Q Jiang
Biographic Data
| ID | 71511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Q Jiang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Q |
| FAMILY NAME | Jiang |
| SIGNATURE | JIANG Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Xi'an Jiaotong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1696-7393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Trends in cohort fertility among Chinese women
The evolution of 4-2-1 family structure in China: A simulation based on multistate family structure tables
The 4-2-1 family structure has become more prevalent with the rise of only-child families, yet it remains understudied. Using 2020 census data, probability theory, and life table methods, this paper constructs multistate family structure tables to analyse the survival probabilities, expected durations, and elapsed durations of the 4-2-1 family and its 29 evolved configurations over the family life cycle. We identify 13 family structures with high…
Polygyny and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Afghanistan: The Role of Household Autonomy and Socioeconomic Factors
This study investigated the association between polygyny and women's attitudes toward wife beating in Afghanistan, focusing on the confounding and suppressive role of women's autonomy and socioeconomic factors. We utilized data from the 2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey, encompassing 29,461 ever-married women aged 15–49. Descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and a series of stepwise adjusted logistic regression models were …
Polygyny and the Number of Children Ever Born in Afghanistan: The Moderating Role of Education—A Cross‐Sectional Study
Polygyny and help-seeking for intimate partner violence in Afghanistan: The mediating role of women's autonomy and the moderating effects of education and fear of the husband
Between Family and Market: China’s Emerging Third Way Model of Childcare and Its Challenges
This article investigates the recent development of formal childcare services in China, focusing on the policy framework introduced since 2019 and its implementation in three county-level regions. Drawing on Mahon’s typology of childcare welfare models, it identifies China’s approach as a tailored third way model, characterised by reliance on private investment, limited public funding, and the assignment of primary caregiving responsibilities to …
Association of women’s empowerment with childhood immunisation coverage in South and Southeast Asia: Meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys data from 11 countries
Consanguineous Marriages and Child Ever Born—The Moderating Role of Working Women
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the relationship between consanguineous marriages and children ever born (CEB) in Pakistan and the moderating effect of working women in the relationship between consanguineous marriages and CEB. Furthermore, decomposition analysis was used to find out the factors that influence the likelihood of the child ever born. METHOD: Data from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey were utilized, which was con…
Exploring Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Child Malnutrition in Pakistan Using Machine Learning
Objective This study aims to identify risk factors and develop predictive models of child malnutrition (stunting, wasting, and underweight) in Pakistani children under five using machine learning approaches. Study Design This cross‐sectional design utilized data from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 (PDHS). Methods Logistic regression was employed to identify significant socio‐demographic and health‐related risk factors. Four …
Spousal education and cognitive trajectories among Chinese couples: A Longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Model analysis
These findings suggest that spousal education is linked to baseline cognitive functioning through economic, behavioral, and social pathways, but it is not associated with the rate of cognitive decline. These patterns underscore the importance of dyadic resources for cognitive health in aging Chinese populations
Association between severity of physical intimate partner violence and neonatal mortality in Afghanistan: Survival analysis using Cox proportional hazard model
Health expectancies among older adults in China: Results from the 2010 and 2020 population censuses
BACKGROUNDDespite the rapid increase in the aging population in China, the health expectancies of older adults remain underexamined. OBJECTIVEOur aim is to investigate the health expectancies of older adults in China and examine changes between 2010 and 2020. METHODSUsing data from the 2010 and 2020 Chinese population censuses, health expectancies were calculated for good, fair, poor, and disabled health states by period, sex, and residence.The S…
Impact of Street Network Properties on Urban Pedestrian Movement Densities: Insights from Iraq
The Padma flower ornament, inspired by plants, was commonly found on religious buildings of Islamic, Catholic, and Protestant faiths.The Padma flower was popular during the precolonial and colonial periods in Indonesia, particularly on Java, where cultural, religious, and social diversity converge.The diversity of ornament visibly shown on the buildings represented expressions of life in various eras.This research explores the diversity of forms,…
Sibling relationships of older adults in China: The role of gender composition and birth order
Marital duration in China: Trends and gender differences, 1982–2015
