The study of effects of citizen participation type interventions on the social capital in the depopulation areas in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330180
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Hokusei Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Nakata Tomoo 北星学園大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (10265051)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKANO Kazuyoshi 九州大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20275431) ; IWAMA Akikoa 立教大学, 社会学部, 教授 (30298088) ; KAWAMURA Gakuto 健康科学大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (30460405) ; KAGAWA Mitsuhiro 島根大学, 法文学部, 教授 (40379665)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 社会関係資本 / コミュニティ / 量的調査 / 質的調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to verify whether the social capital, such as trust and cohesion among residents of local community, increases by the local activities of the residents through quantitative and qualitative research. The repeated survey was conducted to measure the social capital created by the local activities among the residents in the neighborhood association. However, it was not possible to allow the differences in their increment by residents activities, while it has been increased population as a whole. Though these may be either sampling error or sndividual circumstances among the neighborhood associations, such as aging or level of quality of local activities, it was not possible to clarify.

Free Research Field

社会学・地域福祉学