Household formation in Japan: a life table analysis
Suzuki, T.
Jinko Mondai Kenkyu 53(2): 18-30
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0387-2793 PMID: 12293601 Document Number: 273405
An analysis of household formation behavior in Japan is presented using data from the Third National Survey on Household Changes conducted in October 1994. "The results showed that the age at which 50 percent leaves home decreased from 22.3 and 22.7 for the 1934-39 birth cohort to 19.7 and 21.7 for the 1949-54 cohort, males and females respectively. This trend reversed recently and the age at which 50 percent leaves increased to 22.4 and 23.8 for the 1964-69 cohort. Unlike other countries, males left parental home earlier than females for all the cohorts examined in this study. Reasons for leaving home were examined to explain the difference by sex and cohort. It was shown that the recent delay was mainly caused by the decrease in the proportion of leaving home before marriage. For males, the delay in the first job taking due to higher education was also an important factor. There was a huge difference by sex on reasons for leaving home. While more than 80 percent of males left home for education or occupation before marriage, approximately a half of females stayed in parental home until marriage." (EXCERPT)