Divorce in contemporary Japan.
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 modern Japan. Demographic and aggregate variables such as migration, urbanization, and socioeconomic factors are useful when organized under a social integration model.
Fukurai
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Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station.
Alston
J
J
D004243:Divorce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology