Journey to Adulthood

East Asian Perspectives

Chin-Chun Yi, Ming-Chang Tsai, Chin-Chun Yi, Ming-Chang Tsai, Editor

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781529608434, 9781529608441
• eBook ISBN: 9781529612417
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Sciences sociales
• Subtopic: Anthropologie culturelle et sociale

Young people in East Asia are increasingly experiencing a prolonged transition to adulthood. They are spending longer in school, entering the labour market later, and getting married later still.

This protracted young adulthood interacts with forces of both tradition and modernization, as social and economic changes generate profound effects on the transition from school to work, on family formation, on personal relationships, and on subjective well-being.

Journey to Adulthood explores the special characteristics of young adulthood in East Asia. It uses Taiwan as illustrative example, with comparative findings from its East Asian neighbours Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.

It describes the particular growth context of a millennial generation, and the challenges they face as they attempt to balance family formation, personal development and entry into a market economy.

Edited by Chin-Chun Yi and Ming-Chang Tsai, this collection helps us to understand the structural configurations East Asian young adults collectively represent. Taking a cross-cultural and comparative perspective, it enables meaningful policy suggestions on family dynamics, educational strategy, and health and well-being across the globe.

Dr Chin-Chun Yi and Dr Ming-Chang Tsai both work within the Institute of Sociology, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustration List
• Table List
• About the Authors
• Part I Introduction
• 1 Journey to Adulthood: East Asian Perspectives
• Part II Family Formation in Young Adulthood: Getting Married or Remaining Single
• 2 Marriage Intention and the Subsequent Marriage in Taiwan
• 3 Marrying Early or Remaining Single in Taiwan: The Choice of Young Adults
• Part III From School-to-Work Transition: The Entry to Job Market
• 4 Education-to-Work Transitions and Youth’s Psychological Well-Being in Taiwan
• 5 Landing a Middle-Class Position: College Degree, Occupational Status and Income of Young Adults in Taiwan1
• Part IV Young Married Couples: Marital Adjustment at the Beginning Stage
• 6 Domestic Labour Involvement of Young Taiwanese Couples in Different Partnership and Parenthood Statuses
• 7 Does Having a Grandchild Strengthen Intergenerational Solidarity? Financial, Instrumental and Emotional Support Exchanges in Taiwan
• 8 Childcare Arrangements Among Young Parents in Taiwan
• Part V The Longitudinal Effect From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood
• 9 Parent–Child Relationships From Adolescence to Early Adulthood: The Role of Conceptions of Adulthood
• 10 Norms and Relations: Developmental Self-Esteem Trajectory and Its Determinants From Adolescence to Adulthood
• 11 Early Delinquency Trajectory and Developmental Outcomes in Adulthood: Findings From the Taiwan Youth Project
• Part VI Transition to Adulthood in Japan, South Korea and China
• 12 School-to-Work Transition Among High School Students in Japan: School-mediated System and Labour Market Outcomes
• 13 No More Gender Gaps? Gendered Employment Patterns of Young College Graduates in South Korea Since 2000
• 14 Who Rises Higher in First Job Attainment? Trends and Patterns of School-to-Work Transition in Hong Kong1
• Index