The Intergenerational Relationship of Rural Women: a Study of Intergenerational Exchange from Daughter\'s and Daughter-in-law\'s View

Total 399 persons were investigated by questionnaire, and 12 focus groups were interviewed. The study finds the intergenerational exchange of the woman of the farmers\' villages with their mother and mother-in-law is not very often.

The items and the frequencies of the intergenerational exchange between the woman of the farmers\' villages and their mother and mother-in-law are different. The most important factor affecting the intergenerational exchange of the woman of the farmers\' villages with their mother and mother-in-law is the frequency of meeting. On the other hand, health and age are the factors affecting mother and mother-in-law giving assistance to the daughters.