Objectives: With the postponement in age at marriage, increase in life expectancy, and acceptance of divorce in China, the marital duration in each state has changed gradually. This study seeks to depict the trends and gender differences of marital duration in China from 1982 to 2015. Design: We calculated and depicted the trends of and gender differences in marital duration, including single, marriage, divorce, widowhood duration and the proport…
Will the Policy Instruments Mix Promote the Facility Input of Care Institutions for Older People in China
Promoting the facility input of care institutions for older people is the key to the development of the care for older people. With a steady increase in the proportion of older people in China, institutional care services are considered as an important tool for older people. Policies such as government bed subsidies and tax incentives are accelerating the development of institutional care services. However, when the care for older people related …
Urban-rural differences in China’s crude death rate changes
The influence of ASDR and age structure differs over time (1982 to 1990, 1990 to 2000, and 2000 to 2010) and across regions (cities, towns, the countryside). Considering the slow decline in ASDR and the accelerated aging population, we can infer that the CDR in 2020 will stabilize or even rise slightly instead of dropping significantly (compared with the CDR in 2010). This study provides a basis for the formulation of relevant public health polic…
Recent sex ratio at birth in China
BACKGROUND: China's sex ratio at birth (SRB) has declined in the past decade but still exceeds the normal level. This study seeks to depict the SRB trend in the past two decades. METHODS: We depicted the SRB trend, including SRB by birth order, children composition, residence and hukou type, education, race and province using latest data available from multiple data sources and standardisation and decomposition methods. RESULTS: The SRB remained …
Influence of the Growth and Development Check (GDC) on Overweight/Obesity of Children under-5 Years in China: A Propensity Score Analysis
To improve health and reduce the rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, the Chinese government has formulated childcare standards, with the Growth and Development Check (GDC) as the main content. However, few studies have evaluated the impact of the GDC on lowering the risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Using the 2014 China Family Dynamics Survey and propensity score matching (PSM), this article examined the i…
Trends in the association between educational assortative mating, infant and child mortality in Nigeria
This indicates that, beyond the absolute level of education, the similarities or dissimilarities in partners' education may have consequences for child survival, alluding to the family system theory. Future studies could investigate how this association varies when marital status is put into consideration
Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China
China's SRB has been high during the past 4 decades, well exceeding the generally accepted normal range of 102-107 (United Nations Department, 1955). The SRB in China by census data was 107. 63, 111.45, 119.92, and 121.21, respectively, in 1982, 1990, 2000, and 2010, and it optimistically declined to 111.30 in the just-released 2020 population census
Mothers’ Healthcare Autonomy, Maternal-Health Utilization and Healthcare for Children under-3 Years: Analysis of the Nigeria DHS Data (2008–2018)
This study was designed to simultaneously examine if mothers' personal healthcare autonomy within the household, and the level of their maternal-healthcare utilization, translates into better preventive (complete immunization) and curative (treatments for diarrhoea, fever and acute respiratory infection) efforts on morbidities in child healthcare. We analysed data pooled from three consecutive waves of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey: t…
Change in China’s SRB: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach
There has been some research on factors affecting China's rising sex ratio at birth (SRB), but the spatial dependence has been largely neglected. With China's census and sample survey data and the dynamic spatial Durbin model; we analyzed the changes in SRB in China. We found that SRB and its influencing factors were spatially correlated at the provincial level. For direct effects; urbanization significantly reduced SRB in this region; while stri…
Children's gender and parental educational strategies in rural and urban China: The Moderating Roles of Sibship Size and Family Resources
Despite the declining gender gap in education is consistently documented at the national level in China, little is known about the gendered pattern in education at the household level. This study aims at understanding the micro mechanism of current gendered pattern in educational attainment by examining parental educational strategies in Chinese families, where daughters are historically unprivileged, while children’s education is highly valued. …
Women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intentions of having a second child: Survey findings from Shaanxi Province of China
China is a country with a unique history of gender traditions and birth-control regulations. Traditional gender role attitudes, closely related to son preference, exert entrenched influence on the fertility intentions and behaviours of women in China. In recent years, despite the fact that employment characteristics and educational attainment of women have caught up with men, China has witnessed a resurgence of patriarchal Confucian tradition. Ge…
Fertility Intention, Son Preference, and Second Childbirth: Survey Findings from Shaanxi Province of China
Bride price in China: The obstacle to ‘Bare Branches’ seeking marriage
