Hui-Sheng Lin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3880283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hui-Sheng Lin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hui-Sheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Lin |
| SIGNATURE | LIN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jiangsu Provincial Family Planning Institute of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan
Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia: Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
A Cross-National Examination of the Determinants of Self-Assessed Health
Self-assessed health measures are often utilized in surveys of older adults, and these have been found to be powerful predictors of other health indicators and future health. However, there is still much that is puzzling about the measure. Few studies use comparative techniques to ascertain the determinants of self-assessed health across diverse settings. Using recent data from the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand, the current study tests whethe…
Intergenerational influence in Singapore and Taiwan: The role of the elderly in family decisions
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan
Until the 1940s, social life in Taiwan was generally organized through the family—marriages were arranged by parents, for example, and senior males held authority. In the following years, as Taiwan evolved rapidly from an agrarian to an industrialized society, individual decisions became less dependent on the family and more influenced by outside forces. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan provides an in-depth analysis of the complex changes i…
Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting
An exploration of life insurance among the elderly in Taiwan
Living arrangements of the elderly in Taiwan: Qualitative evidence
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan
Division of family property in Taiwan
Implications for Adolescent Sex Education in Taiwan
This first Taiwan-wide sample survey of adolescent sexual awareness, knowledge, attitude, and behavior shows that secondary school students there: lack basic knowledge about contraception and reproduction, are often not being taught adequately about these subjects in school, have fairly permissive attitudes about sexual relationships, particularly males, are sexually active, particularly males and those in the private vocational high schools (alt…
Trends in Fertility, Family Size Preferences, and Family Planning Practice: Taiwan, 1961-76
Urbanization, non-familial work, education, and fertility in Taiwan
It is well known, that there is a relationship between the level of development of a society and its level offertility.(1) However, it is not clear which of the complex ofvariables associated with development are primarily associated with the reduction of fertility. Urbanization, female labour force participation and education are three of the variables most commonly cited as bearing a causal relationship to fertility. Urbanization implies a chan…
Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan
A Cross-National Examination of the Determinants of Self-Assessed Health
Self-assessed health measures are often utilized in surveys of older adults, and these have been found to be powerful predictors of other health indicators and future health. However, there is still much that is puzzling about the measure. Few studies use comparative techniques to ascertain the determinants of self-assessed health across diverse settings. Using recent data from the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand, the current study tests whethe…
Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan
Trends in Fertility, Family Size Preferences, and Family Planning Practice: Taiwan, 1961-76
Division of family property in Taiwan
Intergenerational influence in Singapore and Taiwan: The role of the elderly in family decisions
Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting
Living arrangements of the elderly in Taiwan: Qualitative evidence
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia: Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
An exploration of life insurance among the elderly in Taiwan
Implications for Adolescent Sex Education in Taiwan
This first Taiwan-wide sample survey of adolescent sexual awareness, knowledge, attitude, and behavior shows that secondary school students there: lack basic knowledge about contraception and reproduction, are often not being taught adequately about these subjects in school, have fairly permissive attitudes about sexual relationships, particularly males, are sexually active, particularly males and those in the private vocational high schools (alt…
Urbanization, non-familial work, education, and fertility in Taiwan
It is well known, that there is a relationship between the level of development of a society and its level offertility.(1) However, it is not clear which of the complex ofvariables associated with development are primarily associated with the reduction of fertility. Urbanization, female labour force participation and education are three of the variables most commonly cited as bearing a causal relationship to fertility. Urbanization implies a chan…
Urbanization, non-familial work, education, and fertility in Taiwan
It is well known, that there is a relationship between the level of development of a society and its level offertility.(1) However, it is not clear which of the complex ofvariables associated with development are primarily associated with the reduction of fertility. Urbanization, female labour force participation and education are three of the variables most commonly cited as bearing a causal relationship to fertility. Urbanization implies a chan…
Trends in Fertility, Family Size Preferences, and Family Planning Practice: Taiwan, 1961-76
Implications for Adolescent Sex Education in Taiwan
This first Taiwan-wide sample survey of adolescent sexual awareness, knowledge, attitude, and behavior shows that secondary school students there: lack basic knowledge about contraception and reproduction, are often not being taught adequately about these subjects in school, have fairly permissive attitudes about sexual relationships, particularly males, are sexually active, particularly males and those in the private vocational high schools (alt…
Division of family property in Taiwan
Living arrangements of the elderly in Taiwan: Qualitative evidence
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan
Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting
An exploration of life insurance among the elderly in Taiwan
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan
Until the 1940s, social life in Taiwan was generally organized through the family—marriages were arranged by parents, for example, and senior males held authority. In the following years, as Taiwan evolved rapidly from an agrarian to an industrialized society, individual decisions became less dependent on the family and more influenced by outside forces. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan provides an in-depth analysis of the complex changes i…
Intergenerational influence in Singapore and Taiwan: The role of the elderly in family decisions
A Cross-National Examination of the Determinants of Self-Assessed Health
Self-assessed health measures are often utilized in surveys of older adults, and these have been found to be powerful predictors of other health indicators and future health. However, there is still much that is puzzling about the measure. Few studies use comparative techniques to ascertain the determinants of self-assessed health across diverse settings. Using recent data from the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand, the current study tests whethe…
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia: Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan
Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan
Demography (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 works) · Population (6 works)