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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 Percentage of Japanese women aged 20–49 years in a union who experienced union formation by conception, cohabitation or marriage, by education; 2009

From: The second demographic transition, 1986–2020: sub-replacement fertility and rising cohabitation—a global update

Education level

Conception

Cohabitation

Marriage

Junior high school

33.3

40.5

26.2

High school

18.6

24.9

56.5

Vocational training

18.7

30.5

50.8

College

11.9

16.5

71.6

University

6.8

23.9

69.3

  1. Source: Courtesy of James Raymo; data: Japanese Survey on Family and Economic conditions 2009