The Japanese Family System - Change, Continuity, and Regionality in the Long Twentieth Century (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This book offers a new perspective and empirical evidence that are relevant for understanding changes in family structures, intergenerational relationships, and female labor force participation in the "strong family" societies and that also shed light on those in the "weak family" societies. Focusing on the stem family and the gender division of labor, presenting detailed quantitative evidence, and testing the theories on family change and gender revolution, the book provides a comprehensive examination of change, continuity, and regionality in the Japanese family system over the twentieth century. By analyzing data from a nationally representative life course survey with event history techniques, it investigates factors affecting post-marital intergenerational co-residence and proximate residence along with those influencing continuous and/or discontinuous employment of married women across the life course. In this way, it reveals the mechanisms underlying the stem family formation and those behind married women's M-shaped employment pattern. It further explores regionality in the Japanese family system, applying a demographic mapping method to data from a nationally representative community survey and official statistics. The mapping analyses demonstrate persistent geographical contrasts between two types of living arrangements (single-household versus multi-household) in the stem family accompanied by two types of maternal employment (full-time versus part-time). They also reveal a historical correlation between traditional communal parenting systems and modern childcare services, linking past to present from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Population Studies of Japan
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Akihiko Kato
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	122
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-2112-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
LSN:	981-16-2112-8
Barcode:	9789811621123

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