2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Single-parent Familes' Consciousness and Behavior in Family Life

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23500900
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	Otsuma Women's University (2012-2013) Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College (2011)
Principal Investigator	NAGATA Haruko 大妻女子大学, 家政学部, 助教 (20442030)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	WATANABE Chieko 尚絅学院大学, 生活環境学科, 教授 (30233737)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	父子家庭 / 生活実態
Research Abstract	This study investigated the currenr living conditiions and family life of single-parent families. In the results of this study, there are many single-parents' father who make a high valuation of self-assessment about child-rearing and homemaking skill. Howevre, the results show a low level of life satisfaction and household economics satisfaction. The main supports that they need are economical supports such as tax credits and the cost on to college. Further, in order to support a single-father family life, it is necessary to eliminate support differences between single-mother families and single-father families, biased view and a lack of understanding about single-father families.

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