Demographic Change and the Family in Japan¬s Aging Society

Incorporating qualitative and quantitative data and research methods from both demography and social anthropology, this book explores demographic trends in contemporary Japan's rapidly aging society. The contributors describe and analyze trends by addressing the ways in which demographic change is experienced in the context of family. The book considers the social effects, welfare issues, and private and public responses to demographic change and how this change has influenced the experiences of family caregivers and the elderly themselves. It offers both a specific regional contribution to the emerging field of demographic anthropology and an anthropological contribution to cross-disciplinary research on aging.Traphagan, John W. is the author of 'Demographic Change and the Family in Japan¬s Aging Society' with ISBN 9780791456491 and ISBN 0791456498.