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Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia / edited by Ming-Chang Tsai, Wan-chi Chen
(Quality of Life in Asia. ISSN:22110569 ; 9)

Publisher	(Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer)
Year	2017
Edition	1st ed. 2017.
Authors	Tsai, Ming-Chang editor Chen, Wan-chi editor SpringerLink (Online service)

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Size	X, 213 p. 17 illus., 10 illus. in color : online resource
Notes	Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Family-Work Nexus and Wellbeing in Asia: An Introduction -- Part II: Family Structure -- Chapter 2. Familial Exchange and Intergenerational Contact in East Asian Societies -- Chapter 3. A New Era in Living Arrangements: Determinants of Quality of Life among Chinese Older Adults -- Part III: Gender, Work and Culture -- Chapter 4. Multiple Dimensions of Gender-Role Attitudes: Diverse Patterns Among Four East-Asian Societies -- Chapter 5. Moral Beliefs About Filial Support, Work and Gender in Japan. A latent class Analysis -- Chapter 6. Division of Housework in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan -- Chapter 7. Women’s Greater Independence from Family? Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Wives’ Labor Force Exit in Taiwan -- Part IV: Family and Work: Reconciliation, Wellbeing and Frustration -- Chapter 8. Effect of Mothers’ Nonstandard Work Hours on children’s Well-being in Japan -- Chapter 9. Men’s Unpaid Domestic Work: A Critique of (Re)doing Gender in Contemporary Japan -- Chapter 10. Strategies to Facilitate Work and Family Balance in the Nualjit Community of Bangkok 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 HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4313-0
Subjects	LCSH:Quality of life LCSH:Political planning LCSH:Ethnology—Asia LCSH:Culture LCSH:Community psychology LCSH:Family policy LCSH:Demography LCSH:Population FREE:Quality of Life Research FREE:Public Policy FREE:Asian Culture FREE:Community Psychology FREE:Children, Youth and Family Policy FREE:Population and Demography
Classification	LCC:RA407-409.5 LCC:HN25 DC23:610 DC23:306
ID	8000070667
ISBN	9789811043130