Impact of Global and Chinese Cultural Values on Young People's Perceptions of Parenthood in Hong Kong, China.
Over the past several decades, fertility has declined almost everywhere in the world. In Hong Kong, young people's perceptions of parenthood seem to be changing rapidly in the pale of a competitive global economy. This paper addresses the views of young Chinese people in relation to parenthood in a...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 867 - 885 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dec2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=111204074&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 111204074 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2015 vid: 23 iid: 4 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 111204074 ppf: 867 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.8MB tig: atl: Impact of Global and Chinese Cultural Values on Young People's Perceptions of Parenthood in Hong Kong, China. aug: au: Ng Yin-ling, Tabitha affil: Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong su: Cultural values Working hours Employee vacations Work structure Hong Kong (China) sug: subj: Hong Kong (China) Cultural values Working hours Employee vacations Work structure keyword: Chinese cultural value global culture parenthood young people ab: Over the past several decades, fertility has declined almost everywhere in the world. In Hong Kong, young people's perceptions of parenthood seem to be changing rapidly in the pale of a competitive global economy. This paper addresses the views of young Chinese people in relation to parenthood in a society where East meets West. The study is a qualitative research with a cross-sectional design and a focus group approach. The aim is to explore the possible impact of global and Chinese cultural values on young people's perceptions of parenthood. Data was collected in six audiotaped focus group interviews with 40 young people aged 17 to 25. A mix of purposive and snowball sampling was used. The findings suggest that traditional cultural values such as family security and relationships, honouring of parents and elders and family loyalty are still strongly supported by many young adults. However, the sample youth was also influenced by global values such as freedom, personal goals, ambition, wealth, pleasure and a varied life. Many young people prefer to have children for reasons which seem to be linked to global values of individualism, liberalism and intrinsic rewards. Reasons of having children are less about continuing the family line but more as a means to maintain the marriage. There is also a trend of delayed parenthood. Some young people do not consider having children due to such reasons as personal development and structural factors as prolonged continuing education, long working hours, cross-border work and low salary. The insights from this study inform service providers, policy makers and interested parties who together can jointly map out appropriate youth and family interventions to assist young people in their transition to young adulthood. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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