Comprehensive study of social design for adapting to shrinking population

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22530532
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: AKAGAWA MANBU 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (10273062)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人口減少 / 社会構想 / 地域づくり

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main topic of my project has been regional construction under shrinking population over the past five years. I completed questionnaire surveys on the people living in three cities in Nagano Prefecture. Through this process, I confirmed that social capital which is composed of the sense of trust and reciprocity, and close social network increases self-rated health and life satisfaction among the population, in short, well-being. Moreover, I pinpointed what elements in social capital influences the variables.
And I reported our findings in front of some of the people who responded the surveys. I will try to publish a book which contains my findings in order to return my findings to society.

Free Research Field

社会学