TONG Yuying

TONG Yuying

Director, Professor, Department of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interest
Social Demography, Migration and Immigration, Family, Gender and Life Course, Quantitative Methods

Personal Link: TONG Yuying | Department of Sociology, CUHK

Yuying Tong is a Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2007. Her research areas crosscut social demography, migration and immigration, family and life course, gender as well as population health/well-being. Her current research interests focus on：
1) Consequences of Migration to Rural Households: in this line of research, she examines migration consequences at both household and individual levels in China, especially from a gender perspective.
2) Migration Integration in Host Society: she studies both adult and children’s adaptation and integration in host societies, by taking into account the factors of members in host societies.
​3) Family and Life Course: her focus on this line of research includes both individual key life event transitions and within family intergenerational effect in Mainland China, Hong Kong as well as East Asian area. Lastly, her research in Population Health and Well-being mainly examines the health consequences of migration and family transition, the intersection of health with her interests in migration and family studies.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Tong, Yuying, Yiqing Gan and Chunxue Zhang. Forthcoming. “Whose Preference Matters More? Couple’s Fertility Preferences and Realization in the Context of China’s Two-child Policy”. Journal of Family Issues.
  • Tong, Yuying, and Dan Chen. 2022. “Is the worth of a college education declining vis-à-vis the transition into homeownership? A gender-differentiated analysis among young adults in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2016.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100732
  • Tong, Yuying, and Eric Fong. 2022. “Well‐being of migrants and immigrants: Perspectives in Asia and from Asians in North America.” Journal of Social Issues 78(3): 489-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12560 [Introduction paper to a special issue]
  • Tong, Yuying* and Jinho Kim*. 2022. Adolescents’ exposure to classmates from non‐immigrant families and adulthood volunteerism. Social Science Quarterly. (*Equal authorship)  https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13113
  • Tong, Yuying, Tianzhu Nie and Martin Piotrowski. 2022. “Channeling Good Images but Not Substantive Blessings?  Education and Social Contact on Pro-Migrant Attitudes in an Internal Migration Setting” Social Forces.  https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soab129
  • Jin, Lei, Xiaohang Zhao and Yuying Tong. 2021. “A Female Advantage? Gender Patterning of Psychological Well-being among Migrants and Returnees in China” Journal of Social Issues. doi.org/10.1111/josi.12467​​
  • Tong, Yuying, Dan Chen, Wenyang Su and Niantao Jiang. 2021. “Economic Integration among Mainland Chinese Immigrants During and After the Period of Hong Kong’s Handover: The Disparity between Higher-Educated and Lower-Educated Groups.” Journal of Social Issues.  https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12466
  • Kim Jinho*, Yuying Tong* and Biyang Sun. 2021. “The Effects of Peer Parental Education on Student Achievement in Urban China: The Disparities Between Migrants and Locals.” American Educational Research Journal. (*Equal first authors)   doi.org/10.3102/0002831221989650
  • Chen, Dan and Yuying Tong.  2021. “Marriage for the Sake of Parents? Adult Children’s Marriage Formation and Parental Psychological Distress in China”. Journal of Marriage and Family. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12749
  • Kim, Jinho and Yuying Tong. 2020. “Revisiting the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Health: Evidence from Sibling Models with Multiple Health Measures.” Social Science Research.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102465
  • Tong, Yuying, Jenny X. Li, and Binbin Shu. 2020. “Is Children’s Academic Performance Valuable to Parents? Linking Children’s Effort vs. Results and Fathers’ vs. Mothers’ Subjective Well-being” Child Indicators Research.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-020-09763-3
  • Li, Jenny X., Yuying Tong, and Binbin Shu. 2020. “Migration Arrangements of Couples, Satisfaction with Spousal Contributions, and Happiness of Rural Chinese.” China Review. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26915622
  • Tong, Yuying and Niantao Jiang. 2020. “Much Ado about Nothing? Do Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Benefit from Capital Accumulation?” American Behavioural Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764220910236
  • Piotrowski, Martin, Rob Clark, Yuying Tong, Wyatt Schmitz and Kumiko Shibuya. 2019. “Familial and Gender Attitudes in East Asia: The Influence of Modernization in Cross-Societal Perspective.” Comparative Sociology. 18(5-6): 620-657.   https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341518
  • Tong, Yuying, Feinian Chen and Binbin Shu. 2019. “Spousal Migration and Married Adults’ Psychological Distress in Rural China: The Roles of Intimacy, Autonomy and Responsibility.” Social Science Research.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.06.003
  • Tong, Yuying, Feinian Chen and Wenyang Su. 2019. “Living Arrangements and Older Adults’ Labor Force Participation in Hong Kong, 1986-2016.” Social Science & Medicine. 229: 50-59.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.10.011
  • Tong, Yuying, Binbin Shu and Martin Piotrowski. 2018. “Migration, Livelihood Strategies and Agricultural Outcomes, a Gender Study in Rural China.” Rural Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12255
