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Table 3 How often parents and children have helped each other in the past year (2016)

From: Short-term gains versus long-term strains: productivist policies and family resilience in China

 

Gave money

Helped with housework or looking after children and other families

Listened to their thoughts

N

%

N

%

N

%

(1) In the past year, have you often offered the following help to your parents?

Very often

154

7.1

180

8.3

148

6.8

Often

552

25.5

572

26.3

685

31.4

Sometimes

743

34.4

709

32.5

849

38.9

Seldom

388

17.9

524

24.0

400

18.3

Never

326

15.1

194

8.9

98

4.5

Total

2163

100.0

2179

100.0

2180

100.0

(2) In the past year, have your parents often offered the following help to you?

Very often

96

4.4

139

6.4

88

4.0

Often

275

12.7

428

19.8

502

23.1

Sometimes

464

21.4

488

22.6

835

38.4

Seldom

470

21.6

427

19.8

515

23.7

Never

868

39.9

676

31.3

236

10.8

Total

2173

100.0

2158

100.0

2176

100.0

  1. Missing variables (including “Don’t know”, “Not applicable”, and “Reject to answer”) are not reported. The data show the situation of people in rural and urban China and include people who have parents younger than 60
  2. Data source: CGSS (2017)