Throughout Chinese history, the country's patrilineal family system has lead to the practice of paying for brides, a social phenomenon closely related to the issue of surplus males in China. This article attempts to analyze the fluctuations in bride prices over the last 50 years, and at the same time investigate the two vicious cycles involving ‘bare branches’ and the ways in which they find money to pay a bride price. The following points are co…
Children's gender and parental educational strategies in rural and urban China: The Moderating Roles of Sibship Size and Family Resources
Despite the declining gender gap in education is consistently documented at the national level in China, little is known about the gendered pattern in education at the household level. This study aims at understanding the micro mechanism of current gendered pattern in educational attainment by examining parental educational strategies in Chinese families, where daughters are historically unprivileged, while children’s education is highly valued. …
Low fertility and concurrent birth control policy in China
China’s one-child policy, introduced in the late 1970s, has been in effect for over three decades. This article reviews China’s low fertility rate and the implementation of this stringent birth control policy in the context of low fertility. First, China’s fertility intention, behavior, and low fertility level trend are presented. Then, the official response to the low fertility level and the consequent misguided policy-making are investigated. N…
The well-being of bereaved parents in an only-child society
There are currently around a million Chinese households where the only child has died and the mother is beyond reproductive age. The number of such bereaved parents, known as shidu fumu, is forecast to increase to over 11 million by 2050. Using a sample survey conducted in 2013 in Shaanxi Province, the article explores the vulnerability of shidu fumu by various measures of well-being. Such parents are more vulnerable than nonbereaved parents in e…
China's Marriage Squeeze: A Decomposition into Age and Sex Structure
China’s Missing Girls in the Three Decades from 1980 to 2010
Sex Ratios and Crime:Evidence from China's One-Child Policy * Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled.This paper examines whether the two are causally linked.High sex ratios imply fewer married men, and marriage has been conjectured to be a socializing force.Our paper exploits the quasi-natural experiment generated by the Chinese one-child policy, a policy which is widely held t…
School Consolidation: Whither China's Rural Education
The School Consolidation Policy in the 1990s significantly impacted Chinese rural compulsory education and Chinese rural communities. Although this policy has been involved in many negative news reports, there is a lack of scientific research on it. To address the research gap, this paper first delineates the evolution of this policy, which was formed to balance the disparity between urban and rural education, accelerated by rural financial refor…
Marriage Squeeze in China's Future
The preference for sons in China and discrimination against girls have resulted in a male marriage squeeze. This paper develops two new indices of the sex ratio among potential first marriage partners by normalising first marriage frequencies and by eliminating the tempo effect in first marriage. Using two newly developed indices and two existing ones, the authors predict China's marriage squeeze for the period 2000–2100. The authors find that th…
China’s Population Policy at the Crossroads: Social Impacts and Prospects
The Intergenerational Effect and Second Childbirth: Survey Findings from the Shaanxi Province of China
Trafficking in Women in China
Based on existing data and prior research, this paper reviews studies of and investigations into the trafficking of women in China. First, the “industrial chain” of human trafficking is analyzed. Second, the analysis indicates that the “buyers market” exhibits a strong demand for trafficking in women. The scale of trafficking is escalating: originally the crime was mainly committed in a few provinces, but has now spread to nearly every province i…
Women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intentions of having a second child: Survey findings from Shaanxi Province of China
China is a country with a unique history of gender traditions and birth-control regulations. Traditional gender role attitudes, closely related to son preference, exert entrenched influence on the fertility intentions and behaviours of women in China. In recent years, despite the fact that employment characteristics and educational attainment of women have caught up with men, China has witnessed a resurgence of patriarchal Confucian tradition. Ge…
Elderly widowhood in China
As population ageing accelerates in China, the number of elderly widowed individuals are expected to increase. Using 2010 census data we estimate widowhood indices for rural and urban areas, and for men and women in China. The indices show that the probability of elderly widowhood to be higher for females (0.68) than males (0.32)—with no rural and urban difference. An average marriage in China lasts about 47 years. After the death of a spouse, th…
Socio‐Demographic Risks and Challenges of Bare‐Branch Villages in China
China's bare branches, the Chinese name for surplus men, have attracted much attention, yet few studies have focused on the increasing phenomenon of bare‐branch villages. In this literature review, the formation of bare‐branch villages, the impact of such villages on individual bare branches and their families, and potential threats to villages and families are analyzed. It was found that the sex ratio and female marriage migration to prosperous …
Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China
China's SRB has been high during the past 4 decades, well exceeding the generally accepted normal range of 102-107 (United Nations Department, 1955). The SRB in China by census data was 107. 63, 111.45, 119.92, and 121.21, respectively, in 1982, 1990, 2000, and 2010, and it optimistically declined to 111.30 in the just-released 2020 population census
Marriage Squeeze in China's Future
The preference for sons in China and discrimination against girls have resulted in a male marriage squeeze. This paper develops two new indices of the sex ratio among potential first marriage partners by normalising first marriage frequencies and by eliminating the tempo effect in first marriage. Using two newly developed indices and two existing ones, the authors predict China's marriage squeeze for the period 2000–2100. The authors find that th…
Huaren de jiujinshan: Yige kua Taipingyang de zuqun de gushi
Book Review on Chen Yong's book entitled: 华人的旧金山:一个跨太平洋的族群的故事,1850-1943 (Chinese in San Francisco, 1850-1943: A Trans-Pacific Community). Beijing: Peking University Press, 2009
Trafficking in Women in China
Based on existing data and prior research, this paper reviews studies of and investigations into the trafficking of women in China. First, the “industrial chain” of human trafficking is analyzed. Second, the analysis indicates that the “buyers market” exhibits a strong demand for trafficking in women. The scale of trafficking is escalating: originally the crime was mainly committed in a few provinces, but has now spread to nearly every province i…
Bride price in China: The obstacle to ‘Bare Branches’ seeking marriage
Throughout Chinese history, the country's patrilineal family system has lead to the practice of paying for brides, a social phenomenon closely related to the issue of surplus males in China. This article attempts to analyze the fluctuations in bride prices over the last 50 years, and at the same time investigate the two vicious cycles involving ‘bare branches’ and the ways in which they find money to pay a bride price. The following points are co…
China’s Missing Girls in the Three Decades from 1980 to 2010
Sex Ratios and Crime:Evidence from China's One-Child Policy * Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled.This paper examines whether the two are causally linked.High sex ratios imply fewer married men, and marriage has been conjectured to be a socializing force.Our paper exploits the quasi-natural experiment generated by the Chinese one-child policy, a policy which is widely held t…
Socio‐Demographic Risks and Challenges of Bare‐Branch Villages in China
China's bare branches, the Chinese name for surplus men, have attracted much attention, yet few studies have focused on the increasing phenomenon of bare‐branch villages. In this literature review, the formation of bare‐branch villages, the impact of such villages on individual bare branches and their families, and potential threats to villages and families are analyzed. It was found that the sex ratio and female marriage migration to prosperous …
China’s Population Policy at the Crossroads: Social Impacts and Prospects
Elderly widowhood in China
As population ageing accelerates in China, the number of elderly widowed individuals are expected to increase. Using 2010 census data we estimate widowhood indices for rural and urban areas, and for men and women in China. The indices show that the probability of elderly widowhood to be higher for females (0.68) than males (0.32)—with no rural and urban difference. An average marriage in China lasts about 47 years. After the death of a spouse, th…
School Consolidation: Whither China's Rural Education
The School Consolidation Policy in the 1990s significantly impacted Chinese rural compulsory education and Chinese rural communities. Although this policy has been involved in many negative news reports, there is a lack of scientific research on it. To address the research gap, this paper first delineates the evolution of this policy, which was formed to balance the disparity between urban and rural education, accelerated by rural financial refor…
The well-being of bereaved parents in an only-child society
There are currently around a million Chinese households where the only child has died and the mother is beyond reproductive age. The number of such bereaved parents, known as shidu fumu, is forecast to increase to over 11 million by 2050. Using a sample survey conducted in 2013 in Shaanxi Province, the article explores the vulnerability of shidu fumu by various measures of well-being. Such parents are more vulnerable than nonbereaved parents in e…
Low fertility and concurrent birth control policy in China
China’s one-child policy, introduced in the late 1970s, has been in effect for over three decades. This article reviews China’s low fertility rate and the implementation of this stringent birth control policy in the context of low fertility. First, China’s fertility intention, behavior, and low fertility level trend are presented. Then, the official response to the low fertility level and the consequent misguided policy-making are investigated. N…
China's Marriage Squeeze: A Decomposition into Age and Sex Structure
Fertility Intention, Son Preference, and Second Childbirth: Survey Findings from Shaanxi Province of China
The Intergenerational Effect and Second Childbirth: Survey Findings from the Shaanxi Province of China
Female fertility history and mid-late-life health: Findings from China
China's middle-aged and older women suffer from poorer health than men. Using national baseline data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a survey conducted from 2011 to 2012, this article applies logistic models to investigate the association between female fertility history (parity, early childbearing, late childbearing) and middle-aged and late-life health. We find that parity is related to the mid-late-life health…
