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100			_aTa, Na _945111
245			_aHelp whom and help what? Intergenerational co-residence and the gender differences in time use among dual-earner households in Beijing, China
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 56, Issue 10, 2019,( 2058-2074 p.)
520			_aAn extensive literature has documented the conflict between employment and household responsibilities and its impacts on the gendered patterns of daily activities in dual-earner households. However, most studies have focused exclusively on the division of household labour in nuclear households, with insufficient attention paid to the impact of alternative household strategies such as co-residence with extended family members. This article investigates the extent to which the presence of elderly parents shifts gendered activity patterns and even reduces the gender inequality in time use in urban China. By drawing on an activity diary survey conducted in Beijing in 2012, we compare and contrast the gendered patterns in time use between nuclear family households and extended family households. We find that co-residence mitigates the tension between employment and household responsibilities for women and leads to greater gender equality in the division of household labour and a reduced gender gap in the time spent on employment. However, co-residence only enables women to shift their time allocation from household responsibilities to employment rather than to pursue discretionary activities, and therefore its positive role is limited. We further discuss the policy implications given the limitations of intergenerational co-residence as an individual-based solution for childcare and other social services in transitional urban China.
650			_aactivity pattern, _945112
650			_a gender, _936984
650			_a inequality, _945113
650			_a policy, _945114
650			_a time use _945115
700			_aLiu, Zhilin _945116
700			_aChai Yanwei _945117
773	0		_011188 _915499 _dsage, 2019. _tUrban studies
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018787153
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