Family change in East Asia

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 61-82

  Chen, Yen Chun Cheryl ^a   Li, Jui Chung Allen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES   (Taiwan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aging; East asia; Family change; Fertility; Marriage; Migration; Women s status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85100604506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118374085.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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