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Quality of life in Japan : contemporary perspectives on happiness / Ming-Chang Tsai, Noriko Iwai, editors.

Contributor(s): Tsai, Ming-Chang [editor.] | Iwai, Noriko [editor.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Quality of life in Asia: v. 13.Publisher: Singapore : Springer, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789811389108; 9811389101; 9811389098; 9789811389092; 9789811389115; 981138911X; 9789811389122; 9811389128Subject(s): Quality of life -- Japan | Japan -- Social conditions | Quality of life | Social conditions | JapanGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 306.0952 LOC classification: HN724 | .Q35 2020ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost

Contents:

Part I Introduction -- 1.Quality of Life in Japan: Contemporary Approaches and Analysis -- 2.Happiness in Japan: A Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Analysis based on JGSS Cumulative Data 2000-2015 -- Part II Income, Poverty and Happiness -- 3.Happiness in Contemporary Japan: Study of Lifestyle and Values Using the Relative Income Hypothesis -- 4.Income, Intra-household Bargaining Power and the Happiness of Japanese Married Women -- 5.Time Poverty and Maternal Wellbeing in Japan -- Part III Aging, Gender, and Migration -- 6.Changes in the Meaning of the Elderly Living with Children: An Analysis of Household Income Inequality among the Japanese Elderly -- 7.Ancestor Worship and Quality of Life: Transforming Bonds with the Deceased in Contemporary Japan -- 8.Intimacy, Similarity, and Equality among Married People in East Asia -- 9.Quality of Life in Japan and Emigration: The Perspectives of Japanese Skilled Immigrants in Australia.

Summary: This edited volume approaches the life experiences and well-being of Japanese people from an empirical perspective. It explores the current trend of happiness among Japanese over time and examines the association of income, lifestyle, and perceived life conditions using modern econometric models with supplementary qualitative observations. Issues relating to ageing, gender, household division of labour, and emigration are also examined to provide a wide scope of results based on both survey and field methods for culturally sensitive researchers. Going beyond the conventional cultural interpretation of the uniqueness of the Japanese case, this book provides timely, empirical evidence for understanding how the various social groups comprising the Japanese population have enjoyed a better quality of life, while some groups are very dissatisfied with social arrangements and have elected to emigrate. The book is a pioneering endeavour to reveal the detailed structure of quality of life and well-being in Japanese society.

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Includes index.

This edited volume approaches the life experiences and well-being of Japanese people from an empirical perspective. It explores the current trend of happiness among Japanese over time and examines the association of income, lifestyle, and perceived life conditions using modern econometric models with supplementary qualitative observations. Issues relating to ageing, gender, household division of labour, and emigration are also examined to provide a wide scope of results based on both survey and field methods for culturally sensitive researchers. Going beyond the conventional cultural interpretation of the uniqueness of the Japanese case, this book provides timely, empirical evidence for understanding how the various social groups comprising the Japanese population have enjoyed a better quality of life, while some groups are very dissatisfied with social arrangements and have elected to emigrate. The book is a pioneering endeavour to reveal the detailed structure of quality of life and well-being in Japanese society.

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