Jolene Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jolene Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jolene |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4968-3482 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Heterogeneity in women’s public and private agency across sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUNDThe fifth United Nations sustainable development goal calls for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.However, progress toward this goal remains difficult to assess, as empowerment is multidimensional, context-specific, and challenging to quantify. OBJECTIVEThis study develops a framework to examine how women's empowerment manifests across intersecting domains and sociocultural contexts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …
No One Wins
It's about time
This study explores temporal patterns in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health among US women. While prior research has shown that socioeconomic gains often yield smaller health benefits for racially marginalized populations, less is known about how these patterns vary across historical periods, age groups, and birth cohorts. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey 1978–2018 ( N = 1,416,652), we examine how education,…
Parental imprisonment, childhood behavioral problems, and adolescent and young adult cardiometabolic risk
The increasing importance of changes in nuptiality
Despite the strong relationship between marriage and childbearing in Asian societies, policies addressing “lowest-low” fertility have often prioritized parity progression within married couples while overlooking a concurrent and increasingly significant trend: the rising prevalence of delayed marriage and nonmarriage. Against this backdrop, we first discuss recent fertility trends and the role of marriage in declining fertility, then review polic…
Beyond fertility figures
Birth rates are declining globally (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2020 ). The 2022 revision of World Population Prospects reports a decrease in the global total fertility rate from 4.86 to 2.32 live births per woman between 1950 and 2021 (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2022 ). Around 48% of countries and territories have fertility rates below the re…
A life course perspective
Despite increasing interest in understanding fertility from a life course perspective, few studies have examined family formation pathways through a holistic lens. Using women’s birth history and individual-level data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families, we conducted sequence analysis to gain a comprehensive picture of family formation trajectories across time. We identified six clusters representing a gradient from late/low…
Negotiating Work and Family Spheres
Academics and policymakers have suggested making flexible work arrangements (FWAs) the default in workplaces to promote a family-friendly workplace culture conducive to having and raising children. However, systematic research investigating how FWAs, as a long-term approach to negotiating work–family spheres, are related to fertility among dual-earner heterosexual couples is limited. Drawing on the linked-lives perspective, we theorize the relati…
Couples’ division of labor and fertility in Taiwan
The rise in women’s labor force participation is fundamentally changing the nature and intensity of domestic labor and increasing concerns about the prospects for fertility, particularly in gender-inegalitarian societies. To keep pace with these changes, the gender revolution perspective argues that increasing men’s involvement in the family will reduce burdens on women and facilitate fertility recuperation. This paper investigates the effect of …
Perceptions towards pronatalist policies in Singapore
Fertility rates have been declining in most high-income countries. Singapore is at the forefront of developing pronatalist policies to increase birth rates. This study examines perceptions towards pronatalist policies among men and women in Singapore and compares which policies are perceived as the most important contributors to the conduciveness for childbearing. Using data from the Singapore Perceptions of the Marriage and Parenthood Package st…
Cross-national differences in the association between intergenerational support and fertility in East Asia
In past and contemporary societies, kin presence and support are widely cherished for helping couples contend with parenthood. Thus, it is hypothesized that intergenerational cooperation in raising children influences fertility decisions. Despite the potential benefits of having a supportive family environment, societies with dissimilar social, structural, and geographical conditions may exhibit cross-cultural differences that are characterized b…
South Korea's Fertility Puzzle
Although marriage and fertility rates in South Korea have been declining for decades, many perceive having two or more children as the ideal. To understand the mismatch between childbearing desires and realities, this study describes the interrelatedness and incongruity of Korean women's attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and gender roles by viewing attitudes as a multidimensional construct. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of …
Heterogeneity among the never married in a low-fertility context
While there has been extensive research on trends in marriage and singlehood, few studies have examined heterogeneity among never-married individuals in a low-fertility context. As a country that has experienced a steady decline in marriage and an accompan
Educational differentials on the transition to first birth in South Korea
Educational differentials on the transition to first birth in South Korea
South Korea's Fertility Puzzle
Although marriage and fertility rates in South Korea have been declining for decades, many perceive having two or more children as the ideal. To understand the mismatch between childbearing desires and realities, this study describes the interrelatedness and incongruity of Korean women's attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and gender roles by viewing attitudes as a multidimensional construct. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of …
Perceptions towards pronatalist policies in Singapore
Fertility rates have been declining in most high-income countries. Singapore is at the forefront of developing pronatalist policies to increase birth rates. This study examines perceptions towards pronatalist policies among men and women in Singapore and compares which policies are perceived as the most important contributors to the conduciveness for childbearing. Using data from the Singapore Perceptions of the Marriage and Parenthood Package st…
Negotiating Work and Family Spheres
Academics and policymakers have suggested making flexible work arrangements (FWAs) the default in workplaces to promote a family-friendly workplace culture conducive to having and raising children. However, systematic research investigating how FWAs, as a long-term approach to negotiating work–family spheres, are related to fertility among dual-earner heterosexual couples is limited. Drawing on the linked-lives perspective, we theorize the relati…
Heterogeneity among the never married in a low-fertility context
While there has been extensive research on trends in marriage and singlehood, few studies have examined heterogeneity among never-married individuals in a low-fertility context. As a country that has experienced a steady decline in marriage and an accompan
Educational differentials on the transition to first birth in South Korea
Couples’ division of labor and fertility in Taiwan
The rise in women’s labor force participation is fundamentally changing the nature and intensity of domestic labor and increasing concerns about the prospects for fertility, particularly in gender-inegalitarian societies. To keep pace with these changes, the gender revolution perspective argues that increasing men’s involvement in the family will reduce burdens on women and facilitate fertility recuperation. This paper investigates the effect of …
Perceptions towards pronatalist policies in Singapore
Fertility rates have been declining in most high-income countries. Singapore is at the forefront of developing pronatalist policies to increase birth rates. This study examines perceptions towards pronatalist policies among men and women in Singapore and compares which policies are perceived as the most important contributors to the conduciveness for childbearing. Using data from the Singapore Perceptions of the Marriage and Parenthood Package st…
Cross-national differences in the association between intergenerational support and fertility in East Asia
In past and contemporary societies, kin presence and support are widely cherished for helping couples contend with parenthood. Thus, it is hypothesized that intergenerational cooperation in raising children influences fertility decisions. Despite the potential benefits of having a supportive family environment, societies with dissimilar social, structural, and geographical conditions may exhibit cross-cultural differences that are characterized b…
South Korea's Fertility Puzzle
Although marriage and fertility rates in South Korea have been declining for decades, many perceive having two or more children as the ideal. To understand the mismatch between childbearing desires and realities, this study describes the interrelatedness and incongruity of Korean women's attitudes toward marriage, childbearing and gender roles by viewing attitudes as a multidimensional construct. Using data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of …
Beyond fertility figures
Birth rates are declining globally (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2020 ). The 2022 revision of World Population Prospects reports a decrease in the global total fertility rate from 4.86 to 2.32 live births per woman between 1950 and 2021 (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2022 ). Around 48% of countries and territories have fertility rates below the re…
A life course perspective
Despite increasing interest in understanding fertility from a life course perspective, few studies have examined family formation pathways through a holistic lens. Using women’s birth history and individual-level data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families, we conducted sequence analysis to gain a comprehensive picture of family formation trajectories across time. We identified six clusters representing a gradient from late/low…
Negotiating Work and Family Spheres
Academics and policymakers have suggested making flexible work arrangements (FWAs) the default in workplaces to promote a family-friendly workplace culture conducive to having and raising children. However, systematic research investigating how FWAs, as a long-term approach to negotiating work–family spheres, are related to fertility among dual-earner heterosexual couples is limited. Drawing on the linked-lives perspective, we theorize the relati…
Parental imprisonment, childhood behavioral problems, and adolescent and young adult cardiometabolic risk
The increasing importance of changes in nuptiality
Despite the strong relationship between marriage and childbearing in Asian societies, policies addressing “lowest-low” fertility have often prioritized parity progression within married couples while overlooking a concurrent and increasingly significant trend: the rising prevalence of delayed marriage and nonmarriage. Against this backdrop, we first discuss recent fertility trends and the role of marriage in declining fertility, then review polic…
Heterogeneity in women’s public and private agency across sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUNDThe fifth United Nations sustainable development goal calls for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.However, progress toward this goal remains difficult to assess, as empowerment is multidimensional, context-specific, and challenging to quantify. OBJECTIVEThis study develops a framework to examine how women's empowerment manifests across intersecting domains and sociocultural contexts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …
No One Wins
It's about time
This study explores temporal patterns in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health among US women. While prior research has shown that socioeconomic gains often yield smaller health benefits for racially marginalized populations, less is known about how these patterns vary across historical periods, age groups, and birth cohorts. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey 1978–2018 ( N = 1,416,652), we examine how education,…
Population (13 works) · Demography (11 works) · Fertility (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (7 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works) · Psychology (7 works)