Scholars@Duke
Yu Wang

Yu Wang

Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Tracking Changes in Maternal Mind-Mindedness Across Children's Transition to Siblinghood in China

Journal article Social Development · May 1, 2026 Research on mind-mindedness is flourishing but remains limited both in geographical scope and by the scarcity of longitudinal designs. Framed within a larger study of the transition to siblinghood in China, we addressed these gaps by following 138 Chinese ... Full text Cite

Educational Homogamy and Wealth: Assortative Mating, Spouses' Division of Paid Labor, and Net Worth in China

Journal article Journal of Marriage and Family · January 1, 2026 Featured Publication Objective: This study examines how educational assortative mating—particularly educational homogamy—shapes household net worth in urban China. Background: Despite private wealth emerging as a critical indicator of financial security and social status in po ... Full text Open Access Cite

Administration of non-national immunization program vaccines for children under six in a rural county, Henan Province: Did costs matter?

Journal article Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · December 2025 This study aimed to investigate caregivers' administration of non-National Immunization Program (NIP) vaccines in rural China, and examine health system, individual, and social determinants. A cross-sectional survey (n = 1051) was conducted from Jul ... Full text Cite

Parity, socioeconomic status, and depression in women's mid-to-late life: Evidence from two prospective cohorts.

Journal article Journal of affective disorders · June 2025 Existing evidence on the relationship between parity and women's later-life depression was inconsistent. We aimed to examine the association of parity with depression in women's mid-late life, and to evaluate whether such association differs by socioeconom ... Full text Cite

Independent and joint associations of sex and birth order with non‑national immunization program vaccine coverage among Chinese children: a cross-sectional analysis.

Journal article Int J Equity Health · May 9, 2025 BACKGROUND: In response to declining fertility rates, China implemented universal two- and three-child policies, leading to an increase of multi-child families. However, little is known whether and how these policy changes influenced the uptake of non-Nati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Age-discrepant marriages and educational assortative mating in urban China: The exchange of youth for status

Journal article Journal of Marriage and Family · April 1, 2025 Featured Publication Objective: This study investigates youth–status exchange in urban China, a country rooted in traditional gender roles and gendered mate selection preferences. Background: Status exchange operates as a mechanism through which social boundaries are crossed i ... Full text Cite

Immunization coverage, knowledge, satisfaction, and associated factors of non-National Immunization Program vaccines among migrant and left-behind families in China: evidence from Zhejiang and Henan provinces.

Journal article Infectious diseases of poverty · October 2023 BackgroundMigrant and left-behind families are vulnerable in health services utilization, but little is known about their disparities in immunization of non-National Immunization Program (NIP) vaccines. This study aims to evaluate the immunization ... Full text Cite

Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and risk of physical multimorbidity in later life: The mediating role of depression.

Journal article Maturitas · January 2023 ObjectiveTo assess the impact of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) on the risks of depression and physical multimorbidity in later life and to explore whether depression mediates the association between childhood SED and physical multimor ... Full text Cite

Opportunity and change in occupational assortative mating.

Journal article Social science research · September 2021 Featured Publication This article documents how opportunity and change in the U.S. occupational structure shaped patterns of occupational assortative mating between 1970 and 2015-2017. Trends in occupational assortative mating have often been cited as potentially contributing ... Full text Cite

Hukou intermarriage and social exclusion in China.

Journal article Research in social stratification and mobility · August 2018 Featured Publication Hukou is a key marker of status in contemporary China. Urban hukou status confers large economic benefits such as preferential access to good schools, prestigious occupations, and state-subsidized welfare benefits. As such, trends in hukou ... Full text Cite

Similarities and differences in contraceptive use reported by women and men in the National Survey of Family Growth.

Journal article Contraception · April 2017 Featured Publication ObjectiveTo compare use of contraceptive methods at last heterosexual intercourse among 15-44year-old women and men at risk of unintended pregnancy in the United States.Study designWe employed data from the National Survey of Family Growt ... Full text Cite

The Role of Young Adults' Pleasure Attitudes in Shaping Condom Use.

Journal article American journal of public health · July 2015 Condoms can help young adults protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. We examined young people's attitudes about whether condoms reduced pleasure and how these attitudes shape condom practices. We used a nationally ... Full text Cite

Which young adults are most likely to use withdrawal? The importance of pregnancy attitudes and sexual pleasure.

Journal article Contraception · April 2015 ObjectivesUse of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) has consequences for reproductive health, but few nationally representative studies exist. We (1) examined patterns of withdrawal among 15- to 24-year-old women and men, and (2) explored withdrawal' ... Full text Cite