2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on Difficulties in Accessing Grocery Stores in an Aging Society with a Declining Birthrate: Trends and Solutions
Project/Area Number |
24580342
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Agro-economics
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Research Institution | Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
Principal Investigator |
Yakushiji Tetsuro 農林水産省農林水産政策研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (20356306)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAHASHI Katsuya 農林水産省農林水産政策研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (20371015)
ASAKAWA Tatsuto 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (40270665)
IWAMA Nobuyuki 茨城キリスト教大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90458240)
TANAKA Koichi 茨城大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (20372716)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 食料品アクセス / フードデザート / 買い物難民 / 買い物弱者 / 食料消費 / 食品摂取 / 店舗への距離 / 高齢者の健康 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We analyzed the difficulties in accessing grocery stores from national, individual, and local perspectives, and derived the implications from doing so for resolving the problem. From the national perspective, we quantitatively revealed the possible increase of people who will experience difficulty in shopping, mainly in urban areas in the future. From the individual perspective, we analyzed the example of a big-city suburban housing complex and clarified the possibility that elderly females experiencing difficulty in shopping are further increasing their food outsourcing and lowering dietary variety, which will have an adverse effect on their health. From the local perspective, we analyzed the example of a shop operated mainly by elderly volunteers in a provincial city. The analysis suggested that the social participation of healthy, active senior citizens will become an important agenda in the future.
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Free Research Field |
食料経済学
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