 The Changing Marriage Market and Status HomogamySatoshi Miwa ()
Chapter Chapter 3 in Social Stratification in an Aging Society with Low Fertility, 2022, pp 35-49 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the relationship between marriage and social stratification in contemporary Japanese society, with a focus on status homogamy, and how this relationship has changed over time. The SSM survey data support the fact that the trend toward non-marriage and late marriage has been increasing. It has also been confirmed that the reason for meeting a spouse has changed to a more free-love style. In the midst of such changes, homogamy has also become less likely to occur, but this is a reflection of the fact that marriage itself has become less likely to occur, and it is not a phenomenon unique to homogamy. When we examined the structure and trends of status homogamy by focusing only on married couples, we found that homogamy decreased when the indices of status were occupation and education. In addition, in terms of professional relationships and friendships, which account for the majority of opportunities to meet, there was a decrease in status homogamy during this period, and these results contributed to the overall declining trend of status homogamy. Date: 2022 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:ecochp:978-981-19-3647-0_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3647-0_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Economy and Social Inclusion from Springer |
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