Overview
Focuses on the influence of ideational and socio-economic changes on marriage and fertility in Japan
Details characteristic attitudes toward partnership and family relations in Japan
Considers the influence of value-orientation on marriage and fertility patterns in contemporary Japan
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(6 chapters)
About this book
The author first details the differences between ideational and economic approaches. He examines these two behavioural models from a viewpoint of rational choice theory, which he then follows with a discussion on the influence of institutional contexts on matrimony and childbirth.
Next, the book considers salient features of Japanese marriage behaviour, including the relation between these patterns and changes in society and the influence of marriage on attitudes toward partnership and family relations. Coverage then goes on to explore the influence of ideational factors on fertility and analyse the impact of childbirth on couples' attitudes.
The author also investigates attitudinal changes between generations in Japan. He provides a theoretical review on the relation between socio-economic development and value-orientation as well as looks at the difference in attitudes from a viewpoint of cohorts and periods.
Overall, the book presents an authoritative, theoretical and empirical analysis using data from panel and repeated cross-sectional surveys. Throughout, the author clearly identifies the sources of his data as well as the methods used in his analysis.
Authors and Affiliations
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Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Nobutaka Fukuda
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marriage and Fertility Behaviour in Japan
Book Subtitle: Economic Status and Value-Orientation
Authors: Nobutaka Fukuda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0294-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0292-2Published: 04 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9125-4Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0294-6Published: 28 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 183
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology, general, Demography, Family