Family Structure and Relations in Japan, China, Korea : Collaborative Analysis of Micro-level Datasets.

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A new style of comparative research on family, based on the reciprocal usage of micro-level datasets from comprehensive family surveys carried out in the three countries, has been successfully tried. And finally, the output was published from Sophia University Press titled Changing Families in Northeast Asia : China, Korea, and Japan.Multifaceted results of analysis by the participants can be summarized into two themes:(1) Under the similar conditions characterized by the demographic aspect such as low birth rate and aged society and also by the individualization, families in these three countries have been changing almost in the same direction in spite of difference in timing and speed.(2) At the same time, there are also some clear differences among three countries in terms of intergenerational and marital relations and changing pattern of these relations. It was supposed that difference is caused by the uniqueness of the effect of socio-cultural tradition in each country.