Filial
piety, the most important virtue among all virtues deeply rooting in the
minds of the Chinese people, has long been regarded as a family heirloom
in Chinese society. The concept of filial piety has been behaved in the
forms of financially supporting parents and assisting parents in daily
lives; and the most important way for children to implement filial piety
is to live with their parents. The purpose of
this research attempts to investigate factors affecting co-resident
attitude with parents after children marriage and, hopefully, to provide
people with different cultural backgrounds about knowledge of adulthood
and family development in a developing society. The research further
analyzes the factors affecting co-resident attitude with parents after
children marriage and provides some references in living arrangements for
the aged. The research
found that factors directly affecting co-resident attitude with parents
after children marriage are gender, age generations, educational status,
personal incomes, concept of filial piety and attitudes toward marriage.
The research also showed that indirectly influences co-resident attitude
with parents after children marriage is gender roles.