Co-operative Study of the Foster child care and Community Welfare

1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 03301026
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: HATANAKA Munekazu Osaka City Univ. Science of Living, Assistant Prof., 生活科学部, 助教授 (10141855)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKAMOTO Takiko Tokyo Metropolitan Ins.of Gerontology, Social Welfare, Researcher, 社会福祉部門, 研究員 (20142648) ; TARUKAWA Noriko Univ. of Tsukuba,Social Science, Lecturer, 社会科学系, 講師 (00141218) ; KURITA Yoshikatu Okayama Women's J.C.,Pre-school Edu.,Lecturer, 幼児教育科, 講師 (60205200) ; NOGUCHI Katsumi Kurashiki Municipal J.C.,Pre-school Edu. Prof., 保育科, 教授 (30198577) ; MOTOMURA Hiroshi Osaka City Univ., Science of Living, Prof., 生活科学部, 教授 (90047027)
• Project Period (FY): 1991 – 1992
• Keywords: foster child care / foster-parent / okinawa

Research Abstract

1 The top level ranking of foster parent system in Okinawa is considered that the welfare administration lay a stress on the foster parent system comparison with institutional care system.
2 The types of the motive are much more the altruistic motive than the selfish motive in Okinawa.
3 In Okinawa the periods of child care as a foster parent are longer than the national lebel.
4 The numbers of children as a adoption are much more the female than the male.
5 Through the acceptance of foster parent the children about 80 % with the problematic behavior are experienced with the vanishment or reduction of the problems.
6 The ratio of the notice is much more the foster parent than the adoption.
7 The foster parent in Okinawa is supported the feeling of the family with the independence of the blood relationship. But the foster parent having the children of their own lay a stress on the blood relationship comparison with the foster parent having the no children of their own.