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Living environments, infant mortality and disease in modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24530397
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic history
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Tomobe kenichi  大阪大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (00227646)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords乳児死亡 / 疾病構造 / 生活環境 / 死亡統計 / 出生力 / 主体均衡 / 工業化 / 都市化 / 家族経済
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project researched on the relationship between industrialization, urbanization mortality and disease environment, as indexes of standards of living of the contemporary people in Japan, on the context of household economy changed at the process of modernization of Japan. Especially, much attention will be paid to how the changing living environment came from the change of infectious disease like tuberculosis and so on gave affect to their standards of living measured by ingfant mortality, marital fertility and physical indexes such as height and weight of children.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] How the infant mortality was reduced in the early- twentieth century Osaka2014

    • Author(s)
      Tomobe,kenichi & Higami Emiko
    • Journal Title

      Sociology Study

      Volume: 4(5) Pages: 446-460

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] the construction of cause-of-death statistics database of modern Japan-part (2): regional variations of mortality2014

    • Author(s)
      Tomobe,Kenichi & Hanashima, Makoto
    • Journal Title

      Osaka Economic Papers

      Volume: 64(2) Pages: 145-164

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The construction of cause-of-death statistics database of modern Japan, Part(1):issues and approaches2013

    • Author(s)
      Hanashima,Makoto&Tomobe,Kenichi
    • Journal Title

      Osaka Economic Papers

      Volume: 63 Pages: 179-197

    • NAID

      120005764092

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本の工業化・都市化・結核:再考「女工と結核」2013

    • Author(s)
      花島誠人・友部謙一
    • Journal Title

      適塾

      Volume: 46 Pages: 53-64

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Urbanization, industrialization and Mortality in modern Japan: a spacio-temporal perspective2012

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Hanashima&kenichi Tomobe
    • Journal Title

      Annals of GIS

      Volume: 18(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 57-70

    • DOI

      10.1080/19475683.2011.647078

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 絹・綿・女工:近代日本の結核罹患2016

    • Author(s)
      花島誠人・友部謙一
    • Organizer
      グローバル日本研究国際シンポジウム 開く日本・閉じる日本-「人間移動学」事始め-
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学基礎工学部Σホール
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Fertility, infant mortality and economic development in Tokugawa Japan : subjective equilibrium of peasant household and market economy2015

    • Author(s)
      Kenichi Tomobe
    • Organizer
      The XVIIth World Economic History Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      京都国際会議場
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What's the most important was to reduce the infant mortality rate:A scheme at Osaka city of the early 20th century2014

    • Author(s)
      Higami,Emiko&Tomobe,kenichi
    • Organizer
      European Social Science History Association
    • Place of Presentation
      ウィーン大学(オーストリア)
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-23 – 2014-04-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Urban laboring poor against Infant Mortality at Osaka city of the early 20th century: Who saved babies?2013

    • Author(s)
      Higami,Emiko&Tomobe,kenichi
    • Organizer
      the 38th Meeting of the Social Science History Association
    • Place of Presentation
      シカゴ・米国
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Regional Variation of Mortality in Modern Japan: Silk, Cotton, and Tuberculosis2013

    • Author(s)
      Hanashima,Makoto&Tomobe,kenichi
    • Organizer
      the 38th Meeting of the Social Science History Association
    • Place of Presentation
      シカゴ・米国
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The expansion of proto-industrialization and the change of interest rates in the credit/loan market: the case of Choshu-han domain in Japan c. the late 17th century to the middle 19th century2013

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka,Miho&Tomobe,Kenichi
    • Organizer
      the 38th Meeting of the Social Science History Association
    • Place of Presentation
      シカゴ・米国
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The construction of cause-death statistics database of modern Japan: issues and approache2012

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Hanashima, Kenichi Tomobe, Emiko Higami
    • Organizer
      the 37th Meeting of the Social Science History Association
    • Place of Presentation
      The Westin Bayshore,Vancouver, Canada
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Environmental History in East Asia: Interdisciplinary perspectives2014

    • Author(s)
      Higami,Emiko&Tomobe,Kenichi
    • Total Pages
      400
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN EAST ASIA:Interdisciplinary Perspectives2013

    • Author(s)
      Higami Emiko&Kenichi Tomobe
    • Total Pages
      400
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 社会経済史学の課題と展望2012

    • Author(s)
      友部謙一
    • Total Pages
      434
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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