Title: Significance of the 8th National Fertility Survey (National Survey on Marriage and Fertility)

POPLINE Document Number: 245665

Corporate Author(s):

Japan. Office of Statistical Standards

Source citation:

Statistical Notes of Japan, 1983 Mar;(40):49-57.

Abstract:

A description of the 8th National Fertility Survey of Japan, which was scheduled to be conducted in June 1982, is presented. A brief analysis of recent fertility trends is first provided, and the methodology of the survey is outlined. The main topics covered by the survey include trends in marriage patterns; attitudes toward marriage, including age at marriage; factors affecting age at marriage; changes in marital fertility, fertility attitudes, and birth intervals; ideal family size; contraceptive knowledge among the unmarried; and induced abortion among the married.

Keywords:

Japan
Fertility Surveys
Fertility
Attitude
Marriage Patterns
Marriage Age
Birth Intervals
Family Size, Ideal
Knowledge
Abortion
Survey Methodology
Surveys
Government Publication
Developed Countries
Asia, Eastern
Asia
Fertility Measurements
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Psychological Factors
Behavior
Marriage
Nuptiality
Family Size
Family Characteristics
Family and Household
Fertility Control, Postconception
Family Planning
Sampling Studies
Studies
Research Methodology