Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2010 Oct;22(4):394-406. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2010.507651.
Owing to equal and increased opportunities for education and employment, today's trend in Japanese marriages is characterized by late and less frequent marriage. This paper discusses unavoidable diversity in rural families to point out the anticipated consequences of aging in rural areas and to discuss limitations in current public social care policies. Specifically, the averaged proportion of never-married and single persons at ages 45 to 49 and 50 to 54 in legally recognized depopulated cities, towns, and villages in Japan is calculated to illustrate the expected diversity in families in rural depopulated areas. It also illustrates the need for future studies to develop better social care policies for increasing numbers of single caregivers and single elders.
由于教育和就业机会均等且有所增加，当今日本婚姻的趋势是晚婚且结婚频率降低。本文讨论了农村家庭不可避免的多样性，指出了农村地区老龄化的预期后果，并讨论了现行公共社会关怀政策的局限性。具体来说，计算了日本法律认定的人口减少城市、城镇和村庄中 45 至 49 岁和 50 至 54 岁从未结婚和单身者的平均比例，以说明农村人口减少地区家庭的预期多样性。它还说明了未来研究为日益增多的单身照顾者和单身老人制定更好的社会关怀政策的必要性。
