Role of cultural lag in marriage decline for Japan's boom and bust cohorts

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-78

  Yoshida, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cohort differences; Cultural lag; Gender gap; Gender roles; Japan; Marriage; Marriage decline; Marriage rates; Nonmarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949554747     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494921003648589     Document Type: Article

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