Marriage and Women's Health in Japan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2286752
AutoresSojung Lim (0000-0002-7276-1170, Utah State University, autor correspondente), James M Raymo (0000-0001-6766-685X, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Ano2016
Volume78
Fascículo3
Páginas780-796
Data de publicação2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jomf.12298
PMID30774150
OpenAlexW2341054008
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas49

In this study, we evaluate alternative hypotheses about the potentially harmful or beneficial effects of marriage on women's health and examine the factors underlying observed relationships between marriage and health. Using data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, an annual survey of a nationally representative sample of Japanese women (N = 1,610), our study advances current scholarship on marriage and health by focusing on a context characterized by a high degree of gender inequality. Results from models employing different approaches to the potential role of health-related selection into marriage consistently indicate that marriage is associated with better mental and physical health and that the lower levels of employment among married women play an important role in explaining this relationship. Our findings highlight the importance of considering how the specific pathways linking marriage and health may vary across societies with different gender and institutional contexts

Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Mental health · Panel data · Scholarship · Survey data collection · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology