Method

     I studied whether the "prevailing myths" that Chinese communities would always look after their elderly was true in the U.S. in this research by the interview. I picked up the ten interviewees, who were my friends or friends of friends, from the large Chinese communities in big cities on the east and west coast. Thus, this was a small-scale pilot study, not enough subjects for any statistical analysis. I collected the data from "semi structured" interviews, which was performed in face-to-face and one-on-one each person for about one hour. In addition, the interviews were held in languages which the interviewees felt most comfortable to use. The languages included Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English.