Impacts of the Internet on the time budget of housewives living in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

• Project/Area Number: 23720407
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Joetsu University of Education (2012-2013); Tokyo Metropolitan University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: YABE Naoto 上越教育大学, 学校教育研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10534068)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 時間地理学 / 活動日誌 / 生活時間 / 主婦 / インターネット / 都心 / 郊外 / 東京 / 都市地理学 / 人口回帰 / ICT / 東京大都市圏 / 都心部 / 就業主婦 / 家事

Research Abstract

After the late 1990s, population recovery or "gentrification" has become increasingly common in central Tokyo. Activity diary survey for housewives living in central Tokyo was done to clarify the difference between city center and suburbs. The impact of the Internet on their time budget has also analyzed. As a result, housewives living in central Tokyo devoted less time for housekeeping tasks than housewives living in suburbs of Tokyo. It is also found that the Internet services such as e-shopping reduce physical housekeeping time for working mothers living in central Tokyo.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Time Budgets of Working Mothers Living in Central Tokyo (2014)
  • Author(s): 矢部直人
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) Volume: 123 Issue: 2 Pages: 269-284
  • DOI: 10.5026/jgeography.123.269
  • NAID: 130004551254
  • ISSN: 0022-135X, 1884-0884
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Time budgets of working mothers living in central Tokyo : An analysis on the impacts of Internet (2013)
  • Author(s): Yabe, N
  • Organizer: 2013 IGU (International Geographical Union) Kyoto Regional Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto (Kyoto International Conference Center), Japan
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-05
• [Presentation] 東京都心部に居住する主婦の生活時間―系列パターンの分析― (2013)
  • Author(s): 矢部直人
  • Organizer: 2013年GRECO 会(空間の理論研究会)
  • Place of Presentation: 東京(首都大学東京秋葉原サテライトキャンパス)
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-31
• [Presentation] 東京都心部に居住する主婦の生活時間 (2013)
  • Author(s): 矢部直人
  • Organizer: 2013年GRECO会（空間の理論研究会）
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大学東京秋葉原キャンパス
• [Presentation] 2000年代の東京都心部における人口増加の特徴―国勢調査小地域集計データの分析― (2012)
  • Author(s): 矢部直人
  • Organizer: 日本地理学会2012年秋季学術大会シンポジウム(脱成長社会の日本の三大都市圏の変容 発表番号S1304)
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸(神戸大学)
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-07
• [Presentation] 2000年代の東京都心部における人口増加の特徴 (2012)
  • Author(s): 矢部直人
  • Organizer: 日本地理学会2012年秋季学術大会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学
• [Presentation] Time budgets of working mothers living in central Tokyo: An analysis on the impacts of Internet
  • Author(s): Naoto Yabe
  • Organizer: IGU Kyoto Regional Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 国立京都国際会館（京都市）