An Empirical Study on the Change of Community Structure with Aging in Population

本研究的目的是全面调查居住在秋田县的老年人的实际情况和未来的问题;也就是调查者探讨老年人如何能够尽可能的在自己的住宅中安全的生活，以及他们所在的社区如何为老年人提供更好的环境，调查的第一步是了解作为福利服务项目地区的大野县（OHNORI-MATI）的秋田县福利工作的问题，分别为;第二步是分析居住在KAMIKOANI-MURA社区、KITA-AKITA-GUN的山村、IKAWA-GUI、MINAMI-AKITA-GUN的农业区、KAWASIRI-TIKU的自己住宅中的老年人的问题，秋田的市区-对抽样地区的社区结构和家庭特点进行了分析;进行了问卷调查，并对数据进行了分析。最后，分析了社区的重组是当前亟待解决的问题。

The purpose of this study is to investigate comprehensively the actual situation and the future issres of the elderly living in Akita Prefecture ; that is, the investrigators explore how older people are able to live in their own residence in security as much as possible, and how their community is to provide the better environment for the aged, in Akita Prefecture which is predicted to make the most steady progress in aging population in Japan.The first step of the investigation is to find out the issues of Akita Prefectural welfare work in OHNORI-MATI as the welfave services project areas, respectively ; the second step is to analyze the problems of older people living in the their own residence in the community of KAMIKOANI-MURA, a mountain village of KITA-AKITA-GUN, of IKAWA-MACHI, a farming areas of MINAMI-AKITA-GUN, of KAWASIRI-TIKU, an urban area of AKITA-CITY.The analysis of the structure of the community and of the characteristics of the family living in the sample areas have been done ; the questionnaire survey has been conducted, and the data is analyzed. In conclusion, it is analyzed out that reorganization of the community is the urgent problem.