第一代独生子女婚后居住模式——基于江苏省的经验研究

Living Mode of the First Generation of Only-Child after Marriage in Jiangsu Province

二十世纪七、八十年代出生的第一代独生子女正处在婚育阶段,与此同时,他们的父母也在逐渐步入老年。文章利用2007年江苏生育调查数据,从代际关系角度考察了第一代独生子女的婚后居住模式及影响因素,结果表明:子代需要亲代帮助照料年幼孙代的需求、亲代需要子代提供照料的需求显著提高了独生子女婚后与父母同住的可能性,代际交换关系显著影响了居住模式;与非独生子女家庭相比,独生子女家庭更可能与夫妻一方或双方父母同住;城市独生子女比农村独生子女更可能婚后与父母同住;独生子女的性别属性对居住模式有显著影响,独生子与自己父母同住的比例明显大于独生女同她们的父母同住的比例。

Using the data of Jiangsu Fertility Survey in 2007, this paper examines the living patterns of the first generation of only-child after their marriage in comparison with that of those with siblings of same age. Results show that the only-child generation is more likely to reside together with their parents after their marriage. In fact living together with parents is the first generation only-child＇s dominant living arrangement. The generation of only-child need their parental generation to take care of their kids while the parental generation need the only child generation to take care of them in their aging life, this intergeneration supports significantly raise the chances of living together with parents of the couple after marriage comparing with the non-only-child families. More interesting findings are that the only-child couples of the urban is even more likely to live with their parents than those of the rural, and the gender of the only-child affects their living pattern, the male only-child boast of a much high percentage to live together with parents than the female only-child.