published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

by Phoebe Lai Chung Yin. / Thesis (M.S.W.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-120). / Acknowledgment / Abstract / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-2 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Purpose of Study --- p.3-4 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Literature Review --- p.5-25 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Theoretical Framework --- p.26 -30 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Operational Definitions --- p.31 -33 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Research Design and Methodology --- p.34 -38 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Research Findings I --- p.39 -52 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Result of Data Analysis --- p.53 -71 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- Conclusion and Practice Implications --- p.72 -86 / Appendix A Questionnaire (English version) --- p.87 -95 / Appendix B Questionnaire (Chinese version) --- p.96 -109 / Appendix C Reliability Measures of C-BDI --- p.110 -110 / References --- p.111 -120

by Pui-hing Wong. / Thesis (M.S.W.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-122). / Questionnaire also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii-iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v -vii / CHAPTER / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION / The Research Problem --- p.1 / Research Objectives --- p.4 / Research Methodology --- p.4 / Significance Of The Research --- p.4 / Organisation Of The Thesis --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Introduction --- p.6 / Migration And Its Impacts --- p.6 / A Simple Concept Of Migration --- p.6 / A Concept Based On Uprooting --- p.7 / Female Immigrants --- p.9 / Their Adjustment Problems --- p.9 / Their Health Conditions --- p.11 / The Importance Of Social Support --- p.11 / The Chinese Female Immigrants In Hong Kong --- p.13 / Concept Of Social Support --- p.16 / Definition --- p.17 / Measurement --- p.19 / Its Relationship With Health --- p.23 / Concept Of Health --- p.26 / Summary --- p.28 / Chapter 3 --- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK / Introduction --- p.29 / Delineation Of The Role of Social Support --- p.30 / Social Network --- p.31 / Support System --- p.32 / Research Questions --- p.34 / Operational Definitions --- p.35 / Summary --- p.37 / Chapter 4 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / Introduction --- p.38 / Design --- p.38 / Sampling --- p.38 / Procedure --- p.40 / Instrument Used --- p.40 / Scale Measuring The Social Network --- p.40 / Scale Measuring Health --- p.42 / Analysis --- p.43 / Summary --- p.44 / Chapter 5 --- RESULTS / Analysis --- p.45 / Discussion --- p.59 / Chapter 6 --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS / Summary --- p.83 / Implications Of The Study --- p.84 / Directions For Further Research --- p.86 / APPENDICES --- p.88 / Appendix I: The Questionnaire --- p.88 / Appendix II: The English Version of The Questionnaire --- p.101 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.117

Wong Wai Ling. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-218). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Declaration --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / 中文摘要 --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Immigration of Cross-Border Families --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Family Strategies and Gender Relations --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Summary of Arguments --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Design and Methods --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5 --- The Development of Cross-Border Families --- p.14 / Chapter 1.6 --- Map of the Thesis --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- "Immigration, Gender, and Family" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1 --- Western Feminist Rethinking of the Family --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Immigration Scholarship of Family Theorizing --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- An Integrative Approach --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Concept of Strategy with a Gender Perspective --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5 --- Gender and Internal Family Processes --- p.29 / Chapter 2.6 --- The Making of the Structural Context --- p.31 / Chapter 2.7 --- Chinese Traditional Family Culture as Resource or Constraint? --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Immigration and Family Formation Across the Hong Kong 一 Guangdong Border --- p.37 / Chapter 3.1 --- History of Chinese Immigration and Cross-Border Family Formation --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- Immigration Policy and Family Split Structures --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3 --- Immigration and Social Location of Immigrant Families --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- Women's Economic Situation --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5 --- The Context of Reception --- p.51 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Strategies and Family Patterns --- p.62 / Chapter 4.1 --- Tensions in Reconstituted Cross-Border Families --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2 --- Family Strategies and Conjugal Arrangements --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3 --- Legal Reunited Conjugal Arrangement --- p.67 / Chapter 4.4 --- Split Conjugal Arrangement --- p.71 / Chapter 4.5 --- Bi-national Conjugal Arrangement --- p.77 / Chapter 4.6 --- Continued Tensions and Alternate Conjugal Arrangements --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- "Decision, Rationality and Conjugal Relations" --- p.88 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Pattern of Decision Making --- p.89 / Chapter 5.2 --- Decision Making and Conjugal Arrangements --- p.90 / Chapter 5.3 --- Decision Making and Gendered Motivations --- p.92 / Chapter 5.4 --- Rationality and Gender Relations --- p.103 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conjugal Conflicts and Negotiation --- p.107 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- "Homemaking, Fatherhood and The Reconstruction of Male Gender Role" --- p.118 / Chapter 6.1 --- Men's Participation in Domestic Work --- p.120 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Social Construction of Fatherhood --- p.129 / Chapter 6.3 --- Men's Strategy and Gender Change --- p.134 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- Family Economy and the Remaking of Women's Family Status --- p.146 / Chapter 7.1 --- Changes in Family Economy after Family Reconstitution --- p.146 / Chapter 7.2 --- Theories of Family Resource Management --- p.149 / Chapter 7.3 --- The Patterns of Resource Management --- p.151 / Chapter 7.4 --- Gender Relations and Resource Management --- p.156 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Conclusion --- p.173 / Chapter 8.1 --- The Politics of Cross-Border Family Formation --- p.173 / Chapter 8.2 --- Gender Change and Conjugal Negotiation --- p.178 / Chapter 8.3 --- Immigration and Social Inequality --- p.185 / Chapter 8.4 --- Theoretical Implications --- p.187 / Chapter 8.5 --- Issues for Further Studies --- p.194 / Notes --- p.196 / Appendix 1: Profile of Informants and Their Families --- p.201 / Appendix 2: Topics and Questions Guiding the Semi-structured Interviews --- p.206 / Bibliography --- p.210 / List of Tables / "Figure 1.1: Chinese Immigrants by Relations to Local Residents, 1988-97" --- p.2 / "Figure 3.1: A Table Showing the Entry of Chinese Immigrants, 1950s-1990s" --- p.38 / "Figure 3.2: Chinese Immigrants Having Relatives in the Mainland, 1998-2000" --- p.41 / "Figure 3.3: Employed Persons by Occupation,1996" --- p.46 / "Figure 3.4: Employed Persons by Industry,1996" --- p.57 / Figure 4.1: Categorization of Reconstituted Cross-Border Families by Conjugal Arrangements --- p.65 / Figure 5.1: The Pattern of Decision Making by Conjugal Arrangements --- p.89

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences