Intergenerational Relationship Patterns and Their Influencing Factors in Elderly Families:K-means Cluster Analysis Based on Two-way Report
In the traditional research on the pattern of intergenerational relationship,the data are often from the reports of parents or children in the family.However,is it accurate to measure intergenerational relations only by"one side"story.This problem reveals the lack of two-way reporting perspective in the current domestic research.Based on the data of 2020 China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),the paper uses K-means cluster analysis and multi-layer Logistic regression method to explore the bidirectional reporting status,intergenerational relationship pattern and influencing factors of the current Chinese elderly families.The results show that:Firstly,the average intergenerational score reported by elder parents was slightly lower than the average score reported by adult children,however there was no significant difference,which indicated the intergenerational benefit hypothesis is not supported.Secondly,based on the results of two-way report clustering,the intergenerational relationship of the elderly family can be specifically divided into"parent-child consistency type","close parent and distant child type","distant parent and close child type"in the structural dimension and"parent-child harmony type","parent-child gap type"and"parent-child estrangement type"in the horizontal dimension.Finally,from the perspective of influencing factors of intergenerational relationship pattern,intergenerational structure,characteristics of elderly parents and characteristics of adult children all have significant effects on structural dimension and horizontal dimension,while family characteristics only have significant effects on horizontal dimension.In short,the greater the age gap between the two generations,the younger the parents and the older the children,the more likely to form an intergenerational relationship of consistent evaluation;The greater the age gap between the two generations,the gender consistency between the two generations,the younger the parents,the parents with the support of their children,and the urban families,the more likely to form a harmonious intergenerational relationship.
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