Comprehensive Study of Family Formation of Cross-cultural Couples in Japan Combining quantitative and qualitative analysis

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530676
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Aichi Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Takeshita Shuko 愛知学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (60454360)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ISHIKAWA Yoshitaka 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (30115787) ; HANAOKA Kazumasa 東北大学, 災害科学国際研究所, 助教 (90454511)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 国際結婚 / 家族形成 / 移動パターン / イスラーム教育 / ロジットモデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyze the destination choices of new immigrants and foreign residents moving within Japan in the period 2005-2010, using micro data from the 2010 Population Census. Two major finding are obtained: First, among three theoretical perspectives (effect of labour market conditions, attraction to co-ethnic communities, and spatial distribution of marital opportunities), empirical validity of marital opportunities is the smallest. Second, although there is an obvious distance-decay tendency in internal migration, foreign residents have shown the tendency of dispersal, including suburbanization.
We also conducted interviews on Japanese-Turkish families to examine the relationship between social and human capital regarding religious and language education among Japanese-Turkish families in Japan. Even in the families who do not have the advantage of human capital, religious and language education is maintained in the community, where human and social capital mutually complement one another.

Free Research Field

家族社会学