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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Trends of women's re-entering the labor force and their work-life-balance in post-child-care stage

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 21730425
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionMeisei University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Junko  明星大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (90350280)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2012
Keywords家族 / 親族 / 人口 / ワークライフバランス
Research Abstract

Many women re-enter the labor force when their children are still pre-school age. The result of this research show that the major career pattern of Japanese women, that is, quit working at their childbirth, and re-enter the labor force as part-time employees after a few years; is detrimental to their mental health. In addition, the comparative analysis in Japan and Korea indicate that the labor market structure and social norm, in terms of marginalized position of non-standard employment and the norm of being a “good” mother, influence on work-life-balance of women in post child-care stage.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] ワーク・ファミリー・コンフリクトの規定要因とその帰結-ジェンダーおよびライフステージによる差異に注目して2011

    • Author(s)
      西村純子
    • Journal Title

      生活協同組合研究

      Volume: 427 Pages: 26-32

  • [Journal Article] Socioeconomic Status and Depression across Japan, Korea, and China: Exploring the Impact of Labor Market Structures2011

    • Author(s)
      Nishimur, Juko
    • Journal Title

      Social Science & Medicine

      Volume: 73 Pages: 604-614

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] What Determines Employment of Women with Infants: Comparisons between Japan and US2010

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura , Junko
    • Journal Title

      明星大学社会学研究紀要

      Volume: 30 Pages: 17-26

  • [Journal Article] 女性の働き方とストレス-- 仕事と家事・子育てとの両立のコツは2010

    • Author(s)
      西村 純子
    • Journal Title

      季刊ひょうご経済

      Volume: 108 Pages: 8-13

  • [Presentation] What determines employment of Japanese women withinfants: Comparisons Among NationalFamily Research of Japan (NFJR) 1998,2003, and 20082013

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      InternationalSociological Association ResearchCommittee 06 2013 Spring Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Taipei
    • Year and Date
      20130328-30
  • [Presentation] Women's employmentand mental health in Japan2010

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      NationalCouncil on Family Relations 2010Annual Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Minneapolis, USA
    • Year and Date
      20101103-06
  • [Presentation] 育児期の女性の就業とメンタルヘルスに関するパネルデータ分析2010

    • Author(s)
      西村純子
    • Organizer
      第20回日本家族社会学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      成城大学
    • Year and Date
      20100911-12
  • [Presentation] Women's employment and mental health in Japan2010

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      XVIIInternational SociologicalAssociation World Congress ofSociology
    • Place of Presentation
      Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Year and Date
      20100711-17
  • [Presentation] Women's employment and mental health in Japan2010

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      KeioUniversity GCOE The Center ofGovernance for Civil Society,International Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Keio University
    • Year and Date
      20100305-06
  • [Presentation] Human resources, household economy, social support, andwomen's employment in the U.S. andJapan2009

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      104th American SociologicalAssociation Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco
    • Year and Date
      20090807-11
  • [Presentation] Socioeconomic status and mental health in East Asia2009

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      International SociologicalAssociation Research Committee 28 2009Summer Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      NewHaven, at Yale University
    • Year and Date
      20090803-06
  • [Presentation] Women's employmentand mental health: Japanese women inchild-care stage2009

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Organizer
      InternationalSociological Association ResearchCommittee 28 2009 Spring Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Renmin University ofChina in Beijing
    • Year and Date
      20090514-16
  • [Book] Determinants of Employment of Women with Infants,Shigeto Tanaka (Ed.) A QuantitativePicture of Contemporary JapaneseFamilies: Tradition and Modernity inthe 21st Century2013

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Total Pages
      235-254
    • Publisher
      Tohoku UniversityPress
  • [Book] Women's employment, family-role overload, and mentalhealth, In K. Ishihara, & R. Tabuchi(Eds.), Changing families in NortheastAsia: Comparative analysis of China, Korea, and Japan2012

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, Junko
    • Total Pages
      159-178
    • Publisher
      Sophia UniversityPress

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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