The Empirical Study on the Social Stratification and the Collective Mentality among Korean Minority Women in Japan

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The research data shows facts as follows :(1)The amount of cultural capital of Korean minority in Japan is lower than that of Japanese. The lower educational attainment of parents are, the higher the amount of cultural capital of social background is. The higher the amount of cultural capital of social background is, the higher the educational attainment of sample is.(2)The firm size of Korean minority women in Japan is very small. Almost half of the first job, and about 67 percent of the present job are categorized very small firm, less than 9 employees. These facts indicate that Korean minority women have been segregated to the marginal labor market.(3)The policyholders of the National Health Insurance have much good health conditions than those who are not insured. The pensioners of the National Annuity have higher income than those who don't have qualification of the annuity.(4)The ethnic identity of those who have relatives in Korea are stronger than those who don't. The ethnic practices, such as language, membership of ethnic organization, are also more active. However, although hypothesized those who have relatives in Korea have week social network between Japanese, the data shows they have stronger ties between Japanese.(5)Korean minority in Japan tend to regard moat important ethnic component as the subjective factor like ethnic belonging. They don't attach much importance to the location factor, like born place or raised place.