本研究主要探討農村老人與成年子女之代間交換。就全台聲地區315位65歲以上農村老人與其最親密的成年子女,在勞務、財務、情感等範圍之支持、協助交換加以分析。研究發現:農村代間確實存在支持、協助交換,老年父母常常為子女做的事情,以輕便的勞務(看家、陪孫子女玩)及情感性的安慰、給意見為主;而成年子女提供父母的協助則包括了:幫忙辦事情及交通接送等勞務、財務(給生活費)及情感(安慰)三方面的協助,整體而言,兩代各就其資源提供對方協助,並且情感性支持、協助是代間交換的主要項目。再則,性別顯著影響代間交換,老年母親得到較多成年子女的協助;兒子相較於女兒得到較多老年父母的協助;父子、父女、母子、母女間之代間交換亦存在差異,就代間交換的內涵來看:「傳統家務性別分工模式」是性別影響農家代間交換之可能原因。
Three hundred and fifteen rural elderly completed a questionnaire evaluating their intergenerational assistance exchange between their adult children to whom they felt emotionally closest. The major findings of this study are listed as (1) the rural elderly received housework, financial and effectual assistance from their adult children and they gave their adult children housework and effectual assistance. (2) the intergenerational exchange between the rural elderly and their adult children were affected by both generation's sex.