Living Arrangement Intentions of Adult Migrant Children toward Their Left-Behind Rural Parents in China

The number of “left-behind” rural elderly has been increasing in China. Although support examined, the existing studies mainly reveal current living arrangements and actual that adult migrant children provide for their old parents. migrants’ intended parents have rarely investigated. Therefore, paper aims to investigate pattern explore underlying decision-making involved intend aging countryside. It is assumed were functions residency plan future, socioeconomic status cultural values towards “filial piety”. A questionnaire survey was conducted Jiangsu province test assumptions. One-way ANOVA Tukey post-hoc tests used examine disparities characteristics among seven options arrangements. results show most migrants wanted change parents’ status. They preferred live together with hometowns. significant proportion respondents consider settling cities adjacent Rural left-behind are mediated by future expectations, caring attitudes financial circumstances. Institutional barriers for, disadvantageous of, main impact factors.