1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
RESIDENTIAL SEARCH BEHAVIOR AND URBAN HOUSING MARKET FROM THE VIEW OF GENDER
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09680165
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
WAKABAYASHI Yoshiki Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Science, Associate Professor, 理学研究科, 助教授 (70191723)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YANO Keiji Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (30210305)
YUI Yoshimichi Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (80243525)
KAMIYA Hiroo Kanazawa University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40192546)
KAGEYAMA Honami Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Assistant Professor, 文教育学部, 助手 (00302993)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Keywords | Gender / Housing market / Residential choice / Multi-method approach / Tokyo Metropolitan Area / Single women |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to analyze the residential choice process of single women and factors affecting this process. To identify these factors, this study adopted a multi-method approach which is expected to compensate the limitations of quantitative and qualitative methods. This study used four types of data obtained from (a) census data, (b) questionnaire survey, (c) focus group interview, and (d) in-depth interview. The results obtained can be summarized as follows:
(1) In 1995, the number of the households of single women at the ages of 30-39 remarkably increased at a rate of 24% during the past five years. As a result, real estate companies have interested in this subgroup of the household as a novel target in the housing market.
(2) Spatial distribution of single women at this ages concentrates western part of inner area in the vicinities of the CBD, which implies that they attach importance to the accessibility of their workplace. This reasoning was tested by analyzing the questionnaire data. The result of the analysis shows that the most of the samples work at offices in and around the CBD engaging in clerical or professional jobs; their commuting times are less than 60 minutes being below its average of Tokyo. In addition, the majority of the samples show centripetal migration patterns. Their reason for residential choice further confirmed our reasoning mentioned above.
(3) A qualitative analysis of the interview data not only confirms the facts elicited by the quantitative method but also shows that security of the residential environment is an important factor affecting the choice.
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