Family Change and Family Strategy in Contemporary Chinese Family : Toward Comparison with Japan

本文对当代中国社会急剧变迁中的家庭生活进行了研究，主要分为两个部分。一个是《当代中国家庭普查》的后续调查（1997年和1998年与中国团队合作实施的科研资助项目#0904433）。在上海、成都市区，江苏太仓、四川伊平农村进行了追踪调查。第二部分是对上述项目所获得的数据进行进一步的分析，验证了我们的联合收割机两轴比较（城市与农村、沿海与内陆）研究框架的有效性。特别值得一提的是，经济发展带来的城市家庭住房和股票积累的改善，以及内地农村家庭成员离开农场从事工业工作带来的生活模式的变化。最后报告的编写是为了详细讨论当代中国家庭的家庭战略，这是统计分析有时无法涵盖的。还有，本研究的另一个成果是出版了《当代中国家庭的家庭变迁与家庭策略》一书（ISHIHARA ed. NