Sean-Shong Hwang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean-Shong Hwang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean-Shong |
| FAMILY NAME | Hwang |
| SIGNATURE | HWANG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 342 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Experiencing a Forced Relocation at Different Life Stages: The Effects of China’s Three Gorges Project–induced Relocation on Depression
Guided by the life course perspective and the stress severity perspective, this study aims to evaluate the question: Does the Three Gorges Project–induced relocation affect people of different ages differently? Using a quasi-experimental design, we collected pre- and post-relocation data from a sample ( n = 1,056) that consists of both relocatees and nonmovers from the Three Gorges region in China. We found that relocatees of all age groups have …
Project-induced displacement, secondary stressors, and health
Unmet expectations and symptoms of depression among the Three Gorges Project resettlers
Relocation Stress, Coping, and Sense of Control Among Resettlers Resulting from China's Three Gorges Dam Project
The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China's Three Gorges: A Prospective Study
A Multilevel Analysis of Individual, Household, and Neighborhood Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Low-Income Pregnant Women in Jefferson County, Alabama
Objectives. We examined individual, household, and neighborhood correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) before and during pregnancy. Methods. We used multilevel modeling to investigate IPV among 2887 pregnant women in 112 census tracts who sought prenatal care in 8 public clinics in Jefferson County, Alabama, from 1997 through 2001. Data were collected from the Perinatal Emphasis Research Center project, the 2000 Census, and the local Sheri…
Project-induced migration and depression: A panel analysis
The conditional relationship between English language proficiency and earnings among US immigrants
Using the 2000 US census data for immigrants of twenty language groups resided in metropolitan areas, we test the hypothesis that the rate of returns (in earnings) to English proficiency is not constant but varies with the language environment (as defined by group size, segregation, linguistic heterogeneity and inequality) in which immigrants are embedded. Results from our hierarchical model indicate that while an increase in the size and segrega…
Ecological context and immigrants' earnings: English ability as a mediator
Anticipation of migration and psychological stress and the Three Gorges Dam project, China
Perceived Risks and Benefits of the Three Gorges Project
Previous studies found that although the designated migrants in China's Three Gorges region showed strong support for the project, they also expressed concerns about the project's likely negative impact on their family life. A psychological explanation is proposed to reconcile these apparent contradictory findings. The empirical validity of the proposed interpretation is evaluated using survey data collected from rural and urban communities in Wa…
The micro consequences of macro-level social transition: How did Russians survive in the 1990s
Racial Attraction or Racial Avoidance in American Suburbs
The principle of homophily is central to several social-science theories. When applied to the study of population change in geographic areas, these theories predict racial homogeneity in residential settlement patterns. The concentration of one group in an area is expected to attract same-group members while deterring others. We examine this prediction using data on 1980–90 population change for four ethnic groups in 1,672 U.S. suburban cities. T…
Class Differences in Racial Attitudes: A Divided Black America
Class differences in racial attitudes among blacks were examined using the 1979-1980 National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA). We examined two perspectives-class realignment and ethnic competition-as possible explanations for attitudinal differences between middle- and lower-class blacks. The majority of our findings supported the ethnic competition perspective which predicts a more critical attitude among middle- than lower-class blacks toward …
Fertility of Chinese Immigrants in the U. S: Testing a Fertility Emancipation Hypothesis
The authors explored their hypothesis that the fertility of Chinese women kept low by Chinas one-child policy implemented in 1979 is likely to return to a higher level once the women emigrate. The hypothesis was tested using data from the 1990 US population census 5% public use microdata samples analyzed with least squares regression. Evidence was found to support the hypothesis. Findings indicate that women from China have a significantly lower …
Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, Benigno E. Aguirre, Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Aug., 1997), pp. 758-772
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
How do outmarried Asians compare to their inmarried counterparts and to their spouses in terms of socioeconomic status? We attempt to answer this question by testing hypotheses derived from assimilation, exchange, and economic theories. The study is conducted using a representative U.S. sample of married Asians. Results based on multinomial logit analyses indicate that Asian women with lower educational attainment have a higher propensity to outm…
Persistence and Change in Asian Identity among Children of Intermarried Couples
In recent years, a significant amount of attention has been devoted to the survival of ethnicity among multiracial people in the United States. This concern is especially evident in the case of the offspring of Asian-Anglo couples. While scholars have speculated on the extent to which Asian ethnicity will continue to persist among multiracial children, little empirical work has addressed this concern. In this analysis, we use a multilevel model t…
In Search of Asian War Brides
Because of the long presence of U.S. soldiers in Asia, war-bride marriages involving servicemen and Asian women have been formed throughout the century. The literature, however, contains little empirically sound information on Asian war brides. This analysis develops a methodology to identify war brides and applies it to estimate the number of war brides from the six major Asian groups, using the national 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample. Further…
China and Its National Minorities: Autonomy or Assimilation
This title was first published in 1990: This book is a study of past and present policies of the People's Republic of China towards its numerous and varied minority groups, a subject about which there is scant information in the West. It examines the impact of Chinese culture on these diverse groups and China's attempt to bring them into the mainstream of Han life. The impact of the Cultural Revolution on the minority peoples, the future of Tibet…
The Effects of Community Structure on Opportunities for Interracial Contact: Extending Blau's Macrostructural Theory
Blau's (1977) macrostructural theory builds on the assumption that social structure affects intergroup relations. This relationship depends upon the opportunity for intergroup contact. Previous tests of Blau's theory, however, treat opportunity as an unmeasured construct. P*, as a measure of opportunity for intergroup contact, not only enables a test of that assumption, but also merges general sociological principles with specific middle-range on…
Ethnic Enclosure or Ethnic Competition: Ethnic Identification Among Hispanics in Texas
Recent theoretical debates have focused on the utility of two alternative perspectives on ethnic identification. However, empirical support for either is neither consistent nor conclusive and previous analyses seldom conceptually or empirically examine the aggregate macrostructural determinants of ethnic identification. This study reevaluates the relative merits of the ethnic enclosure and ethnic competition perspectives among Texan Hispanics usi…
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans, The International Migration Review, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Autumn, 1990), pp. 563-576
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Cross-sectional and longitudinal variations in rates of intergroup marriage have often been used as indicators of assimilation for minority groups. This article demonstrates that both types of comparisons can give misleading results when census data are used for calculating intermarriage rates without restrictions. Census data include immigrants who married abroad (IMAs) in the enumeration. The inclusion of these individuals in the study of inter…
Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, Benigno E. Aguirre, Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Aug., 1997), pp. 758-772
Persistence and Change in Asian Identity among Children of Intermarried Couples
In recent years, a significant amount of attention has been devoted to the survival of ethnicity among multiracial people in the United States. This concern is especially evident in the case of the offspring of Asian-Anglo couples. While scholars have speculated on the extent to which Asian ethnicity will continue to persist among multiracial children, little empirical work has addressed this concern. In this analysis, we use a multilevel model t…
Anticipation of migration and psychological stress and the Three Gorges Dam project, China
Class Differences in Racial Attitudes: A Divided Black America
Class differences in racial attitudes among blacks were examined using the 1979-1980 National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA). We examined two perspectives-class realignment and ethnic competition-as possible explanations for attitudinal differences between middle- and lower-class blacks. The majority of our findings supported the ethnic competition perspective which predicts a more critical attitude among middle- than lower-class blacks toward …
Project-induced displacement, secondary stressors, and health
The Effects of Community Structure on Opportunities for Interracial Contact: Extending Blau's Macrostructural Theory
Blau's (1977) macrostructural theory builds on the assumption that social structure affects intergroup relations. This relationship depends upon the opportunity for intergroup contact. Previous tests of Blau's theory, however, treat opportunity as an unmeasured construct. P*, as a measure of opportunity for intergroup contact, not only enables a test of that assumption, but also merges general sociological principles with specific middle-range on…
The Short-Term Impact of Involuntary Migration in China's Three Gorges: A Prospective Study
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans, The International Migration Review, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Autumn, 1990), pp. 563-576
An assessment of the accuracy of a regional economic-demographic projection model
A large number of regional economic-demographic projection models have been developed but their accuracy has seldom been evaluated. This article examines the accuracy of one such model in projecting total populations for 1980, using 1970 base data, for 106 counties and 553 places in two states. Comparisons of the model’s projections to 1980 Census counts reveal mean percentage absolute differences of 10 percent for counties and 14 percent for pla…
A Multilevel Analysis of Individual, Household, and Neighborhood Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Low-Income Pregnant Women in Jefferson County, Alabama
Objectives. We examined individual, household, and neighborhood correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) before and during pregnancy. Methods. We used multilevel modeling to investigate IPV among 2887 pregnant women in 112 census tracts who sought prenatal care in 8 public clinics in Jefferson County, Alabama, from 1997 through 2001. Data were collected from the Perinatal Emphasis Research Center project, the 2000 Census, and the local Sheri…
Fertility of Chinese Immigrants in the U. S: Testing a Fertility Emancipation Hypothesis
The authors explored their hypothesis that the fertility of Chinese women kept low by Chinas one-child policy implemented in 1979 is likely to return to a higher level once the women emigrate. The hypothesis was tested using data from the 1990 US population census 5% public use microdata samples analyzed with least squares regression. Evidence was found to support the hypothesis. Findings indicate that women from China have a significantly lower …
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
How do outmarried Asians compare to their inmarried counterparts and to their spouses in terms of socioeconomic status? We attempt to answer this question by testing hypotheses derived from assimilation, exchange, and economic theories. The study is conducted using a representative U.S. sample of married Asians. Results based on multinomial logit analyses indicate that Asian women with lower educational attainment have a higher propensity to outm…
In Search of Asian War Brides
Because of the long presence of U.S. soldiers in Asia, war-bride marriages involving servicemen and Asian women have been formed throughout the century. The literature, however, contains little empirically sound information on Asian war brides. This analysis develops a methodology to identify war brides and applies it to estimate the number of war brides from the six major Asian groups, using the national 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample. Further…
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Cross-sectional and longitudinal variations in rates of intergroup marriage have often been used as indicators of assimilation for minority groups. This article demonstrates that both types of comparisons can give misleading results when census data are used for calculating intermarriage rates without restrictions. Census data include immigrants who married abroad (IMAs) in the enumeration. The inclusion of these individuals in the study of inter…
Ethnic Enclosure or Ethnic Competition: Ethnic Identification Among Hispanics in Texas
Recent theoretical debates have focused on the utility of two alternative perspectives on ethnic identification. However, empirical support for either is neither consistent nor conclusive and previous analyses seldom conceptually or empirically examine the aggregate macrostructural determinants of ethnic identification. This study reevaluates the relative merits of the ethnic enclosure and ethnic competition perspectives among Texan Hispanics usi…
Relocation Stress, Coping, and Sense of Control Among Resettlers Resulting from China's Three Gorges Dam Project
Project-induced migration and depression: A panel analysis
The conditional relationship between English language proficiency and earnings among US immigrants
Using the 2000 US census data for immigrants of twenty language groups resided in metropolitan areas, we test the hypothesis that the rate of returns (in earnings) to English proficiency is not constant but varies with the language environment (as defined by group size, segregation, linguistic heterogeneity and inequality) in which immigrants are embedded. Results from our hierarchical model indicate that while an increase in the size and segrega…
Perceived Risks and Benefits of the Three Gorges Project
Previous studies found that although the designated migrants in China's Three Gorges region showed strong support for the project, they also expressed concerns about the project's likely negative impact on their family life. A psychological explanation is proposed to reconcile these apparent contradictory findings. The empirical validity of the proposed interpretation is evaluated using survey data collected from rural and urban communities in Wa…
Unmet expectations and symptoms of depression among the Three Gorges Project resettlers
The micro consequences of macro-level social transition: How did Russians survive in the 1990s
Racial Attraction or Racial Avoidance in American Suburbs
The principle of homophily is central to several social-science theories. When applied to the study of population change in geographic areas, these theories predict racial homogeneity in residential settlement patterns. The concentration of one group in an area is expected to attract same-group members while deterring others. We examine this prediction using data on 1980–90 population change for four ethnic groups in 1,672 U.S. suburban cities. T…
An assessment of socioeconomic assessments: Utility, accuracy, and policy considerations
Ecological context and immigrants' earnings: English ability as a mediator
An assessment of socioeconomic assessments: Utility, accuracy, and policy considerations
An assessment of the accuracy of a regional economic-demographic projection model
A large number of regional economic-demographic projection models have been developed but their accuracy has seldom been evaluated. This article examines the accuracy of one such model in projecting total populations for 1980, using 1970 base data, for 106 counties and 553 places in two states. Comparisons of the model’s projections to 1980 Census counts reveal mean percentage absolute differences of 10 percent for counties and 14 percent for pla…
Constraints to the fulfillment of residential preferences among Texas homebuyers
A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between their preferred and actual residences. Analysis indicates that the logit of fulfilling residential preference is largely determined by the type of area preferred and the occupation and age of the homebuyer. Mismatch is most common among homebuyers preferring a suburban location, less so for those preferring nonmetropolitan residences, and lowest among people preferring ce…
Residential Segregation and Ethnic Identification among Hispanics in Texas
The hypothesis that racial or ethnic minority groups that are residentially segregated from the majority group in a racially or ethnically mixed society are less likely to be assimilated than those who are residentially integrated is empirically assessed. Data are used from the 1980 census of population for 139 Texas cities with large Hispanic populations. The results do not provide support for the hypothesis; rather, they suggest that other ecol…
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans, The International Migration Review, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Autumn, 1990), pp. 563-576
The Problem Posed by Immigrants Married Abroad on Intermarriage Research: The Case of Asian Americans
Cross-sectional and longitudinal variations in rates of intergroup marriage have often been used as indicators of assimilation for minority groups. This article demonstrates that both types of comparisons can give misleading results when census data are used for calculating intermarriage rates without restrictions. Census data include immigrants who married abroad (IMAs) in the enumeration. The inclusion of these individuals in the study of inter…
Ethnic Enclosure or Ethnic Competition: Ethnic Identification Among Hispanics in Texas
Recent theoretical debates have focused on the utility of two alternative perspectives on ethnic identification. However, empirical support for either is neither consistent nor conclusive and previous analyses seldom conceptually or empirically examine the aggregate macrostructural determinants of ethnic identification. This study reevaluates the relative merits of the ethnic enclosure and ethnic competition perspectives among Texan Hispanics usi…
China and Its National Minorities: Autonomy or Assimilation
This title was first published in 1990: This book is a study of past and present policies of the People's Republic of China towards its numerous and varied minority groups, a subject about which there is scant information in the West. It examines the impact of Chinese culture on these diverse groups and China's attempt to bring them into the mainstream of Han life. The impact of the Cultural Revolution on the minority peoples, the future of Tibet…
The Effects of Community Structure on Opportunities for Interracial Contact: Extending Blau's Macrostructural Theory
Blau's (1977) macrostructural theory builds on the assumption that social structure affects intergroup relations. This relationship depends upon the opportunity for intergroup contact. Previous tests of Blau's theory, however, treat opportunity as an unmeasured construct. P*, as a measure of opportunity for intergroup contact, not only enables a test of that assumption, but also merges general sociological principles with specific middle-range on…
In Search of Asian War Brides
Because of the long presence of U.S. soldiers in Asia, war-bride marriages involving servicemen and Asian women have been formed throughout the century. The literature, however, contains little empirically sound information on Asian war brides. This analysis develops a methodology to identify war brides and applies it to estimate the number of war brides from the six major Asian groups, using the national 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample. Further…
