2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Socio-ecological Analysis of Effect of Electrification towards Life and Family Relation Structures of Local People in North Thailand
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10680126
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
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| Research Institution | Otsuma Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
MASUMOTO Kimio Institute of Human Living Sciences, Otsuma Women's University Professor, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (80245349)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KASAI Naomi Niigata University, Assorted Professor, 教育人間科学部, 助教授 (20255243)
OHSAWA Seiji Professor Otsuma Women's University, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (50114046)
TAKAISHI Masahiro Professor Otsuma Women's University, 人間生活科学研究所, 教授 (50077187)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2000
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| Keywords | socio-ecological analysis / electrification / life and family relation structures / local people / North Thailand / research / consciousness, behavior and values. |
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| Research Abstract |
Since 1992, an ongoing research on the effects of electrification towards life and family-relation structures of local people has been held in a small village of North Thailand. After electrification at the end of 1996, a massive amount of external information flowed into the village through TV.Since then the villagers' consciousness, behavior, and values have been changing dynamically. During 1998-2000 FY, this research was supported by the Monbusho Grant-in-aid for scientific research. All the data collected by field surveys have been statistically analyzed and cleared interaction among the influential factors and its dynamism.
Effected by the social information development and the commodity of economical advancement, people and the community have been dramatically transfiguring. For the purpose of increasing their incomes, the villagers change working forms, such as going to urban areas, extra-work under electrified lights, etc. In the meantime, they have deepened their awareness of higher education. Consumer interest and higher education have caused the rapid mobility of villagers and the small-sized or dispersed families. According to the survey in October 2001, approximately 21.5 % of the villagers were out of their community for working or studying.
The results of the analysis have been published in academic journals, announced at scientific and educational meetings held both in Japan and Thailand, and submitted to both administrative and educational agents of the Thai Government.
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