Divorce in Early Modern Rural Japan: Household and Individual Life Course in Northeastern Villages, 1716-1870
Divorce in Early Modern Rural Japan: Household and Individual Life Course in Northeastern Villages, 1716-1870
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日本近代早期农村的离婚:东北村庄的家庭和个人生活历程,1716-1870 年
DOI:
10.1177/0363199011398428
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发表时间:
2011
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0.6
通讯作者:
S. Kurosu
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作者:
S. Kurosu
Drawing data from the local population registers in two northeastern agricultural villages, this study examines the patterns and factors associated with divorce in preindustrial Japan. Divorce was easy and common during this period. More than two thirds of first marriages dissolved in divorce before individuals reached age fifty. Discrete-time event history analysis is applied to demonstrate how economic condition and household context influenced the likelihood of divorce for females. Risk of divorce was extremely high in the first three years and among uxorilocal marriages. Propensity of divorce increased upon economic stress in the community and among households of lower social status. Presence of parents, siblings, and children had strong bearings on marriage to continue.