The Family and Social Change in Chinese Societies

Introduction: Demetrea Nicole Farris and Dudley L. Poston, Jr., "Family Issues in Taiwan and China" .- I. The Family in Taiwan and China: 1. Chien-Liang Chen, "Models of Resource Distribution in the Family in Taiwan".- 2. Kuang-Hui Yeh, "Filial Piety and the Autonomous Development of Adolescents in the Taiwanese Family".- 3. Te-mu Wang and Hua-chin Ho, "Family Poverty in Taiwan".- 4. Edward Jow-Ching Tu and Jianping Wang, "Patterns and Changes in Household Structure in Hong Kong".- II. Issues of Marriage, the Family and Fertility in Taiwan and China: 5. Wen Shan Yang and Pei Chieh Yen. "Single and Happier?: A Comparative Study of Marital Status, Socioeconomic Security and Wellbeing of Women in Hong Kong and Taiwan".- 6. Ginny Garcia, Heather Terrell Kincannon, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., and Carol S. Walther, "Patterns of Sexual Activity in China and the United States".- 7. Wen Shan Yang and Ying-ying Tiffany Liu, "Gender Imbalances and the Twisted Marriage Market in Taiwan".- 8. Hsiang-Ming Kung, "Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Effect of Mothers' Attitudes on the Way Their Daughters Interact with Their Mothers-in-law".- 9. Li Zhang, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., and Chiung-Fang Chang, "Male and Female Fertility in Taiwan".- III. Children and the Family in East Asia and in Western Countries: Comparative Studies: 10. Feinian Chen, "The Dynamics of Grandparents Caring for Children in China".- 11. Cathy Ruey-Ling Chu, "Family Values and Parent-Child Interaction in Taiwan".- 12. Cherng-Tay Hsueh, "Diversity among Families in Contemporary Taiwan: Old Trunks or New Twigs?".- 13. Lang-Wen Huang, "Adolescent Development in Taiwan".- 14. Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Hosik Min, and Sherry L. McKibben, "Son Preference and Fertility in China, South Korea, and the United States".- 15. Alfred Ko-wei Hu, "Determinants of Intergenerational Support in the Newly Industrialized Societies: The Case of Taiwan" .- IV. The Family and the Future in Taiwan: 16. Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Li Zhang, "Taiwan's Demographic Destiny: Marriage Market and Aged Dependency Implications for the 21st Century".- About the Authors.- Name Index.- Subject Index.