Setsuya Fukuda

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/30/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.30

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Abstract

Leaving home is a key life event in the transition to adulthood, but it has been relatively less explored in demographic studies of contemporary Japan. This paper examines the relationship between home-leaving intensities of young adults and the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that took place in post-World War II Japan. By using event-history analysis, the study focuses on 1) family and socio-demographic characteristics, 2) stem-family norms, and 3) proximities of life events and leaving home as the main factors affecting the chances of leaving home. This study aims to explain cohort trends and sex differentials in home-leaving behaviors among young adults in post-war Japan.

Author's affiliation
Setsuya Fukuda
Statistics and Information Department, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, Japan

Keywords
event history analysis, Japan, leaving home, life course, living arrangements, nest-leaving, stem-family system, transition to adulthood, young adults

Word count (Main text)
5260

Updated Items
On February 8, 2010 three typing mistakes were corrected on pages 752/54, page 777, and on page 816.

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