Showing papers in "Chinese sociological review in 2021"
TL;DR: In this article, growing evidence suggests that outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic are better handled in places where social capital is high, and the channels through which social capital...
Abstract: Growing evidence suggests that outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic are better handled in places where social capital is high. Less clear, however, are the channels through which social capital ...
70 citations
TL;DR: Wuhan, the original epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, was under lockdown for 76 days as mentioned in this paper, and 30 in-depth interviews were conducted to understand Wuhan residents' lived experiences of lockdown life.
Abstract: Wuhan, the original epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, was under strict lockdown for 76 days. We conducted 30 in-depth interviews to understand Wuhan residents’ lived experiences of lockdown life....
45 citations
TL;DR: It is suggested that mobilizing neighborhoods’ organizational resources and fostering social cohesion are crucial strategies to minimizing residents’ mental distress during COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract: Neighborhoods have begun to play an increasingly prominent role in shaping mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic because residents are spending more time at home and...
39 citations
TL;DR: The governmental responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic vary across social, cultural, political, and economic domains as mentioned in this paper, including the approach, interventions, and their associated effectiveness.
Abstract: The governmental responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including the approach, interventions, and their associated effectiveness, vary across social, cultural, political, and i...
14 citations
TL;DR: This article used data from a 2020 survey conducted in Shaanxi Province during the COVID-19 outbreak to examine the family resources and psychological well-being of four major groups of Chinese.
Abstract: The present study uses data from a 2020 survey conducted in Shaanxi Province during the COVID-19 outbreak to examine the family resources and psychological well-being of four major groups of Chines...
14 citations
TL;DR: Since Xi Jinping became leader of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he has promoted the goal of realizing the China dream, which centers on the effort to sustain rapid economic growth so that...
Abstract: Since Xi Jinping became leader of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he has promoted the goal of realizing the “China dream,” which centers on the effort to sustain rapid economic growth so that ...
11 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an increasingly large number of Chinese straight parents joined an activist grassroots organization to advocate for gay rights in the public sphere during the last decade, and they went through a multi-stage process.
Abstract: An increasingly large number of Chinese straight parents joined an activist grassroots organization to advocate for gay rights in the public sphere during the last decade. They went through a multi...
11 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined whether and how migrants from 13 large ethnic minority groups are disadvantaged in the labor ma... using pooled data from the 2013-2017 National Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey (NMDS).
Abstract: Using pooled data from the 2013–2017 National Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey, this study examines whether and how migrants from 13 large ethnic minority groups are disadvantaged in the labor ma...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the trajectories of hedonic and eudaimonic forms of happiness across college life are examined. And they find that: (1) Academic performance, ex...
Abstract: This study examines the trajectories of hedonic and eudaimonic forms of happiness across college life. Analyzing the Beijing College Student Panel Survey, we find that: (1) Academic performance, ex...
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a review essay synthesizes recent literature on the issue of parental migration and children is presented, highlighting the contributions of six papers published in October 2020 of this journal.
Abstract: This review essay synthesizes recent literature on the issue of parental migration and children. In particular, we highlight the contributions of six papers published in October 2020 of this journa...
8 citations
TL;DR: The massive economic transformation in China has triggered a vigorous scholarly debate on whether the persistent power of the state or the increasing market liberalization is the main driving force for economic transformation.
Abstract: The massive economic transformation in China has triggered a vigorous scholarly debate on whether the persistent power of the state or the increasing market liberalization is the main driving force...
TL;DR: In this paper, the intergenerational living arrangements shape the time allocation of young couples, and the authors discuss the role of families in providing informal care and support to the elderly.
Abstract: Intergenerational families play an important role in providing informal care and support. However, how the intergenerational living arrangements shape the time allocation of young couples remains u...
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper adopted Bourdieu's relational analytical strategy to investigate the relation between lifestyle and social stratification in Chinese urban population, and used multiple correspondence analysis.
