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In America，older people rarely live with their adult children.But in many other cultures children are expected to care【C1】______their aged parents.In some parts of Italy，the percentage of adult children who【C2】______with their parents【C3】______65to 70%.In Thailand，too，children are expected to care for their elderly parents；few Thai elderly live【C4】______.What explains these differences in living arrangements【C5】______cultures？Modernization theory【C6】______the extended family to low levels of economic development.In traditional societies，the elderly live with their children in large extended family units for economic reasons.【C7】______with modernization，children move to urban areas，leaving old people after in【C8】______rural areas.Yet modernization theory can’t explain why such households were never common in America or England，or why families in fully modernized Italy【C9】______a strong tradition of intergenerational living.Clearly，economic development alone cannot explain【C10】______living arrangements.
Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance【C11】______.In some cultures，the stem family pattern of inheritance overtakes.【C12】______this system，parents live with a married child，usually the oldest son，who then【C13】______their property when they die.The stem family system was once common in Japan，but changes in inheritance laws，【C14】______broader social changes brought【C15】______by industrialization and urbanization，have【】the usage.In 1960about 80%of Japanese over【C16】______lived with their children；by 1990only 60%【C17】______a figure that is still high【C18】______American standards，but which has been【C19】______steadily.In Korea，too，traditional living arrangements are【C20】______：the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77%in 1984to 50%just 10years later.

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