• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Divorce in Contemporary Japan
  • Contributor: Fukurai, Hiroshi [Author]; Alston, Jon P. [Author]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, 2015
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (12 p)
  • Language: English
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: In: Journal of Biosocial Sciences, 1990, 22: 453-464
    Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 23, 1990 erstellt
  • Description: Data from the 1985-86 Japanese census are analysed to explore the determinants of the divorce rates in Japan's forty-seven prefectures, using two theoretical models: (a) the social integration model, which is shown to have a greater utility in predicting Japanese divorce levels than (b), the human capital model. Female emigration patterns play a significant role in affecting the divorce rate. Population increase and net household income are also important predictors of the Japanese divorce rate and urbanization has a great influence in modem Japan. Demographic and aggregate variables such as migration, urbanization, and socioeconomic factors are useful when organized under a social integration model
  • Access State: Open Access