Y H A Cheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 55473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Y H A Cheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Y H A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheng |
| SIGNATURE | CHENG Y H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6222-3603 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 235 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Who Gets the Kid? Female Empowerment and Child Custody in Taiwan
Women’s status in Taiwan has improved substantially due to rapid social and legal changes, yet how female empowerment affects child custody outcomes has been studied little. This study analyzes the entirety of divorce registration records in 2002–2004 and 2018–2020 to reveal the evolution of custodial arrangements in Taiwan. It pays particular attention to how mother’s changing traits and spousal pairings in age and education affect the probabili…
The changing face of intimate premarital relationships in Taiwan
Objective This paper examines changing intimate premarital relationships in Taiwan . Background Marriages have been on the decline. Whether these foregone marriages are associated with a rise in cohabitation or other alternatives have become central to a thorough understanding of family changes, yet relevant research on Taiwan is limited. Methods The Taiwan Fertility and Family Survey collected nationally representative samples of 23,495 men and …
Shifting Parental Age Differences in High-Income Countries: Insights and Implications
Age differences within couples are of considerable importance for the power relations between partners. These age differences become particularly relevant when couples transition to having a(nother) child, as such an event often results in a renegotiation of the gendered division of labor. Surprisingly, the literature on female empowerment and fertility postponement has so far paid little attention to parental age differences. This paper makes us…
Continuity and changes in attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Taiwan
An East–West dichotomy? Shifting marriage age patterns in Taiwan and Sweden over two centuries
Age at marriage varies greatly over time and between places. This study examines changes in age differences between spouses, as well as age at marriage, over 200 years in Taiwan and Sweden. Changes across vastly different socioeconomic and demographic contexts are explored in these two different kinship and marriage systems. Five different data sources are used to create micro-level data on spousal age differences for Swedish marriages formed bet…
Demographic change and increasing late singlehood in East Asia, 2010-2050
Marriage is a central institution for social reproduction in East Asia. Until the 1970s and 1980s, marriage across much of East Asia was early and universal. In recent decades, though, this pattern has begun shifting to one of later and less marriage
No More Babies without Help for Whom? Education, Division of Labor, and Fertility Intentions
ObjectiveThis study examines whether the impact of husbands' involvement in childcare and housework on wives' fertility intentions varies by wives' education in Taiwan.BackgroundRecent research has pointed to the positive influence of a more egalitarian division of labor on wives' fertility intentions, yet existing literature often fails to examine educational variations in such linkages.MethodThis paper analyzed reports of time spent on domestic…
Feminising the workforce in ageing East Asia? The potential of skilled female labour in four advanced economies
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan: The Importance of Education and Female Labor Supply
Longer Exposure to Obesity, Slimmer Chance of College? Body Weight Trajectories, Non-Cognitive Skills, and College Completion
The NLSY97 data were used to explore the patterns of developmental trajectories of body weight in adolescence and how they affected the likelihood of college completion in young adulthood among 2,275 youths aged 13 and 14 in Wave 1. A strong weight trajectory gradient was found for rates of college completion. The study further explored the role of non-cognitive traits in the association between weight trajectories and college attainment. Non-cog…
Going it alone and adrift: The socioeconomic profile and parental involvement of single-father and single-mother families in post-industrial Taiwan
More education, fewer divorces? Shifting education differentials of divorce in Taiwan from 1975 to 2010
While social gradient in divorce has been explored in many Western societies, this issue has received less attention in Asia
Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Taiwan, 1995-2012
Most of what we know about attitudes toward homosexuality comes from research focused on Europe and the Americas. Much less is known about attitudinal change in East Asia, even though some nations have begun to propose liberal laws and policies regarding homosexuality. Focusing on Taiwan, a more liberal and economically developed society, this study examines key characteristics associated with changes in attitudes about homosexuality. Data from t…
Explaining attitudes about homosexuality in Confucian and non-Confucian nations: Is there a 'cultural' influence
Changing partner choice and marriage propensities by education in post-industrial Taiwan, 2000-2010
Very little is known about recent marriage differentials by education in times of marriage decline and economic restructuring in East Asia
New Cohort Fertility Forecasts for the Developed World: Rises, Falls, and Reversals
With period fertility having risen in many low-fertility countries, an important emerging question is whether cohort fertility trends are also reversing. We produce new estimates of cohort fertility for 37 developed countries using a new, simple method that avoids the underestimation typical of previous approaches. Consistent with the idea that timing changes were largely responsible for the last decades' low period fertility, we find that family…
Adolescent Precursors of Early Union Formation Among Asian American and White Young Adults
Using a framework that emphasizes independent versus interdependent self-construals, this study investigates the relatively low rates of early marriage and cohabitation among Asian Americans compared with Whites. Data from Waves 1 and 3 of Add Health are used to test five hypotheses that focus on family value socialization and other precursors measured in adolescence. Analyses of early marriage indicate that the Asian-White difference is driven p…
Adolescent Overweight, Social Relationships and the Transition to First Sex: Gender and Racial Variations
Future studies should seek to understand the broader implications of adolescent weight status for social relationships and subsequent development, and practitioners should apply this knowledge to prevention programs. Postponement of sexual activity may benefit youths, but potential benefits and risks may depend upon the social processes involved
Social Background Differences in Early Family Behavior
Social background has historically been recognized as a major factor influencing family behavior, though recent work has largely emphasized racial/ethnic influences. Here we use 1994 - 1995 and 2001 - 2002 Add Health data to examine the cohabitation, first marriage, and first birth experience of young women. In a multistate life table context, hypothetical cohorts specified in terms of race and mother's education are followed, from age 11 to age …
Partner Choice and the Differential Retreat From Marriage
The contemporary retreat from marriage in the United States has had a differential impact across socioeconomic and racial groups. Here, 1990 marriage rates and propensities for Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are analyzed regarding (a) the likelihood that persons in different groups ever marry and (b) patterns of partner choice with respect to race and educational level. Marriage remains strong in most race-education groups but is substan…
New Cohort Fertility Forecasts for the Developed World: Rises, Falls, and Reversals
With period fertility having risen in many low-fertility countries, an important emerging question is whether cohort fertility trends are also reversing. We produce new estimates of cohort fertility for 37 developed countries using a new, simple method that avoids the underestimation typical of previous approaches. Consistent with the idea that timing changes were largely responsible for the last decades' low period fertility, we find that family…
Explaining attitudes about homosexuality in Confucian and non-Confucian nations: Is there a 'cultural' influence
Partner Choice and the Differential Retreat From Marriage
The contemporary retreat from marriage in the United States has had a differential impact across socioeconomic and racial groups. Here, 1990 marriage rates and propensities for Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are analyzed regarding (a) the likelihood that persons in different groups ever marry and (b) patterns of partner choice with respect to race and educational level. Marriage remains strong in most race-education groups but is substan…
Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Taiwan, 1995-2012
Most of what we know about attitudes toward homosexuality comes from research focused on Europe and the Americas. Much less is known about attitudinal change in East Asia, even though some nations have begun to propose liberal laws and policies regarding homosexuality. Focusing on Taiwan, a more liberal and economically developed society, this study examines key characteristics associated with changes in attitudes about homosexuality. Data from t…
No More Babies without Help for Whom? Education, Division of Labor, and Fertility Intentions
ObjectiveThis study examines whether the impact of husbands' involvement in childcare and housework on wives' fertility intentions varies by wives' education in Taiwan.BackgroundRecent research has pointed to the positive influence of a more egalitarian division of labor on wives' fertility intentions, yet existing literature often fails to examine educational variations in such linkages.MethodThis paper analyzed reports of time spent on domestic…
Changing partner choice and marriage propensities by education in post-industrial Taiwan, 2000-2010
Very little is known about recent marriage differentials by education in times of marriage decline and economic restructuring in East Asia
Continuity and changes in attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Taiwan
Social Background Differences in Early Family Behavior
Social background has historically been recognized as a major factor influencing family behavior, though recent work has largely emphasized racial/ethnic influences. Here we use 1994 - 1995 and 2001 - 2002 Add Health data to examine the cohabitation, first marriage, and first birth experience of young women. In a multistate life table context, hypothetical cohorts specified in terms of race and mother's education are followed, from age 11 to age …
