Stability and Relevance of Marriage Desires: Importance of Age Norms and Partnering Opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigates shifts in marriage desires during singlehood and the potential consequences associated with these shifts in Japan, a country epitomizing later and less marriage without substantial increases in nonmarital childbearing.

Background

Despite researchers' long-standing interest in values potentially motivating demographic changes, few have systematically examined marriage desires among unmarried adults. Even fewer have considered how marriage desires may change during adulthood and how relevant such changes are to marriage and family behavior.

Method

The analysis uses 11 waves of the Japan Life Course Panel Survey, which tracks singles' marriage desires yearly. Fixed effects models are estimated to demonstrate factors associated with withi

SUBMITTER: Yu WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195064 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature