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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Changes of Unequal Structure of Stratification in Modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14510216
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

KANOMATA Nobuo  Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (30204598)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Keywordsstratification / inter-generational mobility / unequal opportunity in mobility / intra-generational mobility / logistic regression / sum of unequal opportunity
Research Abstract

The following findings were obtained as a result of the analyses to detect temporal changes of unequal opportunity in social mobility of Japanese society, distinguishing time, cohort, and age effects. The three points became clear by the analyses of logistic regression model and log linear model to estimate unequal opportunity (tendency of class inheritance). First, the tendency that unequal opportunity decreases as age increases was salient. Second, the sum of unequal opportunity which a society has as a whole has been reduced and equalized as a result of compounding changes by period effect and cohort effect. Third, intra-generational mobility has an effect to equalize unequal opportunity in inter-generational mobility, in several classes, especially self-employed classes.
After all, unequal opportunities in mobility to entry class and in mobility to current class have carried out different temporal changes and have different factors to change, each other. In mobility to entry class, the sum of unequal opportunity was equalized by rapid decrease of farmer's inheritance according to cohort transition, and the distribution of people to classes was remarkably changed into one selected by educational credential from inheritance of father's class. The level of unequal opportunity in mobility to current class was reduced by age effect in comparison with that of mobility to entry class. This means that inter-generational mobility was equalized by intra-generational mobility. As for the result of analyses, unequal opportunity in social mobility of Japanese society showed changes equalized till the 1990s according to reduction of farmers, penetration of the distribution principle to entry class by educational credential, and the equalization effect by intra-generational mobility.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2005 2004

All Journal Article (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] 世代内移動は世代間移動を平等化するか?2005

    • Author(s)
      鹿又 伸夫
    • Journal Title

      社会学評論 55巻4号

      Pages: 384-399

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Does Intra-generational Mobility Equalize Inter-generational Mobility?2005

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo Kanomata
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Sociological Review 55(4)

      Pages: 384-399

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] カテゴリカル地位達成分析にむけて-初職達成分析の試み-2004

    • Author(s)
      鹿又 伸夫
    • Journal Title

      法学研究 77巻1号

      Pages: 19-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 移動機会格差の変動分析:ロジスティック回帰モデルの応用2004

    • Author(s)
      鹿又 伸夫
    • Journal Title

      理論と方法 19巻2号

      Pages: 251-264

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Toward the Categorical Status Attainment Analysis A Trial Analysis on the First Job Attainment2004

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo Kanomata
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Law, Politics and Sociology(Hougaku Kenkyuu) 77(1)

      Pages: 19-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Analysis to Detect Changes of Unequal Opportunity in Social Mobility: An Application of Binary Logistic Regression Model2004

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo Kanoinata
    • Journal Title

      Sociological Theory and Methods 19(2)

      Pages: 251-264

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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