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abstract: 'As China''s one-child policy is replaced by the two-child policy, young
Chinese women and their spouses are increasingly concerned about who
will take care of the `second child.'' Due to the absence of public
childcare services and the rising cost of privatised care services in
China, childcare provision mainly relies on families, such that working
women''s choices of childbirth, childcare and employment are heavily
constrained. To deal with structural barriers, young urban mothers
mobilise grandmothers as joint caregivers. Based on interviews with
Guangzhou middle-class families, this study examines the impact of
childcare policy reform since 1978 on childbirth and childcare choices
of women. It illustrates the longstanding contributions and struggles of
women, particularly grandmothers, engaged in childcare. It also shows
that intergenerational parenting involves a set of practices of
intergenerational intimacy embedded in material conditions, practical
acts of care, moral values and power dynamics. We argue that the
liberation, to some extent, of young Chinese mothers from childcare is
at the expense of considerable unpaid care work from grandmothers rather
than being driven by increased public care services and improved gender
equality in domestic labour. Given the significant stress and seriously
constrained choices in later life that childcare imposes, grandmothers
now become reluctant to help rear a second grandchild. This situation
calls for changes in family policies to increase the supply of
affordable and good-quality childcare services, enhance job security in
the labour market, provide supportive services to grandmothers and, most
importantly, prioritise the wellbeing of women and families over
national goals.'
affiliation: 'Peng, MG (Corresponding Author), Guangzhou Univ, Dept Govt \& Publ Adm,
Guangzhou 510006, Peoples R China.
Zhong, Xiaohui, Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Govt, Dept Polit Sci, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples
R China.
Peng, Minggang, Guangzhou Univ, Dept Govt \& Publ Adm, Guangzhou 510006, Peoples
R China.'
author: Zhong, Xiaohui and Peng, Minggang
author-email: 'zhongxh25@mail.sysu.edu.cn
pengminggang@gzhu.edu.cn'
author_list:
- family: Zhong
given: Xiaohui
- family: Peng
given: Minggang
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.17645/si.v8i2.2674
eissn: 2183-2803
files: []
journal: SOCIAL INCLUSION
keywords: 'childcare; intergenerational parenting; older women; two-child policy;
urban China'
keywords-plus: URBAN CHINA; GRANDCHILDREN; GRANDPARENTS; PARENTS; CHOICES; ROLES
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '49'
pages: 36-46
papis_id: 3c5cf23c325f78e93ea1ce1874152179
ref: Zhong2020grandmothersfarewell
times-cited: '17'
title: 'The Grandmothers'' Farewell to Childcare Provision under China''s Two-Child
Policy: Evidence from Guangzhou Middle-Class Families'
2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
type: article
2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
unique-id: WOS:000530127400004
usage-count-last-180-days: '7'
usage-count-since-2013: '44'
volume: '8'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2020'