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Aging in rural Japan — Limitations in the current social care policy
Author(s)	Kimiko Tanaka, Miho Iwasawa
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 22, no 4, October-December 2010
Publisher	Routledge, October-December 2010
Pages	pp 394-406
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Annotation	Owing to equal and increased opportunities for education and employment, today's trend in Japanese marriages is characterized by late and less frequent marriage. This paper discusses unavoidable diversity in rural families to point out the anticipated consequences of aging in rural areas and to discuss limitations in current public social care policies. Specifically, the averaged proportion of never-married and single persons at ages 45 to 49 and 50 to 54 in legally recognized depopulated cities, towns, and villages in Japan is calculated to illustrate the expected diversity in families in rural depopulated areas. It also illustrates the need for future studies to develop better social care policies for increasing numbers of single caregivers and single elders. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-101122219 A
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