Authors:
- Discusses the history of family systems and studies of those systems in Japan and in the West
- Shows how demographic transition affects the change in the household composition in a society where the stem family system is preserved in varying degrees
- Demonstrates that the principle of kin availability was first defined by a Japanese scholar in the 1930s and was later applied independently in Japan and in the West in the 1980s
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
Part of the book sub series: Population Studies of Japan (POPULAT)
About this book
The book demonstrates that these endeavors in the 1980s yielded a new discipline of family demography both in Japan and the West and that one of the key concepts articulated by the author has taken on practical as well as theoretical significance with regard to the provision of care for the elderly in residing with the generation of children born after the1970s.
Keywords
- Analytical Model of Parent-child Co-residence
- Demographic Transition and the Family
- Family Nuclearization
- Family System
- Prevalence of Three-generation Family
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Law & Literature, Shimane University San'In Research Center, Matsue, Japan
Kiyosi Hirosima
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Parent-Child Co-residence
Book Subtitle: A Focus on the Family Demography of Japan
Authors: Kiyosi Hirosima
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Japan KK 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56536-9Due: 24 September 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56538-3Due: 24 September 2025
Series ISSN: 2211-3215
Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations