Urbanism and Family Network for Childcare

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  • TATEYAMA Noriko
    Department of Human Environment Design, College of Human Environmental Studies, Kanto Gakuin University

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  • 都市度別にみた世帯内ネットワークと子育て：都心・郊外・村落間の比較検討
  • トシド ベツ ニ ミタ セタイ ナイ ネットワーク ト コソダテ トシン コウガイ ソンラク カン ノ ヒカク ケントウ

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This study concerns ‘Family-Community Questions’. I have observed that urbanism (the study of central urban areas, suburbs, and rural areas) is relevant to family networks within households on the matter of childcare by examining the data sets of 1135 subjects in Kanagawa Prefecture who are mothers with a 3 to 5 year-old child.<br>The findings are as follows: 1) Urbanism, by itself, is not relevant to family networks but it is strongly relevant to the husband's work style: Suburban husbands are less supportive of childcare as compared to husbands in central urban and rural areas. 2) In three-generation families, urbanism is not relevant to the parents' support, but it is to the husband's support. Thus, family support in households, comprising the husband's and the parents' support, is directly relevant to the husband's work style. 3) Finally, both the husband's support and family support are relevant to childcare isolation. This relevance is prominent, especially in the case of suburban families. In conclusion, the husband's work-life balance is the essential variable for the family network, and it is the main family issue in urban space.

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