WPS 255 Is Financial Dependency Shaping The Chronic Morbidities among the Elderly In India: Insights From Selected States?

Using data from the Building Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI), this paper tests the hypothesis whether financial accessibility improves the health of the elderly in India. Financial accessibility is measured using a source of income, while the health of the elderly is measured by chronic morbidity, financial access and utilization of health […]

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Using data from the Building Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI), this paper tests the hypothesis whether financial accessibility improves the health of the elderly in India. Financial accessibility is measured using a source of income, while the health of the elderly is measured by chronic morbidity, financial access and utilization of health

Asian Population Studies (Vol. 12 No. 3)

Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

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Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

Journal of World History – Special Issue: Preaching the Civilizing Mission and Modern Cultural Encounters (Vol. 2, No. 3)

The March  Journal of World History volume 27 number 3 special issue “Preaching the Civilizing Mission and Modern Cultural Encounters” features the following articles by world history scholars: Sartorial Settlement: The Mission Field and Transformation in Colonial Natal, 1850–1897 by T.J. Tallie Civilization and Russification in Tsarist Central Asia, 1860–1917 by Ulrich Hofmeister Singing the Civilizing Mission in the Land of Bach,

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The March  Journal of World History volume 27 number 3 special issue “Preaching the Civilizing Mission and Modern Cultural Encounters” features the following articles by world history scholars: Sartorial Settlement: The Mission Field and Transformation in Colonial Natal, 1850–1897 by T.J. Tallie Civilization and Russification in Tsarist Central Asia, 1860–1917 by Ulrich Hofmeister Singing the Civilizing Mission in the Land of Bach,

The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo

Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology centered on the Izumo Shrine in western Japan as part of this process, he shows how and why this god came to be ignored

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Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early modern and Meiji Japan, 1600-1868. Highlighting the role of the god Okuninushi and the mythology centered on the Izumo Shrine in western Japan as part of this process, he shows how and why this god came to be ignored

WPS 254 War on Water: The Maoist State and the 1954 Yangzi Floods

This article offers a critical reappraisal of the Maoist state’s response to the 1954 Yangzi Floods. It uses a variety of sources, including previously classified government reports and oral history testimony to challenge the official narrative. Far from being a remarkable victory for the new government as it was portrayed at the time, the flood

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This article offers a critical reappraisal of the Maoist state’s response to the 1954 Yangzi Floods. It uses a variety of sources, including previously classified government reports and oral history testimony to challenge the official narrative. Far from being a remarkable victory for the new government as it was portrayed at the time, the flood

WPS 253 Layered Cities, Shared Histories: Migrants, Gold and Urban Imaginaries in Dubai and Malabar

Arabia and the Persian Gulf have been part of the social and cultural imaginary of Malabar and vice-versa for centuries. As key regions in the westernmost circuit of the Asian maritime trade linking the Mediterranean in the west with as far as China in the east, they have had a shared history of urbanisation as

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Arabia and the Persian Gulf have been part of the social and cultural imaginary of Malabar and vice-versa for centuries. As key regions in the westernmost circuit of the Asian maritime trade linking the Mediterranean in the west with as far as China in the east, they have had a shared history of urbanisation as

Asian Population Studies (Vol. 12 No. 2)

Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

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Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

WPS 252 Double Victims? Parental Migration, Divorce, and Adolescents’ Transition to High School in Rural China

Using both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a migrant-sending county from 2012–2013, this research examined how parental migration affects the educational outcome of adolescents in rural China. The results indicate an overall negative effect of parental migration on educational outcome. On one hand, parental migration increases children’s educational wellbeing by affording parents an opportunity

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Using both quantitative and qualitative data collected in a migrant-sending county from 2012–2013, this research examined how parental migration affects the educational outcome of adolescents in rural China. The results indicate an overall negative effect of parental migration on educational outcome. On one hand, parental migration increases children’s educational wellbeing by affording parents an opportunity