W J J Yeung
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 53948 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | W J J Yeung |
| NOMBRES | W J J |
| APELLIDO | Yeung |
| FIRMA | YEUNG W J J |
| AFILIACIONES | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7519-5576 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 90 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1966 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 90 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 17 |
Family environments and daily activities shape children’s executive function
Executive function (EF), encompassing cognitive "cool" and affective "hot" components, develops in the context of children's everyday experiences during early childhood.However, how family contexts shape EF through children's daily activities remains less well-understood, particularly in Asian societies.Drawing on nationally representative longitudinal data from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study, we examined how parental resource…
Family ideals across religious groups
Although cultural differences in family ideals across religious groups are widely reported, prior studies focusing on singular family characteristics (e.g. marriage, fertility, and gender roles) through item-based questionnaires have failed to capture the complexity of how individuals weigh these characteristics against each other within comprehensive family profiles. Addressing this gap, this brief report uses a novel approach (i.e. factorial su…
Association between preschool children’s media use, parental joint media engagement and prosocial behavior
Parental joint media engagement plays a more important role than screen time and rule-setting in affecting children's prosocial behaviour in early childhood. Our study reveals the need for policies to go beyond focusing solely on quantity of screen time as intervention to emphasize the multidimensional context of media use, especially parental engagement, in order to effectively benefit children's development
Pandemic-induced immobility and female marriage migrants in cross-national families in Singapore
With the rise of international marriage migration in Asia, cross-border mobility and transnational caregiving have become increasingly central to sustaining intergenerational family relationships and collective well-being across borders. Drawing on the concept of ‘potent connections,’ which builds on earlier ideas of ‘affinities,’ this paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic not only disrupted migrant spouses’ ability to travel and provide in-pe…
The affective dimensions of child-raising in cross-national families in Singapore
Paternity leave‐taking and early childhood development
Objective This study investigates the longitudinal association between paternity leave‐taking and multiple domains of young children's developmental outcomes and identifies the underlying mediating mechanisms through fathers' involvement, father–child closeness, and family dynamics. Background Some Asian societies have recently initiated parental or paternity leave policies to encourage fathers' participation in childcare and raise fertility rate…
Socioeconomic Status Predicts Infant Word Recognition
Prior research has demonstrated that infants have the capacity to recognize some familiar words. However, past studies have not analyzed the sociodemographic generalizability of research findings. In the current study, we examine word recognition in a linguistically, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse community sample. A community sample of Singaporean infants from diverse socioeconomic and linguistic backgrounds between 5 and 12 months of…
Balancing roles and well-being in later life
Research on productive aging and health has gained increasing attention, yet older women remain understudied—despite often balancing both family responsibilities and economic roles. This issue is particularly salient in China, where women retire unusually early. This research examines the impact of productive aging on the health of Chinese older women, considering opposing hypotheses from the role enhancement/accumulation and role strain perspect…
Delayed gratification predicts behavioral and academic outcomes
This study examined the reliability and validity of the Delay-of-Gratification (DoG) choice paradigm in Singapore, a multicultural Asian society. Data were collected over two waves from a nationally representative sample of 2,956 Singaporean young children, a subset of the participants from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS). DoG, working memory, and parent-rated child self-control were measured during the preschool yea…
Lower Income Marriage Migrants and Domains of Integration in Singapore
Drawing on the domains of integration, this paper illuminates the integration experiences of female marriage migrants from lower income cross‐national families in Singapore. Through interviews with 38 cross‐national families of the Singaporean‐husband and foreign‐wife pairing, we show how the integration of lower income marriage migrants in Singapore is experienced through the interrelated domains of the structural, social and cultural, while for…
From Digital Divide to Digital Equality
Objectives The role of information and communication technology (ICT) in later life has received substantial attention, with continuous studies focusing on the digital divide for older persons. Literature usually defines and measures the digital divide by focusing on ICT accessibility, skills, and outcomes. This study attempted to expand this framework by further incorporating the role of learning for a more comprehensive perspective of understan…
Covid-19 experiences and family resilience
