State Responsibilities for Intergenerational Care in Taiwan

Ju Ping Lin*, Chin Chun Yi

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    In an aging society with a declining birthrate, there are more and more elderly to care for and fewer adult children to provide them care; these adult children, and the state, are forced to weigh the costs of eldercare against the cost of child care. In Taiwan, these dilemmas may be particularly acute, given the persistence of Confucian norms of filial piety and the extended family structures. In this study, we examine the attitudes of Taiwanese people toward the relative responsibilities of both adult children and the welfare state for eldercare and child care. Data were taken from the Taiwan Social Change Survey in 2011. Using latent class analysis to develop a typology of attitudes toward intergenerational care responsibilities, we found four types: (a) Family cares for elders and children, (b) family cares mainly for children, (c) cooperation between family and government, (d) government cares for the elderly. Findings show that an individual’s attitudes toward welfare state policies are significantly related to both self-interest and sociocultural norms as well as intergenerational family interactions. In Taiwan, filial norms and the quality of family interaction significantly influence attitudes toward the division of intergenerational care responsibilities.

    原文英語
    頁(從 - 到)1912-1936
    頁數25
    期刊Journal of Family Issues
    40
    發行號14
    DOIs
    出版狀態已發佈 - 2019 10月 1

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • 社會科學(雜項)

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