2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Qualitative Study on Contemporary Poverty : From the Survey of the Poverty Areas

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19330131
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Prefectural University of Hiroshima
Principal Investigator	TSURU Tamiko Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (00236952)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TAKABAYASHI Hideaki 熊本学園大学, 社会福祉学部 (00305781)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	貧困 / 失業 / 家族 / 質的研究 / 社会保障 / 公的扶助
Research Abstract	As a result of analyses of the narrative by residents, it was clarified that the main posture and action face to changes(events) at labor and the family life are "self-defense", "individual struggle" or "individual resistance", and that "socialization" of the situation and the problem was rare. Personal correspondence and effort really promotes poverty spirally, in that respect the family often becomes heavy "restraint" and "load", and doesn't form the breakwater of poverty. On the other hand, the positive and stable identity can be formed according to not work but the comprehensive social system (public relief work for the unemployed and the public assistance etc.)

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