Women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intentions of having a second child: Survey findings from Shaanxi Province of China
China is a country with a unique history of gender traditions and birth-control regulations. Traditional gender role attitudes, closely related to son preference, exert entrenched influence on the fertility intentions and behaviours of women in China. In recent years, despite the fact that employment characteristics and educational attainment of women have caught up with men, China has witnessed a resurgence of patriarchal Confucian tradition. Ge…
Mothers’ Healthcare Autonomy, Maternal-Health Utilization and Healthcare for Children under-3 Years: Analysis of the Nigeria DHS Data (2008–2018)
This study was designed to simultaneously examine if mothers' personal healthcare autonomy within the household, and the level of their maternal-healthcare utilization, translates into better preventive (complete immunization) and curative (treatments for diarrhoea, fever and acute respiratory infection) efforts on morbidities in child healthcare. We analysed data pooled from three consecutive waves of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey: t…
Change in China’s SRB: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach
There has been some research on factors affecting China's rising sex ratio at birth (SRB), but the spatial dependence has been largely neglected. With China's census and sample survey data and the dynamic spatial Durbin model; we analyzed the changes in SRB in China. We found that SRB and its influencing factors were spatially correlated at the provincial level. For direct effects; urbanization significantly reduced SRB in this region; while stri…
Children's gender and parental educational strategies in rural and urban China: The Moderating Roles of Sibship Size and Family Resources
Despite the declining gender gap in education is consistently documented at the national level in China, little is known about the gendered pattern in education at the household level. This study aims at understanding the micro mechanism of current gendered pattern in educational attainment by examining parental educational strategies in Chinese families, where daughters are historically unprivileged, while children’s education is highly valued. …
Recent sex ratio at birth in China
BACKGROUND: China's sex ratio at birth (SRB) has declined in the past decade but still exceeds the normal level. This study seeks to depict the SRB trend in the past two decades. METHODS: We depicted the SRB trend, including SRB by birth order, children composition, residence and hukou type, education, race and province using latest data available from multiple data sources and standardisation and decomposition methods. RESULTS: The SRB remained …
Influence of the Growth and Development Check (GDC) on Overweight/Obesity of Children under-5 Years in China: A Propensity Score Analysis
To improve health and reduce the rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, the Chinese government has formulated childcare standards, with the Growth and Development Check (GDC) as the main content. However, few studies have evaluated the impact of the GDC on lowering the risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Using the 2014 China Family Dynamics Survey and propensity score matching (PSM), this article examined the i…
Trends in the association between educational assortative mating, infant and child mortality in Nigeria
This indicates that, beyond the absolute level of education, the similarities or dissimilarities in partners' education may have consequences for child survival, alluding to the family system theory. Future studies could investigate how this association varies when marital status is put into consideration
Overestimated SRB and Missing Girls in China
China's SRB has been high during the past 4 decades, well exceeding the generally accepted normal range of 102-107 (United Nations Department, 1955). The SRB in China by census data was 107. 63, 111.45, 119.92, and 121.21, respectively, in 1982, 1990, 2000, and 2010, and it optimistically declined to 111.30 in the just-released 2020 population census
Marital duration in China: Trends and gender differences, 1982–2015
Objectives: With the postponement in age at marriage, increase in life expectancy, and acceptance of divorce in China, the marital duration in each state has changed gradually. This study seeks to depict the trends and gender differences of marital duration in China from 1982 to 2015. Design: We calculated and depicted the trends of and gender differences in marital duration, including single, marriage, divorce, widowhood duration and the proport…
Will the Policy Instruments Mix Promote the Facility Input of Care Institutions for Older People in China
Promoting the facility input of care institutions for older people is the key to the development of the care for older people. With a steady increase in the proportion of older people in China, institutional care services are considered as an important tool for older people. Policies such as government bed subsidies and tax incentives are accelerating the development of institutional care services. However, when the care for older people related …
China (25 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (24 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Demography (20 works) · Geography (19 works) · Population (15 works) · Demography (14 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (14 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Political science (14 works)