Single women and housing choices in urban Japan

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-469

  Ronald, Richard ^a,b   Nakano, Lynne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

'never marrieds'; housing choices; Japan; single women

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOUSING MARKET; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

JAPAN;

EID: 84880322984     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2012.694357     Document Type: Article

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