Comparative study on gender and networks of child care & child development between Japan and Korea: In the era of family diversity and economic stratification

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530620
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education
• Principal Investigator: YAMANE Mari 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20242894)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): LEE Kyongwon 岡山大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (90263425)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 子育て・子育ち / 日韓比較 / ジェンダー / ネットワーク / child care & development / Japan & Korea / gender / social network

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted semi-structured interview research on gender relations and social networks concerning child care and child development. Informants are parents of children in early childhood. We corrected 15 case data in Daegu, Changwon and Chuncheon in Korea and 11 case data in Aichi, Japan.
Through analyses on WLB in Korea, it is confirmed that many informants are supported by mixture of formal system and informal networks. It is considered by Aichi data as follow. 1) Spread of parental leave has brought both calm and confident child care life stage for working mothers and reinforcement of gender role. 2) Whereas men talk they are responsible for child care, mother centered child care pattern has existed.

Free Research Field

家族社会学