Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Family-Work Nexus and Wellbeing in Asia: An Introduction

      • Ming-Chang Tsai, Wan-chi Chen

      Pages 3-17

3. Family Structure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Familial Exchange and Intergenerational Contact in East Asian Societies

      • Ming-Chang Tsai, Wen-Shan Yang

      Pages 21-42

   3. A New Era in Living Arrangements: Determinants of Quality of Life Among Chinese Older Adults

      • Minzhi Ye, Yiwei Chen, Yisheng Peng

      Pages 43-64

4. Gender, Work and Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Multiple Dimensions of Gender-Role Attitudes: Diverse Patterns Among Four East-Asian Societies

      • Yean-Ju Lee

      Pages 67-87

   3. Moral Beliefs About Filial Support, Work and Gender in Japan: A Latent Class Analysis

      • Thijs van den Broek, Makiko Morita

      Pages 89-106

   4. Division of Housework in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan

      • Noriko Iwai

      Pages 107-127

   5. Women’s Greater Independence from Family? Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Wives’ Labor Force Exit in Taiwan

      • Wan-chi Chen, Yu-Chun Hsieh

      Pages 129-148

5. Family and Work: Reconciliation, Wellbeing and Frustration

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Effect of Mothers’ Nonstandard Work Hours on Children’s Wellbeing in Japan

      • Akiko Sato Oishi

      Pages 151-175

   3. Men’s Unpaid Domestic Work: A Critique of (Re)Doing Gender in Contemporary Japan

      • Iori Hamada

      Pages 177-191

   4. Strategies to Facilitate Work and Family Balance in the Nualjit Community of Bangkok

      • Daphne E. Pedersen, Hathairat Punyopashtambha

      Pages 193-209

6. Back Matter

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This book delivers timely research on the various interfaces of family and work, and their impacts on individual wellbeing in East and Southeast Asia. It highlights changing family structures and processes, with special attention to inter-generational relationships, gender roles, cultural norms and employment. The book presents both qualitative and quantitative research works, adopting a comparative approach to analyze a number of demographics. In-depth field studies are also included, which present in detail the daily efforts of certain populations to attain better living standards by mobilizing available resources from within and outside the family. As such, the book is a valuable addition to contemporary research perspectives on family, work and living conditions in Asia.

• Family in Asia
• Family-work Conflict in Asia
• Quality of Life in Asia
• Gender and Division of Labor in Asia
• Inter-generational Relationships in Asia

• Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

  Ming-Chang Tsai

• Department of Sociology, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Wan-chi Chen

Ming-Chang Tsai is a Research Fellow and Executive Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He is currently President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee of Social Indicators (RC 55), and Vice-President of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. His primary research interest is in quality of life comparisons in East Asian countries. His recent works include a number of journal articles on comparative studies of family relationships, inter-generational exchange and wellbeing.
 
Wan-Chi Chen is Professor of Sociology at National Taipei University, Taiwan. She is currently the Director of Research Center for Taiwan Development, National Taipei University. Her research areas include education, family, gender and work, with a particular interest in the causes and consequences of individual educational outcomes and how East Asian educational systems work. Her recent works include a number of journal articles on divorce, family relationships, high school tracking in Taiwan, and also the use of social media in social movements.

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