Abstract: This study adopts Bourdieu’s relational analytical strategy to investigate the relation between lifestyle and social stratification in the Chinese urban population. Multiple correspondence analysis...
TL;DR: The authors examined homeownership inequality across individuals or households, overlooking the intra-household allocation of homeownership, and used couple-level data of the 2016 China China Economic Survey (CECS).
Abstract: Previous research typically examined homeownership inequality across individuals or households, overlooking the intrahousehold allocation of homeownership. Using couple-level data of the 2016 China...
TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated how Chinese citizens reacted to a novel government initiative which enabled social media users to publicly post requests for COVID-related medical assistance, and found that negative and politically critical posts far outweighed positive and laudatory posts, complementing their survey experiment results.
Abstract: How do citizens react to authoritarian responsiveness? To investigate this question, we study how Chinese citizens reacted to a novel government initiative which enabled social media users to publicly post requests for COVID-related medical assistance. To understand the effect of this initiative on public perceptions of government effectiveness, we employ a two-part empirical strategy. First, we conduct a survey experiment in which we directly expose subjects to real help-seeking posts, in which we find that viewing posts did not improve subjects’ ratings of government effectiveness, and in some cases worsened them. Second, we analyze over 10,000 real-world Weibo posts to understand the political orientation of the discourse around help-seekers. We find that negative and politically critical posts far outweighed positive and laudatory posts, complementing our survey experiment results. To contextualize our results, we develop a theoretic framework to understand the effects of different types of responsiveness on citizens’ political attitudes. We suggest that citizens’ negative reactions in this case were primarily influenced by public demands for help, which illuminated existing problems and failures of governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Chinese Sociological Review is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
TL;DR: Results show that living in traditional communities in old districts and work-unit compounds for state-owned enterprises is associated with better SRH among older adults compared with living in other types of neighborhoods, such as commercial-housing communities and migrant enclaves.
Abstract: The urban structure in China has been transformed profoundly through rounds of economic reforms. Over the past 60 years, various types of neighborhoods have emerged at different stages of economic ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors adopt a double-treatment perspective to understand the consequences of higher educational expansion in China, since the expansion has changed the school population and enabled only a small fraction of the students to attend higher education.
Abstract: This article adopts a double-treatment perspective to understand the consequences of higher educational expansion in China. Since the expansion has changed the school population and enabled only a ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined couples' paid work time and domestic work time, as well as the gender gap in time use in different household types (i.e., couple-only households, households with elderly parents, and households with helpers).
Abstract: In Hong Kong, extended households are declining while households with helpers are increasing. More and more couples resort to hiring helpers instead of living with elderly parents to outsource domestic work. Currently, it is not clear whether elderly parents and helpers would have the same impact on couples’ time use. To fill this gap, the study examines couples’ paid work time and domestic work time, as well as the gender gap in time use in different household types (i.e. couple-only households, households with elderly parents, and households with helpers). It uses the couple data from the first wave of Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics in 2011 and conducts the inverse propensity weighting with regression adjustment (IPWRA) analysis. The results show that couples’ total domestic work is reduced to a greater extent in the helper household than that in the elderly-parent household. But this difference disappears if couples live with relatively younger, healthy, and retired parents. Although the impact of younger, healthy, and retired parents and hired helpers would reduce couples’ total domestic work time similarly, they are different in the sense of “help for whom”: hired helpers reduce the gender gap in paid work time and domestic work time, mainly by influencing wives’ time use; elderly parents reduce couples’ domestic work time in a less gendered way, favoring both husbands and wives. Elderly parents and helpers could reduce couples’ domestic workload more or less, but whether gender equality is promoted through outsourcing is worth more attention.
TL;DR: Gender ideologies encompass normative beliefs about how men and women should behave in certain contexts as discussed by the authors, i.e., how men should behave towards women and how women should act towards men.
Abstract: Gender ideologies encompass normative beliefs about how men and women should behave in certain contexts. Although many studies have examined factors predicting individuals’ gender ideologies, littl...
