IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/soinre/v153y2021i3d10.1007_s11205-020-02518-1.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Status of Family Resilience: Effects of Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural China

Author

Listed:
  • Bo Yang

    (Shaanxi Normal University)

  • Marcus W. Feldman

    (Stanford University)

  • Shuzhuo Li

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Abstract

Family resilience is the capacity of a family to mitigate adversity using its resources, structure, and internal connections. In rural China, where sustainable livelihoods are changing rapidly because of urbanization and migration, it is not clear how family resilience interacts with sustainability of livelihoods. This study of rural Chinese families classifies individual’s perceived family resilience and discusses how sustainable livelihoods influence this classification. A multilevel survey of rural families reveals three categories of perceived resilience in families: perceived optimistic families, perceived cooperative families, and perceived pessimistic families. Sustainable livelihoods, including natural, social, financial, and human capitals, have significant impacts on this classification of perceived family resilience. We conclude that rural families in China vary in their levels of family resilience, and the more physical and financial capital they have, the more internal cooperation there is within families. The more natural and traditional social capital families have, the less internal cooperation there is within families. The more human resources families have, the more resilience they have.

Suggested Citation

  • Bo Yang & Marcus W. Feldman & Shuzhuo Li, 2021. "The Status of Family Resilience: Effects of Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 153(3), pages 1041-1064, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:153:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-020-02518-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02518-1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11205-020-02518-1
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11205-020-02518-1?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wenqiang Ding & Saheed Olaide Jimoh & Yulu Hou & Xiangyang Hou & Weiguo Zhang, 2018. "Influence of Livelihood Capitals on Livelihood Strategies of Herdsmen in Inner Mongolia, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-17, September.
    2. Feinian Chen & Kim Korinek, 2010. "Family life course transitions and rural Household economy during China’s market reform," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 47(4), pages 963-987, November.
    3. Noraini Noor & Anjli Gandhi & Ismahalil Ishak & Saodah Wok, 2014. "Development of Indicators for Family Well-Being in Malaysia," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 115(1), pages 279-318, January.
    4. Chengchao Wang & Yuan Wang & Haiyan Fang & Bidan Gao & Zudeng Weng & Ying Tian, 2020. "Determinants of Rural Poverty in Remote Mountains of Southeast China from the Household Perspective," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 150(3), pages 793-810, August.
    5. Gideon Baffoe & Hirotaka Matsuda, 2018. "An Empirical Assessment of Households Livelihood Vulnerability: The Case of Rural Ghana," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 1225-1257, December.
    6. Jing Yang & Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, 2017. "Disparities in the Level of Poverty in China: Evidence from China Family Panel Studies 2010," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 132(1), pages 411-450, May.
    7. Yuan-Hsuan Lee & Chao-Yang Cheng & Sunny Lin, 2014. "A Latent Profile Analysis of Self-Control and Self-Esteem and the Grouping Effect on Adolescent Quality of Life Across Two Consecutive Years," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 117(2), pages 523-539, June.
    8. Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov, 2009. "Multilevel regression mixture analysis," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 172(3), pages 639-657, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Manh Hung Do, 2023. "The Role of Savings and Income Diversification in Households’ Resilience Strategies: Evidence from Rural Vietnam," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 353-388, August.
    2. Shulei Cheng & Yu Yu & Wei Fan & Chunxia Zhu, 2022. "Spatio-Temporal Variation and Decomposition Analysis of Livelihood Resilience of Rural Residents in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-25, August.
    3. Yan Ma & Qilin Zhang & Liyun Huang, 2023. "Spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages in Fujian Province, China," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, December.
    4. Menglan Wang & Manh Hung Do, 2023. "Households’ resilience and local commercialization in Thailand," TVSEP Working Papers wp-030, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Project TVSEP.
    5. Yue Sun & Yanhui Wang & Chong Huang & Renhua Tan & Junhao Cai, 2023. "Measuring farmers’ sustainable livelihood resilience in the context of poverty alleviation: a case study from Fugong County, China," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, December.
    6. Mengdi Wang & Xiaobing Peng, 2023. "How to Develop Sustainably after Poverty Alleviation in Poverty-Stricken Areas under Paired Assistance: A Quantitative Assessment Framework Based on System Dynamics Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-17, March.
