Investigation of the development conditions of support systems for childcaring in the nuclear family

1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 02807220
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Nursing
• Research Institution: The Red Cross College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: HIRASAWA Mieko The Red Cross College of Nursing Professor School of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 教授 (40211510)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUOKA Megumi Tokyo Medical and Dental University Associate Professor, 保健衛生学科・看護学専攻・臨床看護, 助教授
• Project Period (FY): 1990 – 1992
• Keywords: Bearing & caring child in the nuclear family / Research on consciousness of parenthood / Taking parent's role / Social support network / Support system

Research Abstract

In this research, the objects are couples consisting of 1110 people in the average age of 29.7 years as for wives and 32.6 years as for husbands. The households of these couples is for 83% of the nuclear family type. The husband's occupation is in the 70% of the cases of employee of company and 82% of the wives are housewives. 67% of the couples live in collective housing. Couples have a low participation in community activities and also anxiety for pregnancy and childcaring each other. In taking the parenthood role, wives are at higher position on the whole, but after one year and half of childbearing, wives have lower positions. The main social supporters of the wives which wives find support in daily living are husband, their real mothers and mothers-in-law. There are seven concrete ways for developing conditions of support systems. : I Promotion of babysitters. 2 Completing of day nurseries. 3 Offering of childcaring leaves and time to husbands. 4 Promotion of husband in community service. 5 Taking care for husband when tired by childcaring. 6 Promotion of civilian self activity groups. 7 Support systematization in the community.