孝道观念与赡养行为的变迁

Trends of Filial Piety Norms and Children’s Support in China

本文使用2006年和2017年两期“中国综合社会调查”数据研究了权威性孝道和情感性孝道的变动趋势及其对子代赡养行为的影响。研究发现,情感性孝道已被中国人普遍接受,且随时间的推移呈上升趋势;权威性孝道随时间的推移呈下降趋势。权威性孝道有助于提升子女对父母的经济支持,情感性孝道对经济支持、生活支持和情感支持都有显著的积极影响。随着情感性孝道的上升和权威性孝道的下降,子代给予亲代的生活支持和情感支持不断提升,而经济支持则维持在一个相对稳定的水平上。

Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2006 and 2017,this study investigates the changes in authoritarian filial piety and reciprocal filial piety and explores their impacts on different types of children’s support in China.We find that reciprocal filial piety is generally accepted by Chinese and has been increasing over time.However,authoritarian filial piety shows a declining trend over time.Authoritative filial piety can promote children’s economic support,while reciprocal filial piety can promote economic,instrumental,and emotional support.With the decline of authoritative filial piety and the increase in reciprocal filial piety,children’s instrumental support and emotional support are increasing even if their economic support remains at a relatively stable level.