JAPAN 162 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Chizuko Ueno, Population Control, Child Care
Document Summary
Total japanese fertility rate caused by rise in unmarried population. Stems from hinoue-uma (1966), where all girls born that year were believed to be needy with their husband caused many couples to avoid having children. Ended up becoming a trend in the following years. The causes and impact of the declining birthrate. 1950s: total fertility rate (tfr) fell two tiers. One decade needed to reverse fertility rate from increase to decrease. Population control was not controlled by government, rather individual couples economical reasons ever increasing gap between desired number vs. actual number of children in the family. Having >2 children was a status symbol. Lack of information for women, men did not want to use contraceptives. Generally used by women who accidentally incurred a third pregnancy. Was never really criticized for doing so, natural. Only after this was the government concerned for the declining birthrate.
