Educational Assortative Mating in Japan, 1st ed. 2021 Insights into Social Change and Stratification Population Studies of Japan Series
Auteurs : Uchikoshi Fumiya, Raymo James M.
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Conceptual Issues.- Chapter 3 How We Evaluate Assortative Mating.- Chapter 4 The Japanese Context.- Chapter 5 Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusion and Future Directions.
Fumiya Uchikoshi is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at Princeton University. His research interests include family demography, social stratification, and East Asia. His current research examines diverging family behaviors and their impact on social inequality and the consequences of newly emerging behaviors on future life course outcomes in familistic societies.
James M. Raymo is a professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III ‘55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Raymo is a social demographer whose research focuses on documenting and understanding the causes and potential consequences of demographic changes in Japan. His published research includes analyses of marriage timing, divorce, recession and fertility, marriage and women’s health, single mothers’ well-being, living alone, employment and health at older ages, and regional differences in health at older ages. His current research focuses on children’s well-being, changing patterns of family formation, single motherhood, and social isolation and health at older ages.
Provides an understanding of how demographic shifts in marriage patterns are linked to growing socioeconomic inequality
Summarizes existing research on this topic in Japan and suggests future directions for this line of research
Compares findings from Japan with research on the USA and other countries for new theoretical and empirical insights
Date de parution : 09-2021
Ouvrage de 124 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Thèmes d’Educational Assortative Mating in Japan :
Mots-clés :
Marriage; Assortative Mating; Education; Family Demography; Japan