Contact with Parents and Parents‐in‐Law, Gender, and Marital Satisfaction in Korea

Abstract

Objective: Guided by modernization theory and an intergenerational solidarity perspective, this study evaluated the differences in patterns of contact with non-coresident parents and parents-in-law in Korea at two time points 10 years apart and explored how these contact patterns were associated with gender and marital satisfaction. Background: Family relationships traditionally governed by Confucian patrilineal norms have been evolving into more egalitarian and bilateral patterns in contemporary Korea. Method: Data from the 2006 and 2016 Korean General Social Survey were examined. Analytic samples consisted of married respondents with at least one parent and one parent-in-law alive and no parent or parent-in-law coresiding with the respondents (2006, N = 493; 2016, N = 195). Chi-square tests and ordinary least squares regression models evaluated associations. Results: The findings overall revealed increased movement toward more egalitarian and bilateral intergenerational kin relationships over time, particularly among women. Equal face-to-face and phone contact with both sets of parents in

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