A comparative study of family capital and the independence of young women transitioning from education to the workforce

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23500898
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General human life sciences
• Research Institution: Kobe Shoin Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEDA MICHI 神戸松蔭女子学院大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (00144634)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHOHO Masae 福山市立大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00249583) ; YAMASHITA Miki ノートルダム清心女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (40289187) ; OISHI Mika 鎌倉女子大学, 家政学部, 准教授 (80298249)
• Research Collaborator: TAHIRA K. Hira 前アイオワ州立大学 ; HASHINAGA Makiko 長岡大学
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 家族資源 / 経済的資源 / 精神的資源 / キャリアデザイン / 生きづらさ / ライフコース / 奨学金返済不安 / 女子大学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on female college students searching for employment as part of the transitional stage from education to the workforce, and investigated and elucidated the situation where family capital discourages female labor force participation and the lack of non-familial social capital, through investigation of factors such as students, guardians, universities, and public assistance organizations.
We performed a qualitative investigation and a quantitative investigation among Iowa State University and a Japanese women's college. As a result of Interview investigation. the counseling service of Iowa State University was more abundant than the counseling service a Japanese women's college. Results of questionary survey show that present role-sharing by their parents greatly influenced the expected life course of these students and that an awareness of the “division of roles by gender” conditioned expectations for their future life course.

Free Research Field

家政学