ObjectiveThis study identifies subtypes of families with varying levels of economic and relational resilience during the pandemic and evaluates the factors associated with these subtypes in Singapore.BackgroundDespite mounting evidence on the detrimental impact of the pandemic on family well-being, we examine how resources at different levels may enhance family resilience.MethodA sample of 2818 households was extracted from two waves of the Singa…
How income relates to young children’s development in different socioeconomic settings in China
The rise in cross‐national marriages and the emergent inequalities in East and Southeast Asia
This paper reviews the trends and driving forces for the relatively recent growth in cross‐national marriages in East and Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the experiences of female marriage migrants from Southeast Asia. It explicates the various forms of inequality faced by the low‐income marriage migrant women including gender power dynamics within the household, socioeconomic inequalities, integration into the destination society, and in…
Diversity and change in Filipino households, 1990–2015
10.1080/17441730.2024.2311449
The link between hours of center-based childcare and child development in 3- to 6-year-olds
The influence of socio‐economic status on child temperament and psychological symptom profiles
The influence of socio‐economic status (SES) on child temperament and psychological symptoms was examined using a nationally representative sample in Singapore. Data were available for 2169 children from 1987 families. Caregivers' reports were obtained on children aged 4–6. SES was operationalized as an aggregation of household income per capita, parental education level and housing type. Compared to their counterparts from higher SES families, c…
Emerging Dimensions of Marriage in Asia
This article contextualizes and highlights findings from the 14 articles included in this special issue that aims to examine emerging dimensions in Asia. The articles cover a wide range of topics and all make an original contribution to our understanding of different aspects of marriage in the region. The vast diversity in East, Southeast, and South Asia continues to be observed ranging from universal marriage and the high prevalence of child mar…
Family Dynamics in Cross-National Families With Young Children in Singapore
Transnational marriages between Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans have increased significantly in the 21st century, peaking at 41% among citizen marriages in 2009. About three-quarters of these couples are Singaporean grooms marrying foreign brides originating from lower income countries in Asia. We use a new nationally representative study-Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG LEADS)-to examine gender relations between spouses with …
Self-regulation and academic achievement among Singaporean young children
Cultural contexts influence the development of self-regulation. However, cross-cultural variations and consistencies in different aspects of self-regulation and their academic outcomes within the Asian context are less clear. This study investigated (1) the extent to which the development of hot and cool Executive Function (EF) might differ among children from different cultural backgrounds in a multicultural Asian society, and (2) whether and ho…
Paternity leave, family dynamics, and children's behavior in Singapore
Objective Conduct the first empirical study to examine whether a father taking paternity leave is related to children's social–emotional development in Asia and the extent to which family dynamics mediate this relationship. Background The provision of paid paternity leave in Asia is relatively recent compared to many western societies. The impact of this policy on family dynamics and children's well‐being in Asia, where patriarchal ideology is mo…
Demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors for the rise in one-person households in developing countries
Achievement gaps before school in Singapore
This study examines how family socioeconomic status (SES) shapes the early achievement gap among preschool children aged 3 to 6 (N=2,940, 52% boy, 68% Chinese) in an Asian context. Results based on the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study highlight several factors in early childhood that can contribute to the diverging achievement by family SES — parents’ value, investment in children, and children's self-regulation. Higher-SES parents …
Internal Migration and Cohabitation in China
Migration occurs at earlier ages, lasts for long periods, and profoundly shapes migrants' experiences of cohabitation. We use a mixed-method approach based on the 2012 China Family Panel Studies and 127 in-depth interviews. To address potential selection bias, we estimated the treatment effects of migration based on propensity score matching. Results show that migrants, particularly rural-origin migrants with longer migration duration, are more l…
Demographic and Family Transition in Southeast Asia
This open access book presents the demographic and family transition in Southeast Asia over 50 years through indicators on marriage and fertility
How Much Does Childhood Poverty Affect the Life Chances of Children
This study examines the impact of the level of income and the timing of economic deprivation in childhood on completed schooling in the US. Data were obtained from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics among a sample of 1323 children born during 1967 and 1973 and 328 sibling pairs. The average level of income increased across childhood. Income at ages 11-15 years was about 40% higher than income at ages 0-5 years. Only 39% of children with family in…
Marriage and Family in East Asia
