Chinese lunar birth timing in Singapore: new concerns for child quality amidst multicultural modernity
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Parental valuations of time and child quality are significant factors in family formation. A survey of the Chinese in multiethnic Singapore, reveals that parents time births in accordance with the lunar zodiac calendar. Chinese parents, after 1970, have timed births to coincide with the auspicious Year of the Dragon and have avoided the Year of the Tiger. The phenomenon of lunar birth timing is independent of the parents' socioeconomic status and ethnic intermarriages. However, official disapproval of zodiac animal symbolism may hamper future lunar birth rates.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1996
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Paid leave and the timing of women's employment before and after birth
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Access to paid leave for pregnant women has a range of effects, according to a study of data from the 1988 National Survey of Family Growth. Women with access to paid leave worked through more of their pregnancy and returned to work sooner, once two months had passed after their baby's birth. Access to more weeks of paid leave lengthens the mother's absence from employment, but at a decreasing rate. Almost two-thirds of women who had leave related to pregnancy had paid leave, and the average length of paid leave available is nine weeks.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1997
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It takes two to tango, doesn't it? The influence of couple characteristics on the timing of the birth of the first child
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The social, educational and religious characteristics of partners affect the decision making of the timing of the first childbirth. Data collected from Netherlands and Flanders reveals the sociocultural effects on childbearing. In Netherlands, the decision-makings regarding the first childbearing follow an egalitarian rule. However in Flanders, the female partner alone makes the decision of the timing of the first childbirth. The decision is influenced by the educational status and religious committment of the women.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1996
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