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Old Age Security and the One-child Campaign

In: China’s One-Child Family Policy

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  • Deborah Davis-Friedmann

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In each of the four post-1949 birth control campaigns, official and unofficial sources have claimed that elderly grandparents undermined government efforts to restrict family size by their persistent desire for many grandchildren.1 Evidence supporting the elderly’s preference for large families, particularly for large numbers of male descendants to carry on the family surname, is widely available. Conclusive proof that elderly parents actively block acceptance of the one-child ideal, however, is more difficult to find. In fact, Chinese government sources generally identify young people as the main sources of opposition and focus propaganda efforts on the young, involving the elderly only as a secondary audience.2 The pattern of rewards and punishments used to achieve the goals of the one-child family also confirm the importance of resistance by the young rather than the old.3 It is the salaries of the young parents that are reduced if they violate their birth-quota and it is the young couples not the grandparents who receive all bonuses and preferential treatment for compliance. Why then should there be any concern with the role of the elderly in the one-child campaign?

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  • Deborah Davis-Friedmann, 1985. "Old Age Security and the One-child Campaign," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Elisabeth Croll & Delia Davin & Penny Kane (ed.), China’s One-Child Family Policy, chapter 6, pages 149-161, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-17900-8_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17900-8_6
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    1. Anning Hu & Dongyu Li, 2021. "Are Elders from Ancestor-Worshipping Families Better Supported? An Exploratory Study of Post-reform China," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 475-498, June.

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