Family issues on marriage, divorce, and older adults in Japan : with special attention to regional variations /: with special attention to regional variations. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fumie Kumagai.
• Authors: Kumagai, Fumie, 1943-
• Contents: Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: A New View on Changes in Japanese Families; 1.1 Two Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Family Issues in Japan; 1.2 A Dual Structural Model of the Japanese Family: The Modified Stem Family; 1.3 Regional Variations by Prefecture: Haihan Chiken (Dissolution of Domains and Establishment of Prefectures); 1.4 Data and Methods; 1.4.1 Data; 1.4.2 Analytic Strategy; 1.5 Family Issues to Be Discussed; References; Chapter 2: Demographic Changes in Japan; 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Changes in the Japanese Household Structure: The Nuclear Family2.3 Changes in the Three-Generation Family; 2.4 Family Size: Changes and Projections for the Average Number of Persons in a Household by Prefecture; 2.5 Demographics of the Japanese Elderly; 2.5.1 The Graying of Japan: Population Aging and Fertility Decline; 2.5.2 Declining Birth Rates and Total Fertility Rates (TFR); 2.5.3 The Baby Boomer Generations; 2.5.4 The Longevity Revolution: Rising Life Expectancy; 2.5.5 Aging of the Elderly Population; 2.5.6 Marital Status of Japanese Elderly. 2.5.7 Japanese Elderly and Family Relations2.6 Living Arrangements of the Elderly; 2.6.1 With Family; 2.6.2 Problems Associated with Coresidency Living Arrangements; 2.7 Regional Variations of the Japanese Elderly; References; Chapter 3: History of Courtship and Marriage in Japan; 3.1 Historical Perspective; 3.1.1 Primitive Times of Jyomon and Yayoi: BC 12, 000-AD 240; 3.1.2 Yamato (Tumulus) Era: From the Third to the Sixth Century; 3.1.3 Asuka-Early Heian: 593-1000; 3.1.4 Mid-end Heian Period; 3.1.5 End Heian Period: The End of Eleventh to the End of the Twelfth Century. 3.1.6 Kamakura Shogunate and Nanboku-cho: 1192-1333-13363.1.7 Muromachi Shogunate-Edo Shogunate; 3.1.8 Meiji to Taisho to Showa to Present (Heisei): Yoriai-kon; 3.1.8.1 The Family System Under the Civil Code of 1898; 3.1.8.2 The Family System After WW II; 3.2 Attitudes Toward Marriage and Mate Selection; 3.2.1 Miai-kekkon and Ren-ai-kekkon; 3.2.2 High Ages at First Marriage and the Delayed Marriage; 3.2.3 Lifetime Singlehood; 3.2.4 Live Births to Unmarried Mothers; 3.2.5 De facto Partnerships: Cohabitation; 3.2.6 Roles and Functions of the Nakoudo: The Traditional vs. the New. 3.3 The Current Situation3.3.1 Commercial Matchmaking/Dating Agency; 3.3.2 Matchmaking by Local Communities and/or Municipal Offices; 3.3.2.1 The Research Results; 3.3.3 Machi-Kon, the Town-Based Marriage-Meeting Event; References; Chapter 4: International Marriage in Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Two Opposing Views on International Marriage; 4.1.2 International Marriage as a New Way to Maintain Rural Farm Households; 4.2 International Marriage in Japan; 4.2.1 Historical Development.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 184 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 306.850952; Families -- Japan; Marriage -- Japan; Divorce -- Japan; Population aging -- Japan; Older people -- Japan; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Divorce; Families; Marriage; Older people; Population; Population aging; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Social Change; Japan -- Population; Japan; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789812871855; 9812871853
• Related ISBNs: 9789812871848; 9812871845
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 1, 2014).
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