This paper examines the ecological determinants of contemporary Japanese divorce rates on the prefectural level. LISREL … are significant predictors of divorce rate. Our analysis demonstrates that sex ratio, female labor force participation … divorce rate. Our findings also confirm the well-supported hypothesis that both population density and modernization …

Data from the 1985-86 Japanese census are analysed to explore the determinants of the divorce rates in Japan's forty … predicting Japanese divorce levels than (b), the human capital model. Female emigration patterns play a significant role in … affecting the divorce rate. Population increase and net household income are also important predictors of the Japanese divorce …