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Personal Networks and Social Lives

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11610173
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

MIZOBE Aiko  Kanazawa University, The Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90127142)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
KeywordsPersonal Networks / Elderly Care / Generation / Support Networks / Social Consciousness of Traditional Ie / 在宅介護 / 施設介護 / ネットワーク / 高齢者 / 介護 / 伝統意識 / C.Sフィッシャー
Research Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between the choice of residence for the aged and their support networks. We did a random-sample survey (using uestionnaires) of 432 adults in Kanazawa city in 2000 October. The data contains 263 cases of males and females, aged from 20 to 64. The response rate is 60.9%. The analysis of the data provides the following findings :
1. Respondents who can expect that they will spend their declining years with their spouses, are more likely to opt for staying at home when they need care.
2. As for males, men who can expect to be Cared for by their own children are more likely to choose to stay at home before going into a nursing home, When they need care.
3. The support network size in everyday life is not significantly relate to choice regarding type of care, It consists of three types, staying at home, going into a public nursing home, and living at a private elderly presidential home.
4. 28.0% of respondents aged from 40 to 64 choose to go into a public nursing home when they need care in the future, while only 12.8% of respondents aged from 20 to 39 choose to stay in a public nursing home in their old age. The younger generation may prefer a private elderly residential home. The reason for this is, it is considered that the older generation puts trust in the system of public nursing homes, but the younger generation does not. The problem of young people's general distrust in the elderly welfare system will have to be discussed as one of the main political issues in the neairfuture.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All Other

All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 金沢大学文学部社会学研究室: "ネットワークと社会生活"金沢大学文学部社会学研究室. 1-106 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Division of Sociology Faculty of Letters at Kanazawa University ed.: "Network and Social Life - The Survey on Social Network and Community Life -"Division of Sociology, Faculty of Letters at Kanazawa University. 1-106 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1999-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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