RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Statistical trends and law regulations of Japanese marriage

Journal Title: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica - Year 2016, Vol 17, Issue 3

Abstract

This article will endeavor to examine the process of Japanese marriage through the prismof its law regulations and various requirements, all of which are intrinsic to the formationof a marriage partnership. This will include a range of trends within the sphere of marriageand divorce, numerous examples of documents pertinent and relating to the institutionof marriage, as well as several sociological and economic theories of future trends inmarriage. The article is based on high quality multiple data sources taken from Japanesecensus reports, relevantly social statistics and nationally representative large-scale surveyssuch as the Statistical Handbook of Japan, the Japanese National Fertility Survey and VitalStatistics of Japan (2015), with scientific commentary from fellow researchers in the field.

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Barbara Jelonek

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Barbara Jelonek (2016). RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Statistical trends and law regulations of Japanese marriage. Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica, 17(3), 103-109. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-213373