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Diverging Destinies

The Japanese Case

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Authors:
  1. James M. Raymo

    1. Dept of Sociology, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  2. Miho Iwasawa

    1. Nat. Inst. of Pop. & Soc. Security Res., Chiyoda-ku, Japan

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  • Emphasizes the link between family behavior and processes of social and economic stratification as one of the most important topics in current research on the second demographic transition
  • Employs distinctive features of Japanese society to extend research on growing socioeconomic differentials in family behavior in ways that are both interesting and important
  • Summarizes, updates, and synthesizes the existing research on this topic in Japan, much of which has been conducted by the authors
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)

Part of the book sub series: Population Studies of Japan (POPULAT)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. “Diverging Destinies”: A Review of the Research

    • James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Japanese Context and Existing Empirical Evidence

    • James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa
    Pages 15-30

  4. Union Formation and Dissolution

    • James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa
    Pages 31-41

  5. Childbearing and Maternal Employment

    • James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa
    Pages 43-51

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 53-62
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About this book

The overarching objective of this book is to summarize, extend, and update previous research on educational differences in family behavior in Japan. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject and the first to evaluate family differentials in Japan in the context of ideas articulated in research on “diverging destinies” and “patterns of disadvantage” as part of the second demographic transition. Much of the previous work in this area has been conducted by the authors (Raymo and Iwasawa), and the longer format of this book allows us to reexamine a wide range of family outcomes using newer data and to provide a thorough and systematic evaluation. The text uses multiple sources of data that cover a period of rapid family change (1970s through 2010s) to describe trends in educational differences in a wide range of family behaviors linked to the well-being of both parents and children. Descriptive analyses provide an overview of period and cohort trends in educational differences in age at first marriage, assortative mating, cohabitation, bridal pregnancy, divorce, remarriage, age at first birth, unintended childbearing, single motherhood, maternal employment, and family-related attitudes. Multivariate analyses provide insights into the processes underlying observed educational differences in family behavior. Patterns of educational differences in family behavior in Japan are evaluated with reference to findings from related research in the United States and other low-fertility Western societies.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Sociology, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    James M. Raymo

  • Nat. Inst. of Pop. & Soc. Security Res., Chiyoda-ku, Japan

    Miho Iwasawa

About the authors

James M. Raymo, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, jraymo@ssc.wisc.edu, 1180 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53706 USA


Miho Iwasawa, Senior Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, iwasawa-miho@ipss.go.jp, Hibiya Kokusai Building 6th Floor,
2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011 Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diverging Destinies

  • Book Subtitle: The Japanese Case

  • Authors: James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0185-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0184-0Published: 08 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0185-7Published: 28 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2211-3215

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 62

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Demography, Family, Public Policy

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