Family Characteristics and Mate Selection: Evidence From Computer‐Assisted Dating in Japan

Research on mate selection rarely considers singles' preferences for their future partners' family configurations and experiences. Using online dating records from a matchmaking agency in Japan, a society with a strong emphasis on family and kinship, we examine how singles' responses to date requests correspond to potential mates' family circumstances. Results showed that singles' preferences for potential partners' family characteristics stem from a concern about future obligations toward the partner's family and stereotypes associated with certain family traits. Singles are less likely to accept requests from those from large families, which are seen as traditional. Being from a large family, however, hampers individuals' dating chances more if they are firstborn and have no brothers, two conditions that make them the designated child to care for elderly parents. We also find that Japanese singles seek partners with more of the universally valued family traits rather than traits similar to their own.     

汉语和汉字的互动与和谐发展

汉语和汉字的关系是一种独特的类型:文字与音节、语素对应,形音义一体,结构立体化。汉字适应并参与了汉语的演变:不断调整字音和字形以适应意义的扩展,形成单音的核心词和开放的多音词的巧妙配合,字义虚化生成语法模式。在汉语发展历史上,汉字为贯通古今南北、保持汉语的统一,传承民族文化做出了重大贡献。汉语和汉字缔造的"单音节""非形态"的特征值得深入地研究。     

论中国古代小说的典范场景及其结构功能

场景作为诸叙述方式中最重要的一种,是衡量叙事艺术成就高低的一个标准。中国古代历史演义、英雄传奇、世情等各类题材的小说,无论是以语言为表现重心的“文场”还是以动作为表现重心的“武场”,都构设出了具有中国特色审羡风范的场景范型。这些典范场景不但构成了小说的核心趣味场,而且在结构方面也发挥着重要的作用。     

无学科界面的大学通识教育模式及其构建

遵循整体观和相对性理念,在无学科界面的科学与人文整合模式的基础上,进一步提出无学科面的自然融合型的大学通识教育模式和内容结构.该内容结构包括:广义自然中,各层次系统的认知、共性的概念、理论和规律,各层次系统共性规律和理论的比较、评价.它融知识精华、素质教育和创新教育于一体,充分反映了通识教育的真谛.     

先秦诸子文本的经传结构及其文体培育功能

百家争鸣的战国时期,各学派都有自己的经典,并且为经作传之风盛行.<墨子>、<文子>、<管子>、<韩非子>均有以经传结构出现的篇目,在文本形态上各具特征.先泰诸子经传结构的文本形态,对于格言警句体、说体、专论体作品均有培育功能,甚至在连珠体和骈体赋的用典中,也可以见到先秦诸子经传结构文本形态的痕迹.     

解读《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》中的悖论与反讽——一种新批评的视角

作为马克·吐温的盛名之作,《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》历来受到中外论者的偏爱,而其叙事结构和语言特征更是学界争论的焦点。本文以克林斯·布鲁克斯的悖论、反讽理论为批评视角,探究了该部作品的叙事艺术。审视之下,不难发现,小说中蕴涵的悖论与反讽是营造整个文本的美学旨归。     

西藏产业结构优化与主导产业选择

文章运用产业结构理论,对西藏产业结构所处的工业发展阶段、三次产业产值结构和就业结构的变动进行了总体评价.最后,通过科学选择西藏产业结构优化的战略导向,利用区位商方法,着重分析了西藏产业结构优化过程中的主导产业问题,由此确立了西藏工业经济应该培育和扶持的一级和二级主导产业部门.     

Profile of the Present Slovak Society and its Regional Differences

The article is the first attempt in assessment of the development and the present situation of social structure and stratification in Slovakia. Its principal aim is to develop the profile of the present society in Slovakia, which reflects the pace and complexity of the transformation process and its impact on society. Processing of Micro census data from 2003 led to creation of the profile of society in Slovakia at the national level based on income distribution but also knowledge on regional societies and differences between them were obtained. It was found out that the present profile of the society in Slovakia is pear-shaped which means strong representation of lower strata and weaker representation of higher middle and high strata. The profile disclosed some specific features and inconsistencies in the present society of Slovakia, which were, and still are determined by many non standard past and present phenomena and processes often disguised by reforms. The information drawn in regions has facilitated identification of the basic nature and structure of regional societies, some of their specific features and negative elements and to demonstrate their highly differentiated character.

Life satisfaction and family structure among adolescents in Hong Kong

Relationships between family structure and perceived life satisfaction in overall life and five domains of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale, family life, friendships, school experience, myself, and where I live were examined among 4,502 Chinese adolescent secondary school students in Hong Kong. Bivariate analyses showed that economic status was not a significant risk factor, but gender, level of study, and migrant status had to be controlled to examine the life satisfaction-family structure relations. Logistic regression analyses found that in overall life, with adolescents living with two parents as standard for comparisons, adolescents living with mother had similar life satisfaction, but those living with father only, and those with no parents, or single parent with other adults had very much higher risk of life dissatisfaction. Specifically, the risks associated with the adverse family structures were most excessive in the domain of ‘family life’.     

Household structure and consumption insurance of the elderly

This paper examines the role of household formation in providing consumption insurance to the elderly. Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys, raw tabulations of per adult equivalent consumption indicate that the elderly who live alone have higher levels of well-being relative to those who live with others. This is misleading, however, because the decision to live alone is clearly endogenous. The empirical estimation accounts for this endogeneity using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The results provide evidence that household formation plays a significant role in maintaining consumption levels. Without the opportunity to live with others, the welfare gap measured by the difference between per adult equivalent consumption levels of dependent and independent livers would be even larger. These findings suggest that co-residing with others effectively supplements social security, pensions, and private savings and helps the elderly to smooth consumption in old age.