Household composition and extended kinship in Taiwan
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Population Studies
- Vol. 32 (1) , 65-80
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.1978.10412792
Abstract
The extended family has been an essential part of Chinese society, both in cultural ideal and social reality.1 The traditional Chinese ideal has been for co-residence of parents with their married sons and their families in a large, joint-stem household unit. The reality, in Taiwan and elsewhere, has deviated from the ideal in several ways. First, for any given young couple, relatives necessary for a joint-stem family may not be available at one or another stage of the family life cycle. Secondly, even when all the necessary relatives are available, the emphasis has been on the vertical filial tie, rather than the horizontal fraternal tie, so the predominant fact has been co-residence of parents with a married son. Married brothers usually-do not live together and, if they do, it is usually when the parent is or has been in the same unit.Keywords
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