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1 Vol. 38No. 1 January Population Research Changing Lineal Families with Three Generations An Analysis of the 2010 Census Data Wang Yuesheng Abstract In contemporary China lineal families with three generations have been a typical family formation since the early 1980s. However this trend differs between urban and rural areas. When children growing up in urban one-child familiesespecially after their marriage and childbearingmost of them would not change their preference for a small family. In rural areas the number of families with only one son has increased since the early 1980s. When growing upmost of those sons work outside the villages. Once getting married and bearing child they need help from their parents for housework and childcare. Since such family arrangement is beneficial to young peopleits proportion has increased. The majority of the householders of lineal families with three generations were in the middle and early old age in 2010 and their family function of supporting elderly has been weakened. More than half of the lineal families with three generations have no members aged 65 and above in At the same timethe infant proportion of the lineal families with three generations has gradually increased since the early 1980s. The function of taking care of children has been enhanced in this kind of family. Keywords Lineal Family with Three GenerationsFamily FunctionCensus Data Author Wang Yuesheng is Research Fellow Institute of Population and Labor EconomicsChinese Academy of Social Sciences. Beijing wangysh12@ 163. com

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4 ~ Table 1 Proportion of Lineal Families with Three Generations and Total Lineal Families in the Four Census Years % % % % % 70% % Table 2 Comparison of Proportion of Urban and Rural Lineal Families with Three Generations in the Four Census Years % % % % %

5 ~ % % % % ~ % 41. 6% % % % 25 ~ % % ~ % 2. 04% 1 / Figure 1 Age Distribution of Householders of Lineal Families Figure 2 Age Distribution of Householders of Lineal with Three Generations in 1982 Families with Three Generations in % % 25 ~ % % 40 ~ % % % 41. 6% % % % %

6 % % % % % Figure 3 Age Distribution of Householders of Lineal Figure 4 Age Distribution of Members of Lineal Families Families with Three Generations in 2010 with Three Generations in the Four Census Years % % % % % % % % % % % % %

7 Figure 5 Age Distribution of Members of Lineal Figure 5 Age Distribution of Members of Lineal Families with Three Generations in Urban Areas in the Four Census Years Families with Three Generations in Rural Area in the Four Census Years % % % % % 70 1 / ~ % 12. 8% % % % % 11. 2% 12% % % % % 7 Figure 7 7 Age Distribution of Members within Lineal Families with Three Generations in the Four Census Years

8 ~ % % % % % 50 ~ % % % % % % % % % Table 3 Changing Numbers of the Elderly Aged 65 and above in Lineal Families with Three Generations since 1982 % % 65

9 Table 4 Function of Elderly Support in Different Types of Families in the Three Census Years % ~ ~ ~ ~ % % % % % % % % % % % % 8. 55% % 20% /

10 Table 5 Function of Raising Children in Different Types of Families in the Three Census Years % ~ ~ ~ ~ /

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12 62 38 /References Wang Yuesheng A Theoretical Approach to Intergenerational Relationships in China. Population Research Wang Yusheng The Changing Family Structure in Contemporary China An Analysis. Social Sciences in China Philip. C. C. Huang The Modern Chinese Family In Light of Economic and Legal History. Open Times Li Yinhe Changes of Family Structure and Family Relation Based on Investigation in Lanzhou. Gansu Social Sciences Gong Weigang Types of Rural Household Division and Changing Trends of Lineal Families with Three Generations An Analysis of the National Census Data. South China Population

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