Continuity and Change in Urban Chinese Family Life

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Previous articleNext article No AccessContinuity and Change in Urban Chinese Family LifeMartin King WhyteMartin King Whyte Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The China Journal Volume 53Jan., 2005Celebrating the Universities Service Centre for China Studies Published on behalf of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/20065990 Views: 256Total views on this site Citations: 73Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright The China JournalPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Xi Zhao, Chunyi Lin, Beatrice Knerr-Sievers, Qiuting Lu, Abbas Mardani The impact of institutional environment on entrepreneurial performance in micro E-commerce for Women: The mediating role of entrepreneurial network, Journal of Business Research 154 (Jan 2023): 113313.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113313Jia Yu, Yu Xie Is there a Chinese pattern of the second demographic transition?, China Population and Development Studies 36 (Sep 2022).https://doi.org/10.1007/s42379-022-00113-0Yanan Zhang, Sarah Harper The impact of son or daughter care on Chinese older adults' mental health, Social Science & Medicine 306 (Aug 2022): 115104.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115104Youqin Huang, Yuyao Li, William A.V. 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