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TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Relations and Remarriage Post-Divorce and Post-Widowhood in China
AU - Hu, Yang
AU - To, Sandy
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Journal of Family Issues, 39 (8), 2018, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Journal of Family Issues page: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/JFI on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Analyzing event history data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies and 13 qualitative interviews, we examine the complex and gendered relationship between family relations and remarriage in China. Distinct roles are played by the presence of pre-school, school-age and adult children in configuring the remarriage of women and men after divorce and after widowhood. The remarriage of widows but not divorcées is positively associated with the presence of parents and siblings respectively. Remarriage is more likely in the presence of large extended families. Whereas single and remarried divorcé(e)s equally provide care to their children, such care provision is less likely among remarried than single widow(er)s. Compared with their single counterparts, remarried divorcé(e)s and particularly widow(er)s are less likely to receive care from their children. We underline the importance of considering the “linked lives” of family members and comparing distinct life-course circumstances in the study of remarriage. We demonstrate that remarriage is far from an “individualized” institution, and that the state’s privatization of marriage seems to reinforce the “familialization” of remarriage practices in China.
AB - Analyzing event history data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies and 13 qualitative interviews, we examine the complex and gendered relationship between family relations and remarriage in China. Distinct roles are played by the presence of pre-school, school-age and adult children in configuring the remarriage of women and men after divorce and after widowhood. The remarriage of widows but not divorcées is positively associated with the presence of parents and siblings respectively. Remarriage is more likely in the presence of large extended families. Whereas single and remarried divorcé(e)s equally provide care to their children, such care provision is less likely among remarried than single widow(er)s. Compared with their single counterparts, remarried divorcé(e)s and particularly widow(er)s are less likely to receive care from their children. We underline the importance of considering the “linked lives” of family members and comparing distinct life-course circumstances in the study of remarriage. We demonstrate that remarriage is far from an “individualized” institution, and that the state’s privatization of marriage seems to reinforce the “familialization” of remarriage practices in China.
KW - care exchange
KW - China
KW - divorce
KW - event history analysis
KW - family relations
KW - gender
KW - remarriage
KW - widowhood
U2 - 10.1177/0192513X17748694
DO - 10.1177/0192513X17748694
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 2286
EP - 2310
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
SN - 0192-513X
IS - 8
ER -