Attitudes Towards Marriage and the Family Amongst Young People in Hong Kong, and Comparisons with the United States and Taiwan

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ID2949945
AuthorsDavid Podmore (Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Industrial Administration, University of Aston, England.), Damien Chaney (0000-0002-7934-0248, Durham University), David Chaney (0000-0001-6038-9159, Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Administration, University of Durham, England.)
Year1972
Volume3
Issue2
Pages228-238
Publication date1972-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.3.2.228
OpenAlexW2934373462
LanguageEN
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Data obtained from a survey of 1123 young people in Hong Kong is compared with the results of surveys of students in the U S A and Taiwan in order to test the proposition that there is a relationship between the the extent of industrialisation in a society and the attitudes of the members of the society. The hypothesis that American respondents will show more modern attitudes towards marriage and the family than Hong Kong respondents is wholly supported. When Hong Kong and Taiwanese respondents are compared, the findings are not conclusive. For three attitude items there is no significant difference, for two items Hong Kong respondents show significantly more modern attitudes than Taiwanese and for one item Taiwanese are significantly more modern than Hong Kong respondents. Special aspects of social life in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is suggested, account in part for the differences observed

General Social Survey · Industrialisation · Political science · Sociology · Test (biology) · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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