Population Research ›› 2010, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 76-87.

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Changing Family Structure and Identification of Family Types in Rural Areas:A Case Study in East Hebei

Wang Yuesheng1   

  1. 1 Population and Labor Economics Institute,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Beijing 100732
  • Online:2010-03-29 Published:2012-11-25
  • About author:1 Researcher,Population and Labor Economics Institute,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

农村家庭结构变动及类型识别问题——以冀东村庄为分析基础

王跃生1   

  1. 1 中国社会科学院人口与劳动经济研究所,北京 100732
  • 作者简介:1 中国社会科学院人口与劳动经济研究所,研究员

Abstract: Under the private land ownership before the land reform,nuclear family,while it was the biggest family type,wasn’t the overwhelming majority.Although taking the second place,lineal family type accommodates the greatest percentage of population.Composite family ranked the third,and about a quarter of village population lived in this family type.Impact of the collective economic system on family structure was that the family head was deprived of their control power over land and other basic production means,thus they lost their ability to restrain son’s demand for family division.Composite Family gradually decreased and finally disappeared.Nuclealization of family was achieved in the late 60s and early 70s of the 20th century.Labors of the investigated village began to engage in non-farming activities,but most of them didn’t leave families,and transition to non-agricultural employment of villagers has not had a major impact on family structure.At present,arrangement of meal and residence rotation of the elderly parents with two or more sons is universal in the village.Parents who are in meal and residence rotation periodically attach themselves to a married son’s family and form a intermittent lineal family,and at the same time rotary lineal families are formed.This type of families is specifically designated,reflecting special features of lineal family.

Keywords: Family Structure, Nuclealization of Family, Family of Meal and Residence Rotation of Elderly Parents, Social Change

摘要: 土改前私有土地制度下,核心家庭是最大的家庭类型,但它并非居于主导地位;直系家庭虽居第二位,其所容纳的人口却处首位;复合家庭位居第三,约有1/4的村民生活在这类家庭中。集体经济制度对家庭结构的影响主要表现为,父家长失去了对土地等基本生产资料的控制权,进而缺少了对已婚儿子分家要求的抑制能力。复合家庭渐趋式微乃至消失;家庭核心化在20世纪60年代末、70年代初即已实现。调查村庄劳动力近距离的非农择业活动并未使其中多数人离开家庭,农民就业方式的非农转换并未对家庭结构产生大的影响。目前65岁以上多子父母被轮养具有一定普遍性。轮养父母周期性地依附于某个子女生活,与该子女组成"间歇式"直系家庭,在子女之间则形成"轮转式"直系家庭。将这一类型单列使轮养直系家庭的特殊性得以体现。

关键词: 家庭结构, 家庭核心化, 轮养家庭, 社会变革