Single Motherhood, Living Arrangements, and Time With Children in Japan

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Raymo, James M. Park, Hyunjoon Iwasawa, Miho Zhou, Yanfei
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Journal: Journal of Marriage and Family The authors examined relationships between single parenthood and mothers' time with children in Japan. Using data from the 2011 National Survey of Households with Children (N = 1,926), they first demonstrate that time spent with children and the frequency of shared dinners are significantly lower for single mothers than for their married counterparts. For single mothers living alone, less time with children reflects long work hours and work‐related stress. Single mothers coresiding with parents spend less time with children and eat dinner together less frequently than either married mothers or their unmarried counterparts not living with parents, net of (grand)parental support, work hours, income, and stress. The findings suggest that rising divorce rates and associated growth in single‐mother families may have a detrimental impact on parents' time with children in Japan and that the relatively high prevalence of intergenerational coresidence among single mothers may do little to temper this impact.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128508/pdf
Ending Page	861
Page Count	19
Starting Page	843
ISSN	00222445
e-ISSN	17413737
DOI	10.1111/jomf.12126
Journal	Journal of Marriage and Family
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	76
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2014-07-03
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Journal of Marriage and Family Family Interaction Living Arrangements Nonmarital Parenting Single‐parent Families
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Anthropology Social Work