Single Women's Life Planning and Relationship with Their Parents

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06797
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Home economics/Human life
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: Okaze Kaoru お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, リサーチフェロー (70783348)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 中年期独身女性 / 生活経営 / 生活設計 / 親子関係 / 経済的自立 / 生活リスク / 貧困 / 家計管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The rate of lifetime non-marriage for Japanese women is rising and women without a husband in their elder years tend to face poverty, therefore, it is very important for single women to plan out to their life. The purpose of this research is to clarify the relationship between their life planning, economic well-being, and the factors that define their status. The major findings are follows:(1)The majority of middle-aged single women’s income did not increase throughout their careers. Consequently, it is presumed that a large share of such women could not plan out to their life. (2)Living with their parents could be beneficial to single women when they were younger: however, living with their parents for a long time has negative effect on single women’s life planning. (3)Managing own household economy and having knowledge about economy and finance facilitate single women’s self-efficacy toward their own living.

Free Research Field

家族社会学、女性労働・キャリア、生活経営、ジェンダー