ABSTRACT

Theory suggests that relationships between intergenerational coresidence and married women’s subjective well-being may be either positive or negative. We extend previous research on this question in two ways: by focusing also on geographical proximity to parents(-in-law) and by examining differences in married women’s well-being both between and within different types of living arrangements. Using data from a nationally representative survey of adults in Japan, we found no differences in married women's subjective well-being between living arrangements, but observed significant differences within living arrangements depending on married women’s position in the household and the direction of intergenerational support transfers. Our results suggest that comparisons across living arrangements may be complicated by within-group associations with well-being and that attention to married women’s position in the household and the direction of intergenerational transfers is essential for understanding how married women in Japan experience different living arrangements.

摘要

理论表明，代际同居与已婚女性主观幸福感之间的关系可能是正向的，也可能是负向的。我们以两种方式扩展了之前关于这个问题的研究：同时关注与父母（姻亲）的地理接近度，以及研究不同类型的生活安排之间和内部的已婚妇女幸福感的差异。使用来自日本成年人的全国代表性调查的数据，我们发现已婚女性的主观幸福感在不同的生活安排中没有差异，但观察到生活安排中的显着差异取决于已婚女性在家庭中的地位和代际支持转移的方向。