Events

Jointly organized by Asia Research Institute, and Centre for Family and Population Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

CHAIRPERSON

Prof Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Asia Research Institute, and Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore

ABSTRACT

The China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) is a nearly nationwide, comprehensive, longitudinal social survey that is intended to serve the research needs on a large variety of social phenomena in contemporary China. Extensive information is collected through computer-assisted person-to-person interviews of all family members. The CFPS promises to provide to the academic community the most comprehensive and highest-quality survey data on contemporary China. In addition to providing an introduction to the survey, Professor Xie presents preliminary findings from the survey on income inequality, poverty, marriage and cohabitation, and child development.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Xie Yu is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification, demography, statistical methods, Chinese studies, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008, second edition), and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald.

REGISTRATION

Admission is free. Please register at http://goo.gl/forms/8RFkAp9dlm by 9 November 2015.