Taiwan's Families

Division of Labor, Gender Ideology, and Marital Satisfaction in East Asia

“…In contrast, a high proportion of women tend to quit jobs after marriage, and particularly after childbearing, in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (Chen & Yi, ; Shirahase, ). The drop‐off in women's labor force participation during childbearing years is greater in Japan and Korea than in Taiwan (Tompkins, ; Yu, ).…”

Families and family study in international perspective

“…Singh (2004) put it thus: “In the Indian context women are of special concern, as they have been victims of humiliation and torture for as long as we have written records of Indian society” (p. 40). Chen and Yi (2004) added simply that “family violence has always been around in Taiwan” (p. 21).…”

“…Another historical factor in pairing is arranged marriage, sometimes involving child betrothal (see Modo, 2004). Chen and Yi (2004) described the Taiwanese pairing process as being “characterized by the overwhelming power of parents. … Marriage was a process of agreements and rituals rather than an interpersonal event, and a family‐based decision rather than a personal choice” (p. 4).…”

“…In China, the increase was 500% since 1978 (Sheng, 2004), and in South Korea, 600% in 30 years (Lee, 2004). Taiwan's divorce rate has not climbed as rapidly, although divorce can be traced to the early 20th century (Chen & Yi, 2004).…”

“…The main reason for divorce in Turkey is given as “incompatibility,” though this may subsume other specifics, such as infertility (Nauck & Klaus, 2004). In Taiwan, the wife may seek a divorce on the basis of the husband's extramarital affair(s) (Chen & Yi, 2004). Al‐Naser (2004) added that in Kuwait, there are multiple causes for a wife divorcing her husband: refusal of the husband to maintain her, abuse, impotence, his imprisonment, disease, and his desertion.…”