Special Collection 15
Living Alone: One-person households in Asia
Published 03 June 2015
This special collection, edited by Wei-Jun Jean Yeung and Adam Ka-Lok Cheung, adds new knowledge about the fastest growing type of household in Asia – one-person households (OPH). The 11 papers in the collection examine OPH in 15 countries in East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan). The collected papers analyze the historical trends, the policy implications and impact on individual well-being of OPH. They were first presented at a conference convened by the guest editors at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore in December 2013. This collection is the first body of literature that systematically investigates one-person households outside of Western societies. The papers use data from censuses and large-scale household surveys, many with longitudinal or comparative analyses. Together, they provide an excellent basis for international comparison and future investigation. They illustrate both similarities to and differences from Western societies. The papers also reveal significant inter- and intra-national heterogeneities among those living alone in Asia. OPH will continue to increase in Asia in the next few decades due to rapid aging, declining marriage and fertility, and increasing divorce and migration. More theoretical and empirical research is needed to understand the complexity of this living arrangement and its impact.
15 December 2006 | research article
Mortality tempo-adjustment: An empirical application
Volume: 15 Article ID: 21
Pages: 561–590
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.21
13 December 2006 | descriptive finding
Trends in Marital Dissolution by Women's Education in the United States
Volume: 15 Article ID: 20
Pages: 537–560
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.20
08 December 2006 | research article
Progression to third birth in Morocco in the context of fertility transition
Volume: 15 Article ID: 19
Pages: 517–536
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.19
07 December 2006 | research article
Fertility change in Egypt: From second to third birth
Volume: 15 Article ID: 18
Pages: 499–516
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.18
29 November 2006 | reflection
Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research: Part 2: Marriage and first birth
Volume: 15 Article ID: 17
Pages: 485–498
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.17
29 November 2006 | reflection
Volume: 15 Article ID: 16
Pages: 461–484
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.16
24 November 2006 | research article
Completing the fertility transition: Third birth developments by language groups in Turkey
Volume: 15 Article ID: 15
Pages: 435–460
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.15
17 November 2006 | research article
Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
Volume: 15 Article ID: 14
Pages: 413–434
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.14
14 November 2006 | reflection
Population and housing: A two-sided relationship
Volume: 15 Article ID: 13
Pages: 401–412
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.13
07 November 2006 | research article
Trajectories and models of individual growth
Volume: 15 Article ID: 12
Pages: 347–400
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.12
02 November 2006 | research material
An evaluation of the one percent clustered sample of the 1990 Census of China
Volume: 15 Article ID: 11
Pages: 329–346
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.11
31 October 2006 | reflection
A gender perspective on preferences for marriage among cohabitating couples
Volume: 15 Article ID: 10
Pages: 311–328
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.10
20 October 2006 | research article
Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: a multi-country comparison of variants and extensions
Volume: 15 Article ID: 9
Pages: 289–310
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.9
17 October 2006 | descriptive finding
Volume: 15 Article ID: 8
Pages: 253–288
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.8
13 October 2006 | research article
A general temporal data model and the structured population event history register
Volume: 15 Article ID: 7
Pages: 181–252
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.7
22 September 2006 | research article
First birth trends in developed countries: Persisting parenthood postponement
Volume: 15 Article ID: 6
Pages: 147–180
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.6
14 September 2006 | research article
Volume: 15 Article ID: 5
Pages: 105–146
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.5
06 September 2006 | research article
Volume: 15 Article ID: 4
Pages: 61–104
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.4
17 August 2006 | descriptive finding
Female deficit and the marriage market in Korea
Volume: 15 Article ID: 3
Pages: 51–60
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.3
27 July 2006 | descriptive finding
Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe
Volume: 15 Article ID: 2
Pages: 21–50
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.2
18 July 2006 | research article
Volume: 15 Article ID: 1
Pages: 1–20
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.1