A Study of Marriage Problem of the Japanese Farmhouse Male and Socioeconomic Differentials by Economic Approach

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26660183
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: Tottori University of Environmental Studies
• Principal Investigator: NISIMURA NORIKO 公立鳥取環境大学, 経営学部, 教授 (00351875)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ISHIDA Masaaki 龍谷大学, 農学部, 教授 (80144228) ; SENDA Tetsuji 京都大学, 学術情報メディアセンター, 准教授 (00325325)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 農家男性 / 結婚難 / 社会経済格差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to examine the marriage difficulty of Japanese farm’s male by the socioeconomic factors, using the individual data of "the 2010 world agricultural and forestry census" and the anonymized data of "the 2002 Employment Status Survey". The following results were obtained: The marriage difficulty of farmhouse males was explained by low family income and low agricultural income. Moreover, females request not only better living standard but the worthwhile job for a marriage partner.

Free Research Field

人口経済学