Trends toward later and less marriage and childbearing have been even more pronounced in East Asia than in the West. At the same time, many other features of East Asian families have changed very little. We review recent research on trends in a wide range of family behaviors in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. We also draw upon a range of theoretical frameworks to argue that trends in marriage and fertility reflect tension between rapid social an…
How Money Matters for Young Children's Development
This study used data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 1997 Child Development Supplement to examine how family income matters for young children's development. The sample included 753 children who were between ages 3 and 5 years in 1997. Two sets of mediating factors were examined that reflect two dominating views in the literature: (1) the investment perspective, and (2) the family process perspective. The study examined how two me…
Children's Time With Fathers in Intact Families
This paper uses the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine children's involvement with their fathers in intact families as measured through time spent together. Our findings suggest that although mothers still shoulder the lion's share of the parenting, fathers' involvement relative to that of mothers appears to be on the increase. A "new father" role is emerging on weekends in intact families. Different determinants of fathers' involvement we…
Families in Southeast and South Asia
Southeast and South Asia are home to one-third of the world's population. Their great economic and cultural diversity makes generalization about family patterns and trends hazardous. We review literature on trends in fertility, marriage, divorce, and living arrangements in the past half century. The explanations for these trends focus on structural and ideological changes related to socioeconomic development; cultural factors including kinship sy…
Higher Education Expansion and Social Stratification in China
This article explores the extent to which the impact of family background and gender on one's access to college education changed after the 1999 college expansion policy in China. The analysis is based on data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) collected between 2005 and 2008. The results show that, although the expansion has been an equalizing force in that it allows more youths of different characteristics to attain college education…
Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors
Migration and marriage in Asian contexts
This article reviews literature on migration and marriage and highlights contributions of the papers in this special issue. The papers show that Asian marriage migrants' experience of integration and assimilation are complex, nuanced, and heterogeneous across migrants' sociodemographic backgrounds, ethnic profiles, and political contexts. The heterogeneities in Asian marriage migrants' assimilation trajectories challenge the classic assimilation …
Marriage in Asia
This introductory article provides some comparative background on marriage trends in Asia, to show where the countries included in this special issue fit into overall Asian and international patterns. It also notes the contribution of different chapters to our understanding of these issues. This special issue gives readers a taste of the diversity of Asia, by including articles on countries from Turkey in the west to the Philippines in the east, …
Paradox in marriage values and behavior in contemporary China
Despite a rapidly growing body of literature on marriage behaviors in China, we know very little about the changes or continuities of marriage values that accompany or underlie these behavioral transformations. Using nationally representative samples from the 2006, 2010, 2012, and 2013 Chinese General Social Surveys (CGSS), we investigate the patterns and determinants of marriage values across birth cohorts of men and women. Analyses reveal an in…
Heterogeneity in Contemporary Chinese Marriage
Is universal and early marriage still true in China after decades of dramatic socioeconomic changes? Based on the 2005 Population Survey data, we find that by age 35 to 39 years, almost all women are married, and less than 5% of men remain single with the singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM) in the country at 25.7 and 23.5 for men and women, respectively. There are notable regional variations in marriage prevalence and timing across China, likel…
Coming of Age in Times of Change
This article aims to (1) describe trends for Chinese young adults' pathways into adulthood for birth cohorts that have experienced distinct historical events over the past half century and (2) examine factors that shape young adults' transitioning behavior. We draw data from the 2005 to 2008 Chinese General Social Survey. In contrast to the increasingly protracted trend seen in many Western societies, the more recent Chinese cohorts transitioned …
Hopes and Hurdles
Rural migrant children are a rapidly growing demographic in Chinese cities. Existing sociological literature yields inconsistent findings regarding their wellbeing and adaptation to the urban society, partly due to a bifurcation of methodological approaches. Combining multilevel modelling and field research, this mixed-method study documents the coexistence of high hopes and arduous hurdles migrant children encounter in a nested system of inequal…
Parental Spending on School-Age Children
As consumption expenditures are increasingly recognized as direct measures of children’s material well-being, they provide new insights into the process of intergenerational transfers from parents to children. Little is known, however, about how parents allocate financial resources to individual children. To fill this gap, we develop a conceptual framework based on stratification theory, human capital theory, and the child-development perspective…
