Family, Work and Wellbeing in Asia

Part I. Introduction

1. The Family-Work Nexus and Wellbeing in Asia: An Introduction
Ming-Chang Tsai, Wan-chi Chen

Part II. Family Structure

2. Familial Exchange and Intergenerational Contact in East Asian Societies
Ming-Chang Tsai, Wen-Shan Yang

3. A New Era in Living Arrangements: Determinants of Quality of Life Among Chinese Older Adults
Minzhi Ye, Yiwei Chen, Yisheng Peng

Part III. Gender, Work and Culture

4. Multiple Dimensions of Gender-Role Attitudes: Diverse Patterns Among Four East-Asian Societies
Yean-Ju Lee

5. Moral Beliefs About Filial Support, Work and Gender in Japan: A Latent Class Analysis
Thijs van den Broek, Makiko Morita

6. Division of Housework in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan
Noriko Iwai

7. Women’s Greater Independence from Family? Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Wives’ Labor Force Exit in Taiwan
Wan-chi Chen, Yu-Chun Hsieh

Part IV. Family and Work: Reconciliation, Wellbeing and Frustration

8. Effect of Mothers’ Nonstandard Work Hours on Children’s Wellbeing in Japan
Akiko Sato Oishi

9. Men’s Unpaid Domestic Work: A Critique of (Re)Doing Gender in Contemporary Japan
Iori Hamada

10. Strategies to Facilitate Work and Family Balance in the Nualjit Community of Bangkok
Daphne E. Pedersen, Hathairat Punyopashtambha

Keywords: Social Sciences, Quality of Life Research, Public Policy, Asian Culture, Community and Environmental Psychology, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Demography