A Study of Social Participation in a Local City : The Case of Okayama City

1993年，冈山市对398名60岁以下已婚妇女进行了抽样调查。对他们的网络关系分析显示，他们通过获得物质和情感支持，平均与1.03名家庭成员和6.02名家庭以外的人联系在一起。亲情和友谊是这些关系的主要来源。它们的主要联系往往形成稀疏编织、空间分散的分支结构。他们在广泛的时间间隔内，通过电话和面对面保持联系。他们认为家人和亲戚是最亲密的，朋友比邻居和同事更亲密。在处理各种事务方面，他们可以通过不同类型的主要关系获得帮助。

A sample survey of 398 married women under 60 years of age was conducted in Okayama city in 1993. Analysis of their network ties has revealed the following ; they were tied to 1.03 family members and 6.02 people outside their family on the average through receiving material and emotional support. Kinship and friendship were the principle sources of these ties. Their primary ties tended to form sparsely knit, spatially dispersed, ramifying structures. They maintained contact both by telephone and in person, at a wide range of time intervals. They thought family members and relatives to be the closest, and friends were closer than neighbors and workmates. Help in dealing with various matters was available from different kinds of their primary ties.