Change of affectual solidarity toward family relationships among middle-aged women in rural area

本研究旨在探讨农村中年女性在丈夫、子女、岳父、岳母、父亲、母亲六种家庭关系中的情感团结。这些数据是根据1982年和1993年分别在静冈县冈部町进行的小组研究得出的。第一次调查访问了439名30至59岁的已婚妇女，第二次调查访问了其中的324人。我研究了感情的两个方面，即理解和依赖，并问了他们两个问题，比如“你对他的理解有多深？”“，”你有多依赖他？在受访者与夫妻二人组结果如下：（1）在1982年和1993年的每一组中，三个队列中有5个二对儿存在显著差异。(2)自1982年以来的11年间，被调查者对丈夫的“理解”得分越来越高，但对丈夫的“依赖”得分越来越低。(3)在对子女的情感团结方面，自1982年以来的11年中，41-50岁年龄组的受访者的“理解”得分降低，61-70岁年龄组的受访者的“依赖”得分降低。(4)1982年以来的11年间，在对父母的“依赖”方面，各年龄段的得分均呈下降趋势，但在“理解”方面，61-70岁年龄段的被访者对婆婆的得分，51-60岁年龄段的被访者对公公婆婆的得分，41-50岁年龄组的母亲的得分都变高了。

The purpose of this study is to clarify the affectual solidarity toward family relationships of six dyads : that is husband dyad, child dyad, father-in-law dyad, mother-in-law dyad, father dyad, and mother dyad, among middle-aged women in rural area. The data were based on panel studies conducted in 1982 and 1993 respectively in Okabe-cho in Shizuoka Prefecture. 439 married women between 30 and 59 years of age were interviewed in the first survey, and of the 439, 324 were interviewed in the second survey. I studied two aspects of affection ; that is, understanding and dependence, and asked them two questions such as 'how well do you understand him?', 'how much do you depend on him?' in respondents vs..husband dyad. The findings are summarized as follows :(1) In each of the 1982 and 1993 groups, there were significant differences in the three cohorts concerning 5 dyads.(2) In 11 years since 1982, the scores for 'understanding' of my respondents with their husbands became higher, but the scores for 'dependence' on their husbands became lower.(3) As for the affectual solidarity toward their children, in 11 years since 1982, the scores for 'understanding' of my respondents in the 41-50 age cohort became lower, the scores for 'dependence' of my respondents in the 61-70 age cohort became lower.(4) In 11 years since 1982, as for 'dependence' on their parents, the scores became lower in all age cohorts, but as for 'understanding', the scores of respondents with their mother-in-laws in the 61-70 age cohort, the scores of respondents with their father-in-laws and mother-in-laws in the 51-60 age cohort, and the scores of my respondents with their mothers in the 41-50 age cohort all became higher.