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China’s One-child Policy and the Changing Family
Abstract
China’s one-child policy was initiated in late 1979. Since its inception, nearly 150 million single children have been born in China. It is believed that this generation of only children has dramatically changed family structure, family relationships, and family lifestyle in China. It has also resulted in problems and issues not previously present in Chinese families, such as smaller families, a simplification of family structure, a shift from parented centered families to child centered families, the child becoming the focus of the family, changes in living patterns, and changes in family lifestyle. Also, there has been a decreased base of support for the elderly. We discuss these and related issues in this overview analysis of China’s changing family structure in the context of the one-child policy.
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“The worst fear for parents is that their only children would die before themselves, a small but certain demographic risk (Wang 2011, Feng et al. 2014, Fang 2020).”
From The Social and Sociological Consequences of China's One-Child Policy (2021) · cites this paper as Feng et al. 2014
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Tang, X., Tang, S., Ren, Z., & Wong, D. F. K. (2019) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.043 · Cited by 319
The Social and Sociological Consequences of China's One-Child Policy
Cai, Y., & Feng, W. (2021) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-090220-032839 · Cited by 120
Metadata
- Authors
- Feng, X.-T., Poston, D. L., & Wang, X.-T.
- Affiliations
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, No.163, Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China ().
- Texas A&M University (US)
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University,No.163, Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China ().
- Venue
- Journal of Comparative Family Studies
- Published
- 2014-03-01
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-29
- ISSN
- 0047-2328 (ISSN-L)
- 1929-9850
- OpenAlex
- W4247267563
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 11.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Comparative Family Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Keywords
- one-child policy, only children, family structure, family relationships, family lifestyle, life patterns, elderly support, China
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