Internaitonal Children View Japan's New Nationality Law -Focussing on the Choice of Nationality-

这项研究的对象是父母一方是日本人，另一方是美国人所生的国际儿童。1985-1986年进行了一项试点研究，目前的项目（1990-1991年）是针对同一群体的大规模研究。研究方法与试点研究一样，包括在美国和日本分发和收集一份问卷，对冲绳和札幌的儿童进行有限的访谈，并在东京举行一次小型专题讨论会。虽然试点研究只收集了79份可用的问卷，但由于在美国不同地点的三位助手的帮助，第二阶段的研究获得了237份（日本71份，美国166份）。日本修改后的国籍法要求拥有双重国籍的人在21岁之前选择其中一种国籍。目前的研究询问参与者，无论年龄大小，如果他们必须做出决定，他们会选择哪个国籍。此外，他们还被问及一系列问题，旨在澄清哪些因素会影响他们的选择。已确定因素的交叉表显示了以下因素之间的交叉影响：1)当前国籍2)居住时间长短3)当前地点4)对父亲说的语言5)对母亲说的语言6)主要语言7)第二语言8)文化偏好9)行为倾向10)母亲当前国籍。通过访谈和研讨会得出的选择国籍的需求的一个方面是，一些受访者（主要在美国）相对容易选择，而另一些受访者（主要在日本）则很难选择。这项研究的一个有趣结果是，在第一项研究和第二项研究中，影响国籍选择最强烈的因素非常相似。详细的统计分析将在以后的数据中进行。

Subjects of the study were international children born to parents one of whom had Japanese nationality and the other American. A pilot study was undertaken in 1985-1986, and the current project (1990-1991) was a larger-scale study targeting the same group.The study method, like that of the pilot study, involved the distribution and colleciton of a questionnaire in American and Japan, limited interviews of children in Okinawa and Sapporo, and a mini-symposium held in Tokyo. While the pilot study collected only 79 usable questionnaires, the second-stage study obtained 237 (Japan 71, US 166), thanks to the assistance of three helpers in different locations in America.Japan's revised nationality law requires the holders of dual nationality to choose one or the other by their 21st year. The current study asked participants, regardless of age, which of their nationalities they would choose if this were the point at which they must make a decision. In addition, they were asked a series of questions designed to clarify which factors affect their choice.Cross tables of identified factors revealed cross effects among the following : 1) current nationality 2) length of residence 3) present location 4) language spoken to father 5) language spoken to mother 6) principal language 7) second language 8) cultural partiality 9) behavioral tendencies 10) mother's current nationality.One aspect of the need to choose a nationality that was brought out by the interviews and symposium was the relative ease of choice for some respondents (mostly in the US) and difficulty of choice for others (mostly in Japan). One interesting result of the study was the close similarity between the factors most strongly influencing the choice of nationality in the first and second studies. Detailed statistical analysis will follow at a later data.