Author Description

About the Author Noriko O. Tsuya is professor in the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in Tokyo and director of the 1994 National Survey on Work and Family Life in Japan. Larry L. Bumpass is N. B. Ryder Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and codirector of the National Survey of Families and Households. Product Description This volume examines family change in Korea, Japan, and the United States, allowing us to contrast the collective emphasis of a Confucian social heritage with the individualism of the West. An impressive group of demographers and family sociologists considers such questions as: How do family patterns vary within countries and across societies? How essential are marriage and parenthood? How does female employment vary based on family factors and do these factors affect employment across societies?