Nontraditional family-related attitudes in Japan: Macro and micro determinants

Population and Development Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-271

  Choe, Minja Kim ^a   Bumpass, Larry L ^b   Tsuya, Noriko O ^c   Rindfuss, Ronald R ^a,d  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHILDBEARING; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ROLE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84902353424     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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