Shifting Parental Age Differences in High-Income Countries: Insights and Implications
Age differences within couples are of considerable importance for the power relations between partners. These age differences become particularly relevant when couples transition to having a(nother) child, as such an event often results in a renegotiation of the gendered division of labor. Surprisingly, the literature on female empowerment and fertility postponement has so far paid little attention to parental age differences. This paper makes us…
More education, fewer divorces? Shifting education differentials of divorce in Taiwan from 1975 to 2010
While social gradient in divorce has been explored in many Western societies, this issue has received less attention in Asia
Adolescent Precursors of Early Union Formation Among Asian American and White Young Adults
Using a framework that emphasizes independent versus interdependent self-construals, this study investigates the relatively low rates of early marriage and cohabitation among Asian Americans compared with Whites. Data from Waves 1 and 3 of Add Health are used to test five hypotheses that focus on family value socialization and other precursors measured in adolescence. Analyses of early marriage indicate that the Asian-White difference is driven p…
An East–West dichotomy? Shifting marriage age patterns in Taiwan and Sweden over two centuries
Age at marriage varies greatly over time and between places. This study examines changes in age differences between spouses, as well as age at marriage, over 200 years in Taiwan and Sweden. Changes across vastly different socioeconomic and demographic contexts are explored in these two different kinship and marriage systems. Five different data sources are used to create micro-level data on spousal age differences for Swedish marriages formed bet…
Demographic change and increasing late singlehood in East Asia, 2010-2050
Marriage is a central institution for social reproduction in East Asia. Until the 1970s and 1980s, marriage across much of East Asia was early and universal. In recent decades, though, this pattern has begun shifting to one of later and less marriage
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan: The Importance of Education and Female Labor Supply
Going it alone and adrift: The socioeconomic profile and parental involvement of single-father and single-mother families in post-industrial Taiwan
Adolescent Overweight, Social Relationships and the Transition to First Sex: Gender and Racial Variations
Future studies should seek to understand the broader implications of adolescent weight status for social relationships and subsequent development, and practitioners should apply this knowledge to prevention programs. Postponement of sexual activity may benefit youths, but potential benefits and risks may depend upon the social processes involved
Partner Choice and the Differential Retreat From Marriage
The contemporary retreat from marriage in the United States has had a differential impact across socioeconomic and racial groups. Here, 1990 marriage rates and propensities for Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are analyzed regarding (a) the likelihood that persons in different groups ever marry and (b) patterns of partner choice with respect to race and educational level. Marriage remains strong in most race-education groups but is substan…
Social Background Differences in Early Family Behavior
Social background has historically been recognized as a major factor influencing family behavior, though recent work has largely emphasized racial/ethnic influences. Here we use 1994 - 1995 and 2001 - 2002 Add Health data to examine the cohabitation, first marriage, and first birth experience of young women. In a multistate life table context, hypothetical cohorts specified in terms of race and mother's education are followed, from age 11 to age …
Adolescent Overweight, Social Relationships and the Transition to First Sex: Gender and Racial Variations
Future studies should seek to understand the broader implications of adolescent weight status for social relationships and subsequent development, and practitioners should apply this knowledge to prevention programs. Postponement of sexual activity may benefit youths, but potential benefits and risks may depend upon the social processes involved
Adolescent Precursors of Early Union Formation Among Asian American and White Young Adults
Using a framework that emphasizes independent versus interdependent self-construals, this study investigates the relatively low rates of early marriage and cohabitation among Asian Americans compared with Whites. Data from Waves 1 and 3 of Add Health are used to test five hypotheses that focus on family value socialization and other precursors measured in adolescence. Analyses of early marriage indicate that the Asian-White difference is driven p…
New Cohort Fertility Forecasts for the Developed World: Rises, Falls, and Reversals
With period fertility having risen in many low-fertility countries, an important emerging question is whether cohort fertility trends are also reversing. We produce new estimates of cohort fertility for 37 developed countries using a new, simple method that avoids the underestimation typical of previous approaches. Consistent with the idea that timing changes were largely responsible for the last decades' low period fertility, we find that family…
