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This chapter brings the discussions of the previous chapters together and attempts to answer the research questions. Throughout Chaps. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, the accounts of the daughters in their interviews provide an evidentiary foundation for understanding the contemporary caregiving paradigm of Chinese daughters and their parents. Chap. 9 reflects on the typology of support and care by revisiting the meaning of these stories and in the context of the conceptual and theoretical framework, the literature and the findings, attempts to move the academic discussion forward. The implications of the research and its limitations are articulated before the concluding remarks.
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There were 64 women born between 1946 and 1980; three women born before 1946 and six Filipina domestic helpers. The three oldest women were not included in the analysis but were interviewed for comparison.
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Interestingly, 22% had two children and both were Gen X. Fifty-five percent of the mainland women had sons.
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Even though some parents of the women interviewed for this book, and the women themselves, had pensions, these have largely been viewed as inadequate.
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O’Neill, P. (2018). Discussion and Conclusion. In: Urban Chinese Daughters. St Antony's Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8699-1_9
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