A Study of Network and Lifestyle in Multicultural Families in an Edge of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

本研究的重点是居住在X市、Y市以及这两个城市郊区的多元文化家庭(异族婚姻夫妇及其家庭成员)。这一地区位于东京都的北部边缘，作为东京的卧室城市，近年来人口呈增长趋势。本研究的目的是阐明该地区多元文化家庭形成了什么样的生活方式，他们复制了什么样的网络，以及他们赋予了当地网络什么意义。本研究的研究对象是韩国新人妻子和日本丈夫的家庭。数据是通过对关键信息提供者的密集访谈和参与者观察来收集的。利用这些数据，分析了朝鲜族妇女的生活史，以及她们对家庭生活和社区生活的适应和不满。结果，我们发现关键告密者的生活史既有共性，也有多样性。这些共同点是：(1)家乡地区，(2)母亲是“全职家庭主妇”，(3)解除对当事人的支持责任，(4)在韩国的工作经历与对日本的兴趣之间的关系，(5)教育背景，(6)家庭形式(与配偶的父母一起生活)。此外，我们根据(1)他们的日本形象和与日本人的接触经历，以及(2)他们来日本的目的来对他们进行类型化。这种类型学与他们的立场或对日本社会的承诺有关，这一点被提及为“生活困难”。

The focus of this study is multicultural families (mixed marriage couples and their family members) living in X city, Y city, and the outskirts area of these two cities. This area is located in a northern edge in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and show population increase in late years as bedroom towns of Tokyo. The purpose of this study is to clarify what kind of lifestyle do multicultural families in this area form, what kind of networks do they reproduce, and what meaning do they give their local network. Objects of this study are families with newcomer Korean wives and Japanese husbands. Data are collected through intensive interview and participant observation to key informants.. Using the data, life history of the Korean women, and their adaptation and dissatisfaction to family life and community life are analyzed. As a result, we found both commonality and diversity on key informants' life histories. The commonality are found in (1)hometown area, (2)mother as"a full-time homemaker", (3)release from support responsibility for perents, (4)relationship between working experience in Korea and interest in Japan, (5)educational background, and (6)family form(non-livinig together with parents of her spouse.) In addition, we typified them depending on (1)their Japanese image and contact experiences with Japanese, and(2)their purpose of coming to Japan. This typology show correlation to their stance, or commitment to Japanese society, which has been mentioned as"difficulty in life".