@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017422,
 author = {Mangyo, Eiji},
 issue = {E14-4},
 journal = {Economic Research Center Discussion Paper},
 month = {Feb},
 note = {Long-standing patrilocal traditions hold that sons in rural China reside with their parents after marrying, whereas daughters join their husbands’ families. Knowing they will rely on their adult children for support when they are old, rural Chinese parents might prefer to bear sons rather than daughters. Using longitudinal data [2002, 2005, and 2008/2009] of the elderly from 22 rural Chinese provinces, this study examines whether evidence endorses such a preference. Evidence shows no correlation between the gender of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents. Although evidence reveals that sons are somewhat more likely than daughters to support their elderly birth parents financially, physically, and emotionally, it also reveals that many daughters do so, countering the perception that married daughters become part of husbands’ families.},
 title = {Is a Daughter Really Like Water Spilled on the Ground ? : Adult Children’s Gender, Filial Support, and Parental Mortality in Rural China},
 year = {2014}
}