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• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
• References
• 2. Cohort Analysis of Pregnancy Attempts
• 2.1. Life Course as a Sociological Perspective
• 2.2. Cohort Total Fertility Rate
• 2.3. Trends in the Fertility Rate by Age and by Birth Cohort
• 2.4. Analytical Perspective of This Chapter
• 2.5. Pregnancy Attempts
• 2.6. Pregnancy Attempts that Do not Result in a Birth
• 2.6.1. Induced Abortion
• 2.6.2. Stillbirth and Spontaneous Abortion
• 2.6.3. Infertility
• 2.7. Estimating Pregnancy Attempts
• 2.8. Changes in Social Life-Cycle and the Cohort Effect
• References
• 3. Cohort-Specific Life Experiences Under Rapidly Changing Socioeconomic Conditions
• 3.1. Marriage and Childbearing Behaviour
• 3.2. Employment Among Women
• 3.3. Continued Employment Among Women
• 3.4. Changes in Female Labour as Seen in the Employment Status Survey

• 3.5. Popularisation of Higher Education
• 3.6. Labour Law and Women
• 3.6.1. Prohibition of Gender Discrimination
• 3.6.2. Childcare Leave
• 3.6.3. Childcare Leave Benefits
• 3.6.4. Revision of the Labour Standards Act Provisions on Pregnancy
• 3.6.5. Worker Dispatching Act
• 3.7. Impact of the Development of Laws on Female Employment Behaviour
• 3.8. Norm that ̀the Mother Should Raise Children'
• 3.9. Weakened Age Norms
• 3.9.1. Gradual Disappearance of Suitable Age for Marriage
• 3.9.2. Postponing Childbirth
• 3.10. Accepting a New Life Course
• References
• 4. Women's Career Development Under Japanese Human Resource Management System
• 4.1. Employment Behaviour of the 1960s Cohort
• 4.2. Japanese Human Resource Management System During the Era of High Economic Growth
• 4.3. EEOL and the Course-Based Management System
• 4.4. New Way of Working Among Women in the 1960s Cohort
• 4.5. Study 1: University Graduates' Early Career Development
• 4.5.1. Career Development Process
• 4.5.2. Attitude Towards Work
• 4.5.3. Attitude Towards Family
• 4.6. Study 2: Survey of Experienced Ippan-Shoku Employees
• 4.6.1. Expected Length of Service for Ippan-Shoku Employees
• 4.6.2. On the Career Intentions at the Time of Employment
• 4.6.3. On the Reasons to Continue to Work
• 4.6.4. ̀High-Performing Ippan-Shoku': Advantages and Bottlenecks
• 4.6.5. Work Precedence in the Life Courses
• 4.6.6. Liberation from the Curse of Being a Homemaker
• 4.6.7. Relationship Between Ippan-Shoku Employees with Children and the Workplace
• 4.6.8. Drivers of Career Development
• 4.6.9. Task Allocation Patterns
• 4.7. Study 3: Survey on Special Skills of Ippan-Shoku Employees
• References
• 5. Work-Family Interface: Balancing on a Knife's Edge
• 5.1. Work-Family Balance: Impossible in Theory
• 5.2. Work-Family Interface
• 5.2.1. Couple as Unit of Analysis
• 5.2.2. Conflict/Enrichment
• 5.2.3. Interaction with Life Stages, Family Stages, and Career Stages
• 5.2.4. Impact of Childrearing
• 5.2.5. Purpose of This Study
• 5.3. Survey
• 5.4. Results
• 5.4.1. ̀Both on Work with no Children Stage'
• 5.4.1.1. On the Intention to Continue Employment
• 5.4.1.2. On the Lifestyles Before Having Children
• 5.4.1.3. On the Timing of When to Have a Child
• 5.4.2. Èxpecting Stage'
• 5.4.2.1. On the Intention for Continued Employment
• 5.4.2.2. On the Reactions at the Workplace
• 5.4.2.3. On the Physical Conditions During Pregnancy
• 5.4.2.4. Childcare Leave
• 5.4.3. Òn the Childcare Leave Stage'
• 5.4.3.1. On the Housework and Childcare During Childcare Leave
• 5.4.3.2. On the Lifestyles of Those Who Did not Take Childcare Leave
• 5.4.3.3. Life with Uncertain Future
• 5.4.4. ̀Return to Both at Work Stage'
• 5.4.4.1. Daily Life: Not a Moment to Spare
• 5.4.4.2. Ùse Whatever Came to Hand' Method
• 5.4.4.3. Trial-and-Error Method
• 5.4.4.4. Tightrope Walking: When Children Become Sick
• 5.4.5. Utilising Childcare Resources After Returning to Work
• 5.4.5.1. Choice of Residence
• 5.4.5.2. Public Services: Nurseries and Their Substitutes
• 5.4.5.3. Private Services: Assistance from Relatives
• 5.4.6. Bi-Directional Interference Between Work and Family
• 5.4.6.1. Family [→] Work Enrichment/Conflict
• 5.4.6.2. Work [→] Family Enrichment/Conflict
• 5.4.7. Dynamism of the Work-Family Interface
• 5.4.7.1. Processes for Reallocating Housework and Childcare
• 5.4.7.2. Work-Life Balance Is a Work in Progress
• 5.4.7.3. Interaction Between Family Stages
• 5.4.7.4. Renewed Bonds Between Wife and Husband
• 5.4.8. Towards a Decent Work-Family Interface
• 5.4.8.1. Changes in Attitudes Towards Work After Taking Childcare Leave
• 5.4.8.2. Establishing a New Way of Working
• 5.4.8.3. Need for a ̀Decent Track'
• References
• 6. Concluding Remarks.

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Author/Creator:

Senda, Yukiko , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Childbearing and careers of Japanese women born in the 1960s: a life course that brought unintended low fertility [by Senda, Y.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Childbearing and careers of Japanese women born in the 1960s [by Senda, Y.] (ISBN 9784431550655)

Related Series:

SpringerBriefs in population studies > Populations studies of Japan

Subjects:

Fertility, Human — Japan

Women — Japan — History — 20th century

Childfree choice — Japan

Japan — Population

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 15, 2015).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HB1061 .S46 2015eb

ISBNs:

9784431550662 (electronic bk.)
4431550666 (electronic bk.)
9784431550655 [Invalid]
4431550658 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

908839519

Other Control Numbers:

EBC2095385 (source: MiAaPQ)
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