20/11/2024
winner from Emerald East and Southeast Asia for Outstanding author contribution.
This award rewards authors who have contributed something new or of significant value to the body of knowledge, either in terms of approach or subject matter. The book chapter is nominated by the Series Editor and Volume Editor(s) with input from Editorial Board and should demonstrate how research creates impact and generates real change beyond academia, contribution of something new to the body of knowledge either in terms of approach or subject matter with an excellent structure and presentation and well-written text. It needs to be rigour in terms of argument or analysis with up-to-date and relevance to practice and further research.
This book chapter “A Demographic Portrait of the Filipino Family: A Glimpse from the Recent Past” from the ‘Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research: Resilience and Familism: The Dynamic Nature of Families in the Philippines, Volume 23’ book series is one of the winners. This chapter was contributed by Jeofrey B. Abalos from National University of Singapore, Singapore.
It discusses the changes that have significant ramifications for families and households in the Philippines, where they’ve experienced several demographic and socioeconomic changes in the past decades, such as rising urbanization, educational expansion, lengthening life expectancy, and increasing overseas labor migration.
This chapter is free for all to access until 31st August 2025 from this link: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/s1530-353520230000023001/full/pdf?title=a-demographic-portrait-of-the-filipino-family-a-glimpse-from-the-recent-past
