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Direct linkYount, Kathryn M.; Cunningham, Solveig A.; Engelman, Michal; Agree, Emily M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
In Egypt, kin relations have been governed by a patriarchal contract, which defines expectations for intergenerational support along gendered lines. Social changes may be disrupting these customs and bringing attention to the ways gender may influence intergenerational support in rapidly changing contexts. Using data from 4,465 parent-child dyads…
Descriptors: Mothers, Daughters, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Geurts, Teun; Poortman, Anne-Rigt; van Tilburg, Theo G. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
This study examined whether past grandparental child care is related to present support from adult children. On the basis of social exchange theory, the authors expected that grandparental child care creates a debt that is repaid in the form of receiving support later in life. Using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (N = 349…
Descriptors: Daughters, Parent Child Relationship, Grandparents, Social Exchange Theory
Mitchell, Katherine Stamps; Booth, Alan; King, Valarie – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
This study examined sons' and daughters' involvement with nonresident fathers and associated outcomes (N = 4,663). Results indicated that sons and daughters reported equal involvement with nonresident fathers on most measures of father investment, although sons reported more overnight visits, sports, and movies and feeling closer to their fathers…
Descriptors: Daughters, Fathers, Adolescents, Sons
Xie, Yu; Zhu, Haiyan – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
The patriarchal structure of the traditional Chinese family suggests that sons, more than daughters, provide financial support to elderly parents. The norm of receiving support in old age primarily from sons, however, may have been undermined by dramatic demographic, economic, and cultural changes occurring over the last several decades in China,…
Descriptors: Daughters, Family Life, Older Adults, Urban Areas
Bogenschneider, Karen; Pallock, Linda – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
This paper examines conditional and reporter effects of parental responsiveness using survey data from White 8th to 12th graders (N = 440) and their parents (N = 511). Adolescent reports of maternal and paternal responsiveness predicted higher GPAs, fewer delinquent behaviors, and less internal distress. Mothers' and fathers' reports of…
Descriptors: Influences, Sons, Mothers, Daughters
Sarkisian, Natalia; Gerstel, Naomi – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2004
Although it is well established that adult daughters spend more time giving assistance to their parents than do sons, the sources of this gender gap are not well understood. This paper asks: To what extent can this gap be explained by structural variation, especially the different rates of employment and kinds of jobs that women and men tend to…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Daughters, Gender Differences, Surveys