TL;DR: In China, parents fulfill essential family functions including housework, a critical site of gender inequality with important consequences as mentioned in this paper, combining data from the Chinchina Family Development Index (CDFI).
Abstract: In China’s multigenerational society, parents fulfill essential family functions including housework – a critical site of gender inequality with important consequences. Combining data from the Chin...
TL;DR: As a global city, English proficiency in Hong Kong is seen as a form of cultural capital in everyday life, particularly in the labor market as discussed by the authors, and studies have substantiated that white priv...
Abstract: As a global city, English proficiency in Hong Kong is seen as a form of cultural capital in everyday life, particularly in the labor market. Studies have substantiated that in Hong Kong, white priv...
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper introduced a socio-structural transition perspective to explore the increasing and wide-spreading drug addiction problems in contemporary China and found that drug addicts can be found in distinct social groups, from the rich to the poor.
Abstract: Abstract Despite of persistent anti-drug regulations and policies, China has encountered a large boom in narcotic drug addicts. Drug addicts can be found in distinct social groups, from the rich to the poor. Classic drug research theories have paid less attention to drug addiction issues in transitional China’s context. This study introduces a socio-structural transition perspective to explore the increasing and wide-spreading drug addiction problems in contemporary China. Based on in-depth interviews with drug addicts, social workers, and local policemen in Fujian, we collected 13 addict cases with detailed life experiences. Two structurally distinct groups were identified among the addicts. The impoverished descender addicts, struggling with much frustration in the disadvantaged situations, are associated with the class-based drug initiation patterns. Meanwhile, the affluent upstart addicts, gaining easy money with the traditional moral commitment left behind, are related to the consumer-based pathways to drug abuse. Moreover, these distinct addicts have commonalities in contemporary Chinese contexts. At the macro level, they fail to adapt themselves to the rapid structural transition process in both the material and spiritual ways, and thus are lost into the drug-related deviant social positions with weakening social controls and exposure to deviant peers. These findings further indicate the complex associations among deviant social consequences, social classes, and socio-structural changes in historical process.
TL;DR: This paper argued that a strong centralized government, as well as limited individual freedoms in China, had historically been legitimated by the state's effective provisio-graphic evidence, which had been used by the Perry and other theorists.
Abstract: Elizabeth Perry and other theorists argued that a strong centralized government, as well as limited individual freedoms in China, had historically been legitimated by the state’s effective provisio...
TL;DR: In this article, the causal links between intergenerational living arrangements and marital fertility in Japan were investigated using data from the 2010 and 2015 Japanese National Fertility Surveys (NFS).
Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the causal links between intergenerational living arrangements and marital fertility in Japan, using data from the 2010 and 2015 Japanese National Fertility Surveys (...
TL;DR: In this article, the same treatment or condition may affect individuals in different ways or magnitudes, and heterogeneity in effects thus has been observed in the effects of different treatments or conditions.
Abstract: Individuals differ in their personal and environmental characteristics, and the same treatment or condition may affect individuals in different ways or magnitudes. Heterogeneity in effects thus has...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the glocalization hypothesis by way of an explanation and find that Taiwan's and Chinese cultures have been vying for support from people in today's Taiwan.
Abstract: The global, Taiwan’s and Chinese cultures have been vying for support from people in today’s Taiwan. This paper attempts to evaluate the glocalization hypothesis by way of an explanation. Using rec...
TL;DR: The authors study the relationship between family background and curricular tracking and find small or no correlation between the two variables in the conditional logistic regressions without considering the sample selection and find no correlation.
Abstract: Prior research studying the relationship between family background and curricular tracking estimates conditional logistic regressions without considering the sample selection, and finds small or no...
TL;DR: In this paper, the institutional conditions under which a college degree may "equalize" the labor market in post-reconstruction China were analyzed. But the authors focused on the academic institutions.
Abstract: Taking advantage of changes in college admissions and the labor market in post-revolution China, this study sheds light on the institutional conditions under which a college degree may “equalize” t...