[lit-ideas] Re: Growing Old the Hard Way: China, Russia, India

From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:29:42 +0100

Traditionally, elder care is the responsibility of the oldest son and 
his spouse (i.e, I'd say, the spouse!).   The one-child family policy and 
the preference for boys means, then, a shortage of daughters-in-law to do 
the care work.  Also apparently daughters tend to provide more and 
higher quality care than sons (I don't see how this fits with the preceding
statements but Chinese researchers find it).

> if families were raising more sons than daughters, the problem of caring
> for the aged is perhaps even more critical.

they are and it is
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:43 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Growing Old the Hard Way: China, Russia, India


> Lawrence Helm wrote:
> 
> "In the past the sons took care of the aged, but increasing numbers of
> Chinese will not have sons available to do so."
> 
> 
> Yesterday, a Chinese friend of ours was telling me that I am fortunate,
> having three daughters, because when I am old I will have many people to
> look after me.  She said that one can't count on sons to do this.  A
> number of our Chinese friends have told me this.  I wonder if Lawrence's
> claim about sons is accurate.  It seems to me that it would matter since
> if families were raising more sons than daughters, the problem of caring
> for the aged is perhaps even more critical.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Phil Enns
> Toronto, ON
>
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