Single and Happier? A Comparative Study of Marital Status, Socioeconomic Security and Wellbeing of Women in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Wen Shan Yang () and Pei Chih Yen
Additional contact information
Wen Shan Yang: Academia Sinica, Institute of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Pei Chih Yen: Academia Sinica, Institute of Sociology

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Family and Social Change in Chinese Societies, 2014, pp 81-97 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In spite of regional differences in marriage traditions and social norms, marriage is nevertheless one of the most significant social institutions in East Asia. However, for some women in the region, the universality of marriage has now been replaced by a trend of marriage postponement or even a flight from marriage. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, although most women will eventually marry, the average age for their first marriage is rising steadily. Between 1971 and 2001, the median age at first marriage of Hong Kong women increased by 4.6 years, from 22.9 to 27.5 years (Hong Kong Census and Statistics 2002). In 2011, the median age at first marriage for women in Taiwan was 29.4 year-old and 28.9 for women in Hong Kong. This phenomenon is also accompanied by a plummeting fertility rate which could result in irreversible demographical, social and economic damages in the near future.

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Marital Status; Subjective Wellbeing; Married Woman; Personal Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-94-007-7445-2_5

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789400774452

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7445-2_5

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().