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Marriage and Fertility Behaviour in Japan
Nobutaka Fukuda
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Description for Marriage and Fertility Behaviour in Japan
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
This monograph examines the influence of ideational and socio-economic factors on Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. It also investigates the historical change in attitudes toward partnership and family in Japan, which, if current trends continue, can lead to population shrinkage and an asymmetrical age structure.
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 ... Read more
This monograph examines the influence of ideational and socio-economic factors on Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. It also investigates the historical change in attitudes toward partnership and family in Japan, which, if current trends continue, can lead to population shrinkage and an asymmetrical age structure.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
183
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811002922
SKU
V9789811002922
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Ref
99-15
About Nobutaka Fukuda
Nobutaka Fukuda is a professor at Tohoku University, Japan, where he teaches Sociology and Social Statistics. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford in 2000, the University of Chicago in 2012, and the University of California, Berkeley in 2014. After obtaining his BA in Economics and MA in Sociology of Education in Japan, he continued his research ... Read more
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