In the Middle of Two Separated Yet Overlapped Spheres: Rural Nannies in Shanghai

Su, Yihui; Ni, Anni; Ji, Yingchun

doi:10.1080/21620555.2018.1435264

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“…The boundary between the two spheres may be crossed or blurred, as illustrated in the qualitative research on paid care work by Su, Ni, and Ji (2018). This study enriches the theorization of the separation and interaction between the public and private spheres in post-reform urban China by investigating rural migrant women's paid care work in the private family of urban middle-class women.…”

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New Gender Dynamics in Post-Reform China: Family, Education, and Labor Market

2018

Chinese Sociological Review

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This introduction paper briefly discusses the five empirical paper and the theoretical theme that organize these papers for the special issue of "New Gender Dynamics in Post-reform China." We introduce theoretically informed empirical research conducted by a young generation of family and gender scholars. Guided by the critiques over the separation and interaction between the public and private spheres occurring during China's transition from a socialist economy to a market economy, they examine married women's well-being, their decision-making regarding fertility, the gendered patterns of children's household chores, female college students `transition from college to the job market, and rural migrant women's paid domestic work in the city. Through the empirical research, the collection of articles aims to provide new evidence and enhance theoretical knowledge to further enrich our understanding of the complexities and dynamics of changing gender inequalities in the public and private spheres within Chinese society.

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New Gender Dynamics in Post-Reform China: Family, Education, and Labor Market

2018

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“…A large-scale random-sample survey of domestic workers conducted in 2019 revealed that only 1.6% of care workers in Beijing have labor contracts [ 10 , 11 ]. Other studies show that these female rural migrant care workers usually work overtime, lack leisure time, and sometimes have to face abuse from clients [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Although scholars have paid attention to these female rural migrant care workers’ working conditions and relationships with their clients, the mental health of these workers has not received attention from scholars.…”

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“…Discrimination from clients also contributes to the caregiver’s depression levels [ 28 ]. In contrast, having good relationships with clients might relieve caregivers’ stress levels [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. In addition, caregivers’ social relations with their friends or their community might provide social support for them to cope with stress and anxiety [ 27 ].…”

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“…Second, their relationships with their clients are also different from those that the care receivers have with their family members who provide care. In contrast to family members who engage in care work, rural migrant women who provide commercial care work usually face discrimination from care receivers [ 13 , 14 ]. Furthermore, the informality of home care workers also leads to precariousness in their daily life.…”

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“…Furthermore, the informality of home care workers also leads to precariousness in their daily life. Studies show that some rural migrant families encounter strong economic burden [ 8 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. However, the differences have not received enough attention from scholars, as there are very few empirical studies that examine the factors that are associated with the level of depression of these rural migrant women.…”

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The care crisis has become a global trend, and the demand for child and elderly care is increasing worldwide. The increasing number of home care workers plays a significant role in meeting this demand in developing countries. The mental health of these workers is associated with the quality of care they provide, which has rarely been studied. This paper explored the factors that affect home care workers’ depression, including their socio-demographic characteristics, working environment, relationship with clients, social support networks, economic burden, and subjective perceptions of discrimination and work. It utilized data from the Shanghai Domestic-work Professionalization Survey (SDPS), which was conducted among four types of in-home caregivers (n = 1000) in Shanghai over a period ranging from May to September 2021. The results show that the variables of marriage, education, self-reported health, relationship with client, economic burden, and subjective perceptions of discrimination and care work are significantly associated with home care workers’ level of depression. However, the variables of gender, age, household registration, and work environmental factors have no significant effect on their level of depression, which differs from the findings of previous studies on care workers in other institutions.

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In the Middle of Two Separated Yet Overlapped Spheres: Rural Nannies in Shanghai

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

New Gender Dynamics in Post-Reform China: Family, Education, and Labor Market

New Gender Dynamics in Post-Reform China: Family, Education, and Labor Market

Subjective Perception of Work and the Home Care Workers’ Depression

Stark Choices: Work-Family Tradeoffs among Migrant Women and Men in Urban China

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