Environment and Behavior of Bathing and Its Regional Differences in Japanese

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  • 日本人の入浴実態とその地域差
  • ニホンジン ノ ニュウヨク ジッタイ ト ソノ チイキサ

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The purpose of this study was to compare bathing conditions in each area of Japan and to find the features of them in order to investigate factors affecting regional differences in death rates in the bathroom. In this study, a questionnaire survey was carried out in 11 areas, Sapporo, Akita, Sendai, northern and southern Chiba, Shizuoka, Toyama, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima. Questionnaires were distributed to approximately 30 detached houses in each area twice in summer and winter. Subjects were asked on passed years after building their houses, fixtures and thermal sensations in the houses, behaviors during bathing, and so on. Answers showed the regional differences in bathing conditions among areas as follows: From the view points of retentiveness and insulation of heat, newer and northern houses are better than older and southern ones. Unexpectedly, subjects of the southern areas reported colder thermal sensation in the bathroom in winter than those of the northern areas. There were regional differences in frequency and duration of bathing, and the person who take a bath first It seems that there may be the relationship between the bathing condition in each area and death rates in the bathroom, but ftirther investigations are needed.

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