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Papers by Heying Zhan

Innovation in Aging, 2018

Family Relations, Nov 22, 2021

ObjectiveThis study aims to understand intentions to have more children among reproductive‐age Ch... more ObjectiveThis study aims to understand intentions to have more children among reproductive‐age Chinese women who currently have had one child with the goal of understanding the factors influencing Chinese women's fertility intention 2 years after implementation of the universal two‐child policy.BackgroundOn January 1, 2016, the national one‐child policy formally ended in China. Do Chinese women desire to have more than one child? This study brings feminist insight into the Chinese contexts of economic development and patrilocal cultural tradition.MethodThis study used nationally representative data (n = 65,355) from the 2017 China Fertility Survey. Logistic regression was used to explore the determinants of the intention of having more children.ResultsFindings reveal that women from one‐child families are least likely to want additional children. Women's higher income is negatively related to the desire to have more children. Rural residence and having a female firstborn child are correlated with a greater likelihood of desiring additional children.ImplicationsAuthoritative social policies may have changed fertility behaviors for a generation of Chinese families, but removing restrictive fertility policies may not bring about higher fertility rates. New family size norms and family‐friendly social policies may be needed to facilitate higher fertility rates in China.

Hallym International Journal of Aging, Jul 1, 2004

Page 1. HALLYM INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING, Vol. 6(2) 119-137, 2004 DOUBLE-BIND: THE EXPERIENC... more Page 1. HALLYM INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING, Vol. 6(2) 119-137, 2004 DOUBLE-BIND: THE EXPERIENCE OF AGING AND BEING AN ETHNIC MINORITY IN THE US AMONG CHINESE AND KOREAN AMERICAN ELDERS HEYING JENNY ZHAN, PH.D. ...

Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Aug 1, 2006

This study examines recent developments in institutional care for Chinese elders and attitudinal ... more This study examines recent developments in institutional care for Chinese elders and attitudinal changes toward institutional care in Tianjin, China. Based on studies in 12 elder home sites and survey interviews with 265 older residents, this study compares institutional differences between government and non-government-owned elder homes, and examines elders&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; evaluations of elder homes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; quality and their level of willingness to stay in elder homes. Findings suggest that government-owned elder homes still enjoy institutional and bureaucratic privileges in funding, staffing, and insurance. Elders&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; overall evaluation of elder home quality was high. Elders&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; former living arrangement and financial ability were related to their willingness to stay in the elder home. The unfair competition between governmental and non-governmental elder homes is likely to hinder the development of elder home industry in the free-market system and foster a growing gap between the rich and poor elders in their capability and decisions in elder home care. As adult children become increasingly unavailable due to the one-child policy and geographic mobility, institutional care for aging parents is likely to become one of the major options for parent care.

Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Sep 26, 2005

Page 1. Social-Economic Context of Parent Care: Explaining Chinese Caregivers' Psychological... more Page 1. Social-Economic Context of Parent Care: Explaining Chinese Caregivers' Psychological and Emotional Well-Being Heying Jenny Zhan ABSTRACT. This paper explores Chinese familial caregivers' depres-sion and subjective burdens among the current caregivers. ...

Marriage and Family Review, Mar 15, 2004

Page 1. Willingness and Expectations: Intergenerational Differences in Attitudes Toward Filial Re... more Page 1. Willingness and Expectations: Intergenerational Differences in Attitudes Toward Filial Responsibility in China Heying Jenny Zhan ABSTRACT. This paper explores intergenerational differences in atti-tudes toward willingness ...

Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2012

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Feb 6, 2014

Ageing International, Mar 13, 2013

ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between religious faith and health among immigrant ... more ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between religious faith and health among immigrant Chinese older adults. A sample of 30 immigrant Chinese older adults was drawn from Christian churches, Buddhist temples, and Falungong activity centers to study their different attitudes and behaviors regarding illness and health. Findings revealed differences in explanations for causes of illness based on religious backgrounds. Buddhist and Christian elders showed little behavioral difference in health and medical treatments. Falungong believers emphasized faith and exercise in healing. We argue that religious faith can be both a health-promotion and health-risk factor. A lack of social services and health care benefits for Asian immigrant elders could lead to various faith-related activities, which could negatively affect elders’ health and wellbeing.

Research on Aging, Jun 23, 2008

The authors examined changing attitudes about filial piety, or xiao, using data from intensive in... more The authors examined changing attitudes about filial piety, or xiao, using data from intensive interviews with 20 elderly residents, 14 family members, and 9 staff members in Nanjing, China. The findings reveal that respondents interpreted the notion of xiao in terms of their own social worlds and on the basis of their own social locations and contexts. The increasing unavailability of adult children, various benefits of institutional care, and children's financial assistance for older parents are major explanations for xiao behaviors, even when elders are placed in institutions. The high cost of professional care in institutions is contributing to a shift in attitudes about institutional elder care from stigma to privilege. The authors argue that China can expect an increasing need and demand for elder care institutions as a large number of Chinese baby boomers retire.