Migration and children's psychosocial development in China
Living Alone
The one-person household (OPH) is the fastest-growing type of household in many regions of the world, but no systematic work on it has been done outside of Europe and North America. This special collection consists of ten articles that examine the living-a
Transitioning to Adulthood in Asia
10.1177/0002716212470794
Parental migration and children's psychological and cognitive development in China
Internal migration has resulted in a large number of left-behind children in China. Despite growing attention to this population, important gaps remain in our understanding of their cognitive development and the factors that mediate the impact of migration on children. The present study draws on a new nationally representative survey of Chinese children to study the psychological and cognitive development of left-behind children. Results show tha…
For Money or for a Life
The black-white test score gap and early home environment
Hoping for a Phoenix
Intergenerational relationships and gender roles in China are in transition because of ideational and structural changes resulting from social movements and policies in the past half a century. Using a mixed-methods design, we examine Shanghai fathers' involvement in their adolescent daughters' lives. In contrast to traditional stereotypes, Shanghai fathers are nurturing and highly involved in multiple domains of their daughters' lives. They also…
Asian Fatherhood
10.1177/0192513X12461133
Internal migration, marriage timing and assortative mating
We examine how rural-to-urban migration influences marriage timing and assortative mating by family origins using data from the 2012 Chinese Family Panel Studies and in-depth interviews conducted in Beijing. To account for potential selection bias, we compare marriage timing across migration status by holding all other variables at group-specific averages based on event history analysis and propensity-score matching analysis. Results from both ap…
Academic Resilience in Rural Chinese Children
Temporal-spatial patterns of one-person households in China, 1982-2005
The number of one-person households (OPH) in China has risen over the past few decades, but there are few examinations of the patterns and trends in this rapidly growing family type. The changing composition and regional heterogeneity of Chinese OPH have i
Les familles monoparentales aux États-Unis. Dynamique, niveau de vie et conséquences sur le développement de l'enfant
Duncan (Greg J.), Yeung (Jean W.), Rodgers (Willard). - Les familles monoparentales aux États-Unis. Dynamique, niveau de vie et conséquences sur le développement de l'enfant Plus du tiers des enfants nés aux États-Unis au milieu des années 1970 ont passé au moins une partie de leur enfance avec leur mère seule. Une telle situation familiale est souvent transitoire, en particulier pour les enfants blancs. Le niveau de vie est fortement réduit pend…
Extent and consequences of welfare dependence among America's children
Timing of childhood events and early-adult household formation
Using data on annual patterns of family structure and other demographic and economic conditions throughout childhood, this chapter analyzes the relationship between developmental stage-specific childhood events and the timing of independence from the parental household
Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform
The 1996 welfare legislation has generated significant debate about the likely consequences of welfare reform for children in disadvantaged families. We document patterns of childhood welfare receipt for children born between 1967 and 1975 and predict the level and composition of children likely to be affected by the new welfare law. We find that 40 percent of children who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) did so for more th…
How Much Does Childhood Poverty Affect the Life Chances of Children
This study examines the impact of the level of income and the timing of economic deprivation in childhood on completed schooling in the US. Data were obtained from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics among a sample of 1323 children born during 1967 and 1973 and 328 sibling pairs. The average level of income increased across childhood. Income at ages 11-15 years was about 40% higher than income at ages 0-5 years. Only 39% of children with family in…
Putting Fathers Back in the Picture
Drawing on over a quarter of a century of Panel Study of Income Dynamics data, this paper examines links between childhood home environment (as reported by fathers during those childhood years) and children's outcomes in early adulthood. The emphasis is on the role of fathers and the unique contribution of their activities and characteristics to children's development, measured in terms of the children's completed schooling, wage rates, and nonma…
Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors
Covariance Structure Models for Fixed and Random Effects
Fixed- and random-effects models are often used to control for unmeasured personspecific effects when examining the influence of measured covariates on an outcome. To date, different estimators are used for fixed- and random-effects models, making it difficult to choose between these two alternatives. In this article, the authors outline a covariance-structure model that captures both fixed and random effects and provides a simple test for compar…
Children's Time With Fathers in Intact Families
This paper uses the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine children's involvement with their fathers in intact families as measured through time spent together. Our findings suggest that although mothers still shoulder the lion's share of the parenting, fathers' involvement relative to that of mothers appears to be on the increase. A "new father" role is emerging on weekends in intact families. Different determinants of fathers' involvement we…
