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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Educ Dev. 2009 Sep 1;29(5):474–486. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.04.007

Table 1.

Mother's attitudes and expectations about co-residence and future support (in %).

Attitudes and expectations Disagree No opinion Agree
Parents should rely on sons for old-age support (N = 1989) 22.9 19.9 57.2
Schooling is useless for girls since they marry and leave home (N = 1997) 68.4 13.7 17.9
Very little/none Some A lot
How much financial help do you think you will get from your children? (N = 1953) 15.4 66.3 18.3
Son Daughter
Which child will give the most financial help in the future? (N = 1907) 81.2 18.8