Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

Wang, Feng; Choe, Minja Kim; Tsuya, Noriko O.

Springer Verlag, Japan

08/2017

66

Mole

Inglês

9784431557807

15 a 20 dias

After a rapid decline shortly after the war, in which fertility was halved in one decade from 4.5 children per woman in 1947 to 2.1 in 1957, Japan's fertility started to decline to below-replacement levels in the mid-1970s, reaching 1.3 per woman in the early 2000s.
Introduction.- 1. Cultural Backgrounds, Economic Transformations, and Institutional Contexts.- 2. Evolution of Population and Family Policies.- 3. Trends of Fertility Change.- 4. Changes in the Age Patterns of Fertility.- 5. Demographic Factors of Fertility Change.- 5.1 Age patterns of marriage.- 5.2 Childbearing within marriage.- 5.3 Patterns of family building .- 6. Socioeconomic Factors of Fertility Change.- 6.1 Education.- 6.2 Women's employment.- 6.3 Gender relations at home.- 6.4 Attitudes toward marriage and family.- Conclusions and Policy Implications.
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