The longitudinal study for the sustainability of living and the evaluation of community empowerment in a marginal community

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04198
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Musashino University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Yuichi 武蔵野大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (70412921)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 限界集落 / 地域住民 / エンパワメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has documented what has changed in the marginal community between 2009 and 2019. It means this research has tried to examine the changing process of the super-aged community in a decade. It is observed that the percentage of the old-old population is still growing up in this community. On the other hand, it is decreased that who has a tea meeting with neighbors and getting information through a circular notice, and a commitment to the community problem. According to the other results of the analysis, a number of meetings with neighbors and the variety of the information which was exchanged with neighbors have related to the power of community residents. This result suggests there is a relationship among the opportunity of the tea meeting, the circular notice, and the commitment of the community problem.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

はじめに、限界集落と呼ばれる極端に高齢化した地域において、10年間の縦断的な繰り返し横断調査を実施し、その変化を測定した点に意義がある。
次に、地域住民のパワー、住民同士の支え合い、社会的孤立、サポート期待、永住希望等々を、全戸訪問により調査した点である。また、限界集落はサンプルも小規模で、分析に十分ではないこともある。本研究では、繰り返しの調査で、変数間の関連の分析に十分なデータを確保することができた点で学術的に意義がある。
我が国の高齢化率はより高まり、各地域には多くの限界集落が生み出される可能性が高い。本調査はその先端を担い、限界集落における持続可能な生活を検討する意味で社会的な意義がある。