Changing partner choice and marriage propensities by education in post-industrial Taiwan, 2000-2010
Very little is known about recent marriage differentials by education in times of marriage decline and economic restructuring in East Asia
Explaining attitudes about homosexuality in Confucian and non-Confucian nations: Is there a 'cultural' influence
Going it alone and adrift: The socioeconomic profile and parental involvement of single-father and single-mother families in post-industrial Taiwan
More education, fewer divorces? Shifting education differentials of divorce in Taiwan from 1975 to 2010
While social gradient in divorce has been explored in many Western societies, this issue has received less attention in Asia
Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Taiwan, 1995-2012
Most of what we know about attitudes toward homosexuality comes from research focused on Europe and the Americas. Much less is known about attitudinal change in East Asia, even though some nations have begun to propose liberal laws and policies regarding homosexuality. Focusing on Taiwan, a more liberal and economically developed society, this study examines key characteristics associated with changes in attitudes about homosexuality. Data from t…
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan: The Importance of Education and Female Labor Supply
Longer Exposure to Obesity, Slimmer Chance of College? Body Weight Trajectories, Non-Cognitive Skills, and College Completion
The NLSY97 data were used to explore the patterns of developmental trajectories of body weight in adolescence and how they affected the likelihood of college completion in young adulthood among 2,275 youths aged 13 and 14 in Wave 1. A strong weight trajectory gradient was found for rates of college completion. The study further explored the role of non-cognitive traits in the association between weight trajectories and college attainment. Non-cog…
Feminising the workforce in ageing East Asia? The potential of skilled female labour in four advanced economies
Demographic change and increasing late singlehood in East Asia, 2010-2050
Marriage is a central institution for social reproduction in East Asia. Until the 1970s and 1980s, marriage across much of East Asia was early and universal. In recent decades, though, this pattern has begun shifting to one of later and less marriage
No More Babies without Help for Whom? Education, Division of Labor, and Fertility Intentions
ObjectiveThis study examines whether the impact of husbands' involvement in childcare and housework on wives' fertility intentions varies by wives' education in Taiwan.BackgroundRecent research has pointed to the positive influence of a more egalitarian division of labor on wives' fertility intentions, yet existing literature often fails to examine educational variations in such linkages.MethodThis paper analyzed reports of time spent on domestic…
Continuity and changes in attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Taiwan
An East–West dichotomy? Shifting marriage age patterns in Taiwan and Sweden over two centuries
Age at marriage varies greatly over time and between places. This study examines changes in age differences between spouses, as well as age at marriage, over 200 years in Taiwan and Sweden. Changes across vastly different socioeconomic and demographic contexts are explored in these two different kinship and marriage systems. Five different data sources are used to create micro-level data on spousal age differences for Swedish marriages formed bet…
The changing face of intimate premarital relationships in Taiwan
Objective This paper examines changing intimate premarital relationships in Taiwan . Background Marriages have been on the decline. Whether these foregone marriages are associated with a rise in cohabitation or other alternatives have become central to a thorough understanding of family changes, yet relevant research on Taiwan is limited. Methods The Taiwan Fertility and Family Survey collected nationally representative samples of 23,495 men and …
Shifting Parental Age Differences in High-Income Countries: Insights and Implications
Age differences within couples are of considerable importance for the power relations between partners. These age differences become particularly relevant when couples transition to having a(nother) child, as such an event often results in a renegotiation of the gendered division of labor. Surprisingly, the literature on female empowerment and fertility postponement has so far paid little attention to parental age differences. This paper makes us…
Who Gets the Kid? Female Empowerment and Child Custody in Taiwan
Women’s status in Taiwan has improved substantially due to rapid social and legal changes, yet how female empowerment affects child custody outcomes has been studied little. This study analyzes the entirety of divorce registration records in 2002–2004 and 2018–2020 to reveal the evolution of custodial arrangements in Taiwan. It pays particular attention to how mother’s changing traits and spousal pairings in age and education affect the probabili…
Sociology (19 works) · Demography (16 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (14 works) · Population (14 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Demographic economics (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Demography (10 works)