  • Li, Jenny X. and Yuying Tong. 2018. “Coming Together or Remaining Apart? A Closer Examination of the Contexts of Intergroup Contact and Friendship between Urban Residents and Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1525286
  • Luo, Weixiang, Yuying Tong and Nicole WT Cheung. 2018. “Rural-to-urban Migration and Adolescent Delinquent Behaviors in China.” Eurasian Geography and Economics. 59(2): 246-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2018.1496346
  • Tong, Yuying, Martin Piotrowski and Hua Ye. 2018. “The Health-Age Profile across Rural and Urban Sectors: Comparison of Migrants and Non-Migrants in China.” Public Health. 158: 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.02.019
  • Tong, Yuying, Wenyang Su and Eric Fong. 2018. “Labor Market Integration of Non-Chinese Immigrants in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2011: Structure of Global Market or White Privilege?” Chinese Journal of Sociology. 4(1):79-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X17748533
  • Chen, Huiwei, Mee Kam Ng, Murat Es, Joanna W. Y. Lee, Winnie W.S. Mak, Yuying Tong, Ka Ming Wu and Huiquan Zhou. 2018. “Socio-spatial Polarization and the (re-)distribution of Deprived Groups in World Cities: A Case Study of Hong Kong”. Urban Geography. 39(7): 969-987. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2017.1421392
  • Tong, Yuying, Martin Piotrowski and Yueyun Zhang. 2017. “Resistant to Change? The Time of Transition to Parenthood among Married Adults in China.” Journal of Family Therapy. 39:193–216. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12150
  • Tong, Yuying and Stephen WK Chiu. 2017. “Women’s Labor Force Participation in Hong Kong, 1991-2011.” Chinese Sociological Review. 49(1): 35-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2016.1166045
  • Shu, Binbin and Tong Yuying. 2017. “Impact of Adult Child Migration on Health of Rural Elderly Parents.” (In Chinese) Population Research. 41(2)
  • Zhang, Yueyun, Tong Yuying and Liu Baozhong. 2017. “The Comparative Study on Adolescents’ Social Competence between Only Child and Child with Siblings.” (In Chinese) Youth Studies. 3: 12-20
  • Piotrowski, Martin, Yuying Tong, Yueyun Zhang and Luke Chao. 2016. “The Transition to First Marriage in China, 1966-2008: An Examination of Gender Differences in Education and Hukou Status.” European Journal of Population. 32: 129-154.
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-015-9364-y
  • Luo, Weixiang and Yuying Tong. 2016. “Educational Disparities in Access to Health Insurance in China, 1989-2009.” Chinese Sociological Review. 48(2): 137-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2015.1131926
  • Piotrowski, Martin and Yuying Tong. 2016. “Education and Fertility Decline in China during Transitional Times: A Cohort Approach.” Social Science Research. 55: 94-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.10.001
  • Tong, Yuying, Weixiang Luo and Martin Piotrowski. 2015. “The Association between Parental Migration and Childhood Illness in Rural China.” European Journal of Population. 31(5): 561-586. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-015-9355-z
  • Fong, Eric* and Yuying Tong* (*Equal authorship). 2015. “Can Family Financial Resources Buy Friends? Family Financial Resources and Friendship Patterns among Migrant Workers in China.” American Behavioural Scientists. 59: 1083-1099.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764215580615
  • Tong, Yuying. 2013. “Acculturation, Gender Disparity and the Sexual Behaviour of Asian American Youth.” Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2012.668976
  • Piotrowski, Martin and Yuying Tong. 2013. “Straddling Two Geographic Regions: The Impact of Place of Origin and Destination on Return Migration Intentions in China.” Population, Space and Place. 19(3): 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1715
  • Tong, Yuying and Martin Piotrowski. 2012. “Migration and Health Selectivity in the Context of Internal Migration in China, 1997-2009.” Population Research and Policy Review. 31(4): 497-543. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-012-9240-y
  • Tong, Yuying. 2010. “Foreign-born Concentration and Acculturation to Volunteering among Immigrant Youth.” Social Forces. 89(1): 117-144. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2010.0048
  • Tong, Yuying and Martin Piotrowski. 2010. “The Effect of Remittances on Return Migration and its Relation to Household Wealth: The Case of Rural Thailand.” Asia-Pacific Population Journal. Dec.: 53-96. http://www.unescap.org/sdd/publications/APPJ/APPJ-Vol-25-No-2.pdf#page=59
  • Tong, Yuying. 2010. “Place of Education, Gender Disparity and Assimilation of Immigrant Scientists and Engineers Earnings.” Social Science Research. 39: 610–626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.02.004
  • Piotrowski, Martin and Yuying Tong. 2010. “Economic and Non-Economic Determinants of Return Migration: Evidence from Rural Thailand.” Population (English Edition). 65(2):  333-348. https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_POPU_1002_0361–economic-and-non-economic-determinants.htm
  • Guo, Guang, Yuying Tong and Tianji Cai. 2008. “Gene by Social Context Interactions for Number of Sexual Partners among White Male Youths: Genetics-Informed Sociology.” American Journal of Sociology. 114 (S1): 33-66. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592207
  • Guo, Guang, Yuying Tong, Cui-Wei Xie and Leslie A. Lange. 2007. “Dopamine Transporter, Gender, and Number of Sexual Partners among Young Adults.” European Journal of Human Genetics. 15: 279–287. https://www.nature.com/articles/5201763
  • Guo, Guang and Yuying Tong. 2006. “Age at First Sexual Intercourse, Genes, and Social Context: Evidence from Twins and the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene.” Demography. 43(4): 747-769. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1353/dem.2006.0029