@article{1439292,
      recid = {1439292},
      author = {Senda, Yukiko.},
      title = {Pregnancy outcomes of unmarried women in Japan (1995-2015)  : from abortion to birth /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This book provides a key to understanding why there was an  increase in extra-marital fertility in Japan from the 1990s  to the 2010s, particularly between 1995 and 2015, and the  factors which contribute to the multistratification of  unmarried mothers, the number of which has increased  ensuingly. It also allows for international comparison by  providing data on outcomes of extra-marital childbirth.  Previously, it was believed that the idea of a second  demographic transition did not apply to Japan, which had a  relatively low rate of extra-marital fertility. However,  more recently, though still at a low level, a subtle but  gradual rise is seen in the number of women who become  unmarried mothers as a result of births outside marriage.  This trend suggests that the social environment surrounding  pregnancy, childbirth, and marriage is changing. In this  book, various data such as national statistics, nationwide  surveys, and media discourse are analysed with a view to  revealing the factors affecting unmarried women's decisions  when they discover they are pregnant. Various matters are  discussed, such as changes in sexual activity and  contraceptive use, advance in reproductive technology, the  law and government policies pertaining to adoption, social  consciousness towards unwed mothers, the change in  perception of abortion from the religious perspective, and  difference of socioeconomic status depending on the women's  occupation.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439292},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3549-6},
}