Household Size, Household Structure, and Developmental Cycle of a Japanese Village: Eighteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
The number of households of a small village in northeastern Japan increased 1.5-fold in the 110 yearsfrom 1760 to 1870. The mean household size also rose from about five to six persons during the same period. These developments were closely related to the socio-economic conditions of the village. Th...
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Published in | Journal of family history Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 239 - 260 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Thousand Oaks, CA
Sage Publications
1995
Sage Publications, Inc National Council on Family Relations SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC |
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Summary: | The number of households of a small village in northeastern
Japan increased 1.5-fold in the 110 yearsfrom 1760 to 1870. The mean household
size also rose from about five to six persons during the same period. These
developments were closely related to the socio-economic conditions of the
village. The changes, however, did not occur in a homogeneous fashion across
different socio-economic classes. There were clear differences in these trends,
particularly between landed peasant and landless peasant households. This
article also examines the changes in household structure, using the Hammel
and Laslett's typology, and confirms the basic developmental cycle. There
existed some notable differences between different socio-economic classes in
terms of the types of household transition and also of the likelihood of the
transition. |
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ISSN: | 0363-1990 1552-5473 |
DOI: | 10.1177/036319909502000302 |