孙辈孩子对农村家庭代际居住方式选择的影响——基于2015年CGSS数据

The Influence of Grandchildren on the Choice of Intergenerational Living Styles in Rural China: Based on the Data of CGSS2015

本文利用2015年中国综合社会调查(CGSS)数据,实证研究孙辈孩子对农村家庭代际居住方式选择的影响。研究表明,孙辈孩子数对子女选择与父母共同或分开近距离居住有显著负效应,未成年孙辈孩子的存在对子女选择与父母共同或分开近距离居住有显著正效应。进一步研究表明,未成年孙辈孩子数对子女选择与父母共同或分开近距离居住有显著正效应,而成年孙辈孩子数则对子女选择与父母共同或分开近距离居住有显著负效应;子女配偶为农村户籍及父母经济独立性均对子女与父母选择共同或分开近距离居住有显著负效应,而子女个人收入则对其选择与父母共同或分开近距离居住有显著正效应。基于上述结论,本文提出了有针对性的建议。

Based on the reviews of relevant literature at home and abroad, this paper discusses the influence of grandchildren on the choice of intergenerational living styles in rural families by using the binary logistic regression model and combining with Chiese General Social Survey(CGSS) data. The results show that the number of grandchildren has a significant negative effect on children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents, but the existence of minor grandchildren has a significant positive effect. For every additional one grandchild, there will be a reduction of 12. 2% in children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents. However, the existence of minor grandchildren makes the probability of children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents increase 39. 3%. The number of minor grandchildren has a remarkable positive effect on children’s choosing of living together or in close proximity with their parents. For every additional one minor grandchild, there is an increase of 18. 6% in children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents. The number of adult grandchildren has a remarkable negative effect on children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents. For every additional one adult grandchild, there is a reduction of 15. 8% in children’s choosing of living with or in close proximity to their parents. The results also show that children’s spouses being registered in rural areas or parents’ financial independence have remarkable negative effects on children and parents choosing to live together or in close proximity to each other. However, children’s income level has a remarkable positive effect on their choice to live with or in close proximity to their parents. This paper puts forward some suggestions according to the above conclusions. The first is to strengthen the effective linkage and organic connection between the rural old-age security system and the policies to encourage more children on the basis of raising continually the level of basic old-age pension payments in rural areas and accelerating the construction and improvement of the rural old-age Service System. The second is to improve the relevant laws and regulations, so as to further clarify the children’s responsibilities and obligations to their parents for their support. The third is to promote the construction of evaluation, so as to promote a return to civilization by fully inspiring people’s initiative and consciousness of respecting their parents and other elderly people. The fourth is to scientifically plan the rural residence, so as to provide more selections for children to live with or in close proximity to their parents.Most Chinese and international related research results focus on the influence of the company of children, living with or in close proximity to their parents, or the choice of the living styles between children and their parents on the physical and mental health of the elderly. However, this paper mainly discusses the effects of grandchild on the rural families,especially be the influence of rural married children’s choice on the intergenerational living style. This can make up for the lacks of the existed achievements in the factors of influencing decision-making of the rural family intergenerational living style.In terms of the deficiency of this paper, it fails to reveal the robust effect of a variable on the choice of family intergenerational living style due to the single cross-section data, which awaits further discussion in future studies.