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Author Chu, C. Y. Cyrus.

Title Understanding Chinese families : a comparative study of Taiwan and Southeast China / C.Y. Cyrus Chu and Ruoh-Rong Yu
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction to Chinese families -- Social backgrounds of China and Taiwan -- Co-residence and family size -- Family fertility -- Marriage patterns -- Housework and household decisions -- Revealed son preferences -- The role of the family in child education -- Intergenerational mobility -- Family reciprocal supports -- Parental transfers and child feedbacks -- Changing gender preferences in Taiwan -- Concluding remarks
Summary This text provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the distinguishing features of Chinese families
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Families -- Taiwan
Families -- China, Southeast
Family demography -- Taiwan
Family demography -- China, Southeast
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
Economic history
Families
Family demography
Social policy
SUBJECT Taiwan -- Social policy
China, Southeast -- Social policy
Taiwan -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131975
China, Southeast -- Economic conditions
Subject Southeast China
Taiwan
Form Electronic book
Author Yu, Ruoh-Rong.
ISBN 9780191573651
0191573655