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
The SES Selectivity of Interracially Married Asians
How do outmarried Asians compare to their inmarried counterparts and to their spouses in terms of socioeconomic status? We attempt to answer this question by testing hypotheses derived from assimilation, exchange, and economic theories. The study is conducted using a representative U.S. sample of married Asians. Results based on multinomial logit analyses indicate that Asian women with lower educational attainment have a higher propensity to outm…
Persistence and Change in Asian Identity among Children of Intermarried Couples
In recent years, a significant amount of attention has been devoted to the survival of ethnicity among multiracial people in the United States. This concern is especially evident in the case of the offspring of Asian-Anglo couples. While scholars have speculated on the extent to which Asian ethnicity will continue to persist among multiracial children, little empirical work has addressed this concern. In this analysis, we use a multilevel model t…
Fertility of Chinese Immigrants in the U. S: Testing a Fertility Emancipation Hypothesis
The authors explored their hypothesis that the fertility of Chinese women kept low by Chinas one-child policy implemented in 1979 is likely to return to a higher level once the women emigrate. The hypothesis was tested using data from the 1990 US population census 5% public use microdata samples analyzed with least squares regression. Evidence was found to support the hypothesis. Findings indicate that women from China have a significantly lower …
Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage
Sean-Shong Hwang, Rogelio Saenz, Benigno E. Aguirre, Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Aug., 1997), pp. 758-772
Racial Attraction or Racial Avoidance in American Suburbs
The principle of homophily is central to several social-science theories. When applied to the study of population change in geographic areas, these theories predict racial homogeneity in residential settlement patterns. The concentration of one group in an area is expected to attract same-group members while deterring others. We examine this prediction using data on 1980–90 population change for four ethnic groups in 1,672 U.S. suburban cities. T…
Class Differences in Racial Attitudes: A Divided Black America
Class differences in racial attitudes among blacks were examined using the 1979-1980 National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA). We examined two perspectives-class realignment and ethnic competition-as possible explanations for attitudinal differences between middle- and lower-class blacks. The majority of our findings supported the ethnic competition perspective which predicts a more critical attitude among middle- than lower-class blacks toward …
Anticipation of migration and psychological stress and the Three Gorges Dam project, China
Perceived Risks and Benefits of the Three Gorges Project
Previous studies found that although the designated migrants in China's Three Gorges region showed strong support for the project, they also expressed concerns about the project's likely negative impact on their family life. A psychological explanation is proposed to reconcile these apparent contradictory findings. The empirical validity of the proposed interpretation is evaluated using survey data collected from rural and urban communities in Wa…
The micro consequences of macro-level social transition: How did Russians survive in the 1990s
A Multilevel Analysis of Individual, Household, and Neighborhood Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Low-Income Pregnant Women in Jefferson County, Alabama
Objectives. We examined individual, household, and neighborhood correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) before and during pregnancy. Methods. We used multilevel modeling to investigate IPV among 2887 pregnant women in 112 census tracts who sought prenatal care in 8 public clinics in Jefferson County, Alabama, from 1997 through 2001. Data were collected from the Perinatal Emphasis Research Center project, the 2000 Census, and the local Sheri…
Project-induced migration and depression: A panel analysis
The conditional relationship between English language proficiency and earnings among US immigrants
Using the 2000 US census data for immigrants of twenty language groups resided in metropolitan areas, we test the hypothesis that the rate of returns (in earnings) to English proficiency is not constant but varies with the language environment (as defined by group size, segregation, linguistic heterogeneity and inequality) in which immigrants are embedded. Results from our hierarchical model indicate that while an increase in the size and segrega…
Ecological context and immigrants' earnings: English ability as a mediator
Unmet expectations and symptoms of depression among the Three Gorges Project resettlers
Sociology (22 works) · Geography (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Demography (18 works) · Economics (18 works) · Demographic economics (15 works) · Demography (12 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Population (10 works)