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¥750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was to establish a basis, by using a historical demographic approach, for the study of social transformation processes in the Middle Eastern cities, particularly in Syrian cities from the latter half of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century In both summers of 2006 and 2007, surveys were carried out in Syria, and total 1332 data of marriage contracts of Damascus city in 1934 had been collected. 30 items from each contract were selected, abstracted and input In addition, data check and cleaning had been also finished.
Through basic analysis of the above mentioned data, the following results have been achieved, the average number of marriages per month was 111, much more contracts were concluded in May and September-November (from 140 to 160). As far as Damascus was concerned, the mean age for men was 29.4, while for women 20.6 (for the first married women 17.2). These are reasonably to be expected.
The remarriage rate in 1934 (29.8%)
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shows a considerable increase from that between 1902 and 1908 (14.2%). It might be due to a marked decline in the sex ratio of the Muslim population in Damascus in the late nineteenth century, or war damages of W WI and the Great Syrian Revolt (1925-1927). Contrary to our expectation, the range of marriage of Damascenes in 1934 had become possibly narrower than 1910s.
One of the great 'discoveries' of this research was earned by the analysis of occupation data. Althoughnot yet sufficiently analyzed, we suppose that occupation was an important decision-making factor of spouse selection. Father's survival rate for both spouses, by counting 'dead' recorded in father's occupation, shows short life expectancy at that time. More than half of both men and women between ages 30 and 34 had already lost their fathers by death. Particularly for women after age thirty its rate sharply declines. We suppose that the fact is much important for women's nuptiality trends.
In addition, we collected laws and regulations relating to marriage between 1881 and 1931, and translated them (written in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic or French) into Japanese. Less
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