How Money Matters for Young Children's Development
This study used data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 1997 Child Development Supplement to examine how family income matters for young children's development. The sample included 753 children who were between ages 3 and 5 years in 1997. Two sets of mediating factors were examined that reflect two dominating views in the literature: (1) the investment perspective, and (2) the family process perspective. The study examined how two me…
Special Reviewers
Black-White Differences in Occupational Prestige
This article examines whether differences in parental occupational prestige mediate or moderate race differences in four indicators of child development-reading scores, math scores, Behavior Problems Index, and health status-using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement. The authors find that although for behavioral problems there is no impact of parental occupational prestige, for reading, math, and health there…
Black–White Achievement Gap and Family Wealth
This article examines the extent to which family wealth affects the Black–White test score gap for young children based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (aged 3–12). This study found little evidence that wealth mediated the Black–White test scores gaps, which were eliminated when child and family demographic covariates were held constant. However, family wealth had a stronger association with cognitive achievement of school-aged ch…
Measuring Respiratory Health in Longitudinal Social Science Surveys
Objectively assessing respiratory health in longitudinal social science surveys would involve collecting pulmonary function measures on research participants, either in clinic settings or at home. These measures include indicators of volume (e.g., maximal amount of air blown in the first second of a forced exhalation) and airflow (maximal speed air is exhaled during a forced exhalation). Equipment options include office spirometry, portable spiro…
The black-white test score gap and early home environment
Economic Stress, Quality of Life, and Mortality for the Oldest-Old in China
Shifting boundaries of care in Asia
Purpose Asia's traditional experiences with care provision differ considerably from those of the West given the prevalent family‐based social norms about care and policies in this region. In recent decades, Asia has experienced profound social and demographic transformations and is thus faced with significant challenges around care. However, care in Asian countries is a relatively less studied topic. There is an urgent need for a comparative stud…
Coming of Age in Times of Change
This article aims to (1) describe trends for Chinese young adults' pathways into adulthood for birth cohorts that have experienced distinct historical events over the past half century and (2) examine factors that shape young adults' transitioning behavior. We draw data from the 2005 to 2008 Chinese General Social Survey. In contrast to the increasingly protracted trend seen in many Western societies, the more recent Chinese cohorts transitioned …
Transitioning to Adulthood in Asia
10.1177/0002716212470794
Higher Education Expansion and Social Stratification in China
This article explores the extent to which the impact of family background and gender on one's access to college education changed after the 1999 college expansion policy in China. The analysis is based on data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) collected between 2005 and 2008. The results show that, although the expansion has been an equalizing force in that it allows more youths of different characteristics to attain college education…
Hoping for a Phoenix
Intergenerational relationships and gender roles in China are in transition because of ideational and structural changes resulting from social movements and policies in the past half a century. Using a mixed-methods design, we examine Shanghai fathers' involvement in their adolescent daughters' lives. In contrast to traditional stereotypes, Shanghai fathers are nurturing and highly involved in multiple domains of their daughters' lives. They also…
Asian Fatherhood
10.1177/0192513X12461133
Youth Early Employment and Behavior Problems
We examine the relationship between early youth employment and behavior problems and ask whether this relationship differs by race, job quality, or work intensity. Drawing on Panel Study of Income Dynamics data, we depict the employment patterns of American youth aged 12 through 18 and test conflicting hypotheses about mediating mechanisms through which youth employment shapes children's behavior. Results show that employment is associated with f…
Heterogeneity in Contemporary Chinese Marriage
Is universal and early marriage still true in China after decades of dramatic socioeconomic changes? Based on the 2005 Population Survey data, we find that by age 35 to 39 years, almost all women are married, and less than 5% of men remain single with the singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM) in the country at 25.7 and 23.5 for men and women, respectively. There are notable regional variations in marriage prevalence and timing across China, likel…
Marriage in Asia
This introductory article provides some comparative background on marriage trends in Asia, to show where the countries included in this special issue fit into overall Asian and international patterns. It also notes the contribution of different chapters to our understanding of these issues. This special issue gives readers a taste of the diversity of Asia, by including articles on countries from Turkey in the west to the Philippines in the east, …
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