Innovation in Aging, Dec 1, 2021

Gerontologist, Aug 26, 2009

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Sustainability, Nov 9, 2021

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Ageing & Society, Dec 9, 2020

The Chinese culture of filial piety has historically emphasised children's responsibility for... more The Chinese culture of filial piety has historically emphasised children's responsibility for their ageing parents. Little is understood regarding the inverse: parents’ responsibility and care for their adult children. This paper uses interviews with 50 families living in rural China's Anhui Province to understand intergenerational support in rural China. Findings indicate that parents in rural China take on large financial burdens in order to sustain patrilineal traditions by providing housing and child care for their adult sons. These expectations lead some rural elders to become migrant workers in order to support their adult sons while others provide live-in grandchild-care, moving into their children's urban homes or bringing grandchildren into their own homes. As the oldest rural generations begin to require ageing care of their own, migrant children are unable to provide the sustained care and support expected within the cultural tradition of xiao. This paper adds to the small body of literature that examines the downward transfer of support from parents to their adult children in rural China. The authors argue that there is an emerging cultural rupture in the practice of filial piety – while the older generation is fulfilling their obligations of upbringing and paying for adult children's housing and child care; these adult children are not necessarily available or committed to the return of care for their ageing parents. The authors reveal cultural and structural lags that leave millions of rural ageing adults vulnerable in the process of urbanisation in rural China.

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Aug 16, 2018

Purpose This paper aims to examine gender differences in credit access and credit default. Design... more Purpose This paper aims to examine gender differences in credit access and credit default. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data drawn from 917 valid credit borrowers covering the period 2012 to 2015 drawn from among 6,849 study subjects and a national household financial survey (n = 29,500) conducted in China, this study focuses on gender differences in small and micro entrepreneurs’ financial behavior, specifically with respect to credit access and credit default. Findings The study revealed the following: Women expressed having more barriers to obtaining a business loan than men; gender had a significant effect on women’ credit default; and women were less likely to default a loan than male loan borrowers did. An exploration of the reasons for credit access and default found that female loan applicants were more likely to display a lack of knowledge and confidence in loan application. Originality/value The study contributes to literature by using the Marxian concept of reification in explaining women and their financial behaviors in China.

Journal of Women & Aging, Apr 22, 2004

The Chinese cultural norm of xiao, or filial piety, has long been held responsible for the practi... more The Chinese cultural norm of xiao, or filial piety, has long been held responsible for the practice of familial caregiving for older parents. Yet few explore the gendered nature of such a cultural practice in the current changing economic dynamics. Using data collected in 1997-1999 from 110 Chinese caregivers who were caring for physically dependent elder parents, this researcher explores the influence of changing economic conditions and Chinese cultural values in caregiver task performance and reward. Findings suggest that Chinese caregiving is highly gendered: Women are more likely to be unemployed and provide more personal care than men; sons are not more likely than daughters to provide financial assistance for parents. Chinese cultural values are playing an important role sanctioning caregiver task performance. Caregivers who believed in patrilocal norms provided more financial assistance; caregivers who reported higher social pressure provided more personal care. While the caregivers' report of social pressure is positively related to the caregivers' performance in personal care tasks, it is negatively related to caregiver reward. The author further explores the gendered implications for the changing economy and culture in China.

Ageing International, Jun 1, 2005

Page 1. RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CHINESE ELDER HOMES: A RECONCILIATION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE HEYING... more Page 1. RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CHINESE ELDER HOMES: A RECONCILIATION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE HEYING J. ZHAN AND GUANGYA LIU GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY HONG-GUANG BAI NAIKAI UNIVERSITY 9 TIANJIN, CHINA ...

International Journal of Aging & Human Development, Jun 1, 2002

This article uses the life course perspective to combine micro- and macro-levels of analysis of c... more This article uses the life course perspective to combine micro- and macro-levels of analysis of caregiving burdens experienced by Chinese baby-boom cohort and then explores their elder care prospects. Based on survey interviews during 1997 and 1998 with 110 caregivers providing care to dependent parents or parents-in-law, this study finds that lower family income, fewer family members to assist with parental care, and care-recipients' higher levels of disability are contributors to higher levels of caregiver financial burden. Caregivers' greater involvement in provision of personal care contributes to their higher levels of objective burden. Interestingly, as duration of providing care lengthened, a reduction is noted in caregivers' subjective burden. Caregivers' report of social pressure in provision of parental care was found to increase their subjective burden. One can conclude that larger family size has been an important factor in relieving caregiver financial burden in the current caregiving situation when financial stress presents a major challenge to families with dependent elders under recent economic reforms. However, the lack of siblings to assist parental care in the future is likely to produce unimaginable stress on caregivers, creating not only financial burden but also objective and subjective burdens. In conclusion, the author suggests that social policy and service facilities at the macro-level, along with family size and cohesion at the micro-level, will be important factors helping determine the future effectiveness of elder care provision for baby boomers in China.