    7. García-Parra Miguel Angel & Plazas-Leguizamón Nubia & Colmenares-Cruz Ramiro Andrés & Jácome-Suárez Jelsy Millena & Rodríguez Luz Angela Cuellar & Hernández-Criado Juan Carlos, 2023. "Analysis of the livelihoods and the empowerment of peasant communities: an analysis of two rural areas in the department of Boyacá, Colombia," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 27(3), pages 102-112, July.
    8. Manh Hung Do, 2023. "Saving up and diversifying income for a rainy day: Implications for households' resilience strategies and poverty," TVSEP Working Papers wp-033, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Project TVSEP.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Fatma Aribi & Mongi Sghaier, 2021. "Livelihood vulnerability assessment to climate change and variability: the case of farm households in South-East Tunisia," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(8), pages 12631-12658, August.
    2. Yang Liu & Qing Zhang & Qingfu Liu & Yongzhi Yan & Wanxin Hei & Deyong Yu & Jianguo Wu, 2020. "Different Household Livelihood Strategies and Influencing Factors in the Inner Mongolian Grassland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-15, January.
    3. Hong Chang & Xinchao Liu & Yu Xie & Yahong Liu & Wu Yang & Jianming Niu, 2022. "The Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy Drives the Differentiation of Herders’ Livelihoods in Inner Mongolian Desert Grassland," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-15, August.
    4. Marco Alfò & Lorenzo Carbonari & Giovanni Trovato, 2020. "On the Effects of Taxation on Growth: an Empirical Assessment," CEIS Research Paper 480, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 08 May 2020.
    5. Konte, Maty, 2016. "The effects of remittances on support for democracy in Africa: Are remittances a curse or a blessing?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(4), pages 1002-1022.
    6. Gustafsson, Björn Anders & Sai, Ding, 2019. "Growing into Relative Income Poverty: Urban China 1988 to 2013," IZA Discussion Papers 12422, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Jing Yang & Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, 2019. "Is the ADB’s Conjecture on Upward Trend in Poverty for China Right? An Analysis of Income and Multidimensional Poverty in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 143(2), pages 451-477, June.
    8. Thomas Wai-Kee Yuen & Winnie Wan-Ling Chu, 2015. "Happiness in ASEAN member states," International Journal of Happiness and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 69-83.
    9. Mukisa, Nicholas & Zamora, Ramon & Lie, Tek Tjing, 2020. "Assessment of community sustainable livelihoods capitals for the implementation of alternative energy technologies in Uganda – Africa," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 886-902.
    10. Adam B. Cohen & Kathryn A. Johnson, 2017. "The Relation between Religion and Well-Being," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 12(3), pages 533-547, September.
    11. Dao Duy Minh & Philippe Lebailly & Nguyen Dang Hao & Philippe Burny & Ho Thi Minh Hop, 2019. "The Dynamics of Livelihood Vulnerability Index at Farm Household Level: An Empirical Analysis of the Coastal Sandy Zone in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 9(5), pages 77-89.
    12. Nurul Syahida Mohd Ayob & Siti Aishah Hassan & Mohd Hamdan Mohamed Nordin, 2021. "A Local Approach Toward Multicultural Counseling in Malaysia," International Journal of Human Resource Studies, Macrothink Institute, vol. 11(4S), pages 287306-2873, December.
    13. Hussain, Shakir & Shukur, Ghazi, 2012. "Multilevel Mixture with Known Mixing Proportions: Applications to School and Individual Level Overweight and Obesity Data from Birmingham, England," HUI Working Papers 67, HUI Research.
    14. Zhang, Ruiping & Qiu, Zeguo & Li, Yajun & Liu, Lihong & Zhi, Suhua, 2021. "Teacher support, peer support, and externalizing problems among left-behind children in rural China: Sequential mediation by self-esteem and self-control," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    15. Paolo Berta & Salvatore Ingrassia & Antonio Punzo & Giorgio Vittadini, 2016. "Multilevel cluster-weighted models for the evaluation of hospitals," METRON, Springer;Sapienza Università di Roma, vol. 74(3), pages 275-292, December.
    16. Maslina Mansor & Mohamad Fazli Sabri & Mustazar Mansur & Muslimah Ithnin & Amirah Shazana Magli & Abd Rahim Husniyah & Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan & Mohd Amim Othman & Roza Hazli Zakaria & Nurulhuda Mohd Sa, 2022. "Analysing the Predictors of Financial Stress and Financial Well-Being among the Bottom 40 Percent (B40) Households in Malaysia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-23, September.
    17. Julius Uti Nchor, 2023. "Livelihood Strategies and Their Determinants among Informal Households in Calabar, Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-20, February.
    18. Qun Wang & Lu Shu & Xiaojun Lu, 2023. "Dynamics of multidimensional poverty and its determinants among the middle-aged and older adults in China," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    19. Menghan Zhao & Yang Zhang, 2019. "Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(47), pages 1315-1346.
    20. Belaïd, Fateh & Roubaud, David & Galariotis, Emilios, 2019. "Features of residential energy consumption: Evidence from France using an innovative multilevel modelling approach," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 277-285.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:153:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-020-02518-1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.