2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A STUDY ON THE AGING-PROBLEM IN "LONG-LIFE VILLAGE"
| Project/Area Number |
13410061
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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| Research Institution | MEIJI-GAKUIN UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
HARADA Katsuhiro MEIJI-GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, PROFESSOR, 社会学部, 教授 (40062153)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIZUTANI Hisao Meiji-Gakuin University, Department of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (90157503)
MATSUSHIMA Kiyoshi Meiji-Gakuin University, Department of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (10062176)
SHIMODAHIRA Hiromi Sinshu University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (20086979)
MURAKAMI Masaaki Meiji-Gakuin University, Department of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (00129694)
KINJO Kazuo Okinawa University, Department of Humanity, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (10149891)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2003
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| Keywords | AGED PERSON / AGING PROBLEM / ISOLATED ISLANDS / DEPOPULATED AREA / LOCAL COMMUNITY |
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| Research Abstract |
In This Project, We are continued to the Research of an aged person who lived at isolated islands of 'Amami and Okinawa' Area in south Japan. Our research perspective of the project is on 'Aging Problem' that Aged person confronted with some crisis as the difficult in their social life. The aspect of this problem in the isolated islands is different from the industrialized big city area. We think 3points as follows from this project data and findings.
(1) The transition process from their occupational life to unoccupational old age is much more gradual and gently compare with the employed worker in urban city. (2)In those isolated islands, the traditional collaboration of family and community is strong, and the reciprocal support to older person in their village is well-established as a peculiar folkways.(3)the generation of more than 7Oold people in 'Hateruma' island have their proper experiences of Wartime that they must be forced the evacuation and many people died of disease, therefore their social cohesion may strong.
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