Women's poverty and power intra-household

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25360038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Toriyama Madoka 北海道大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40459962)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSYMOTO Ichiro 北海道大学, 教育学研究院, 教授 (20199863) ; FUJIWARA Risa 北星学園大学短期大学部, 生活創造学科, 教授 (80341684) ; NAKAZAWA Kaori 旭川大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (80640474) ; YOSHINAKA Toshiko 神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (70434800)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IWATA Mika 法政大学, 現代福祉学部, 教授 (30305924) ; SUZUKI Kayo 愛知学院大学, 総合政策学部, 講師 (90624346)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 女性の貧困 / 権力関係 / ケア / 母子生活支援施設 / 資源配分

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, we conducted empirical researches about maternal and child living support facilities in Hokkaido. The aim of these researches are gaining empirical data for discussion about relation between women's poverty and their power intra-household.
These researches revealed; 1. many women suffered abuse(physical, mental and economical) in their childhood or married life. They took over main care and housework-role even as their vulnerable resources. 2. in current life, these women's household resources were too tight. So they struggled for managing resource allocation. Often, they made it a priority to their children's needs. So women's own needs received a low priority as a result.

Free Research Field

教育福祉論、社会福祉論