2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Longitudinal Study of Life Events and Coping Strategies for Families in Risk Society

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20830022
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	MURAKAMI Akane The University of Tokyo, 社会科学研究所, 准教授 (20470106)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	リスク社会 / ライフコース / ライフイベント / 家族ストレス / 縦断的データ / パネルデータ分析 / 消費生活に関するパネル調査 / 家族と職業
Research Abstract	The aims of this research is to examine how families cope with life events based on longitudinal data. Findings are as follows : First, child birth causes more fixed gender-specific division of labor, and it leads to the decline of wives'marital satisfaction. Families with husbands who have low socio-economical status had more tendencies for divorce or unemployment than those whose husbands have high socioeconomic status. Even when husbands are unemployed, there are only a few cases where the gender-specific division of labor is reconsidered. It is difficult for the wives to balance work and family life。 Economic circumstance is unstable. It is necessary for the society to share the risks and restructure the system to support women's life through life-course.

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