Intergenerational transfers and living arrangements of older people in rural China: consequences for psychological well-being.

By M. Silverstein, Z. Cong, Shuzhuo Li. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2006

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Intergenerational Time-for-Money Exchanges in Rural China: Does Reciprocity Reduce Depressive Symptoms of Older Grandparents? (2008, background): “…system, which assigns people almost permanent residential status to either urban or rural locations, most migrants from rural China will only temporarily stay away from home villages, making it difficult to take their children with them (Bai & Song, 2002; Silverstein et al., 2006; Zhao, 2005).”
Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China and Consequences for Their Emotional Well-being (2015, positive): “Several studies (Chen and Silverstein 2000; Liu and Guo 2008; Silverstein et al. 2006) found that living with children is beneficial, but they did not distinguish between elderly couples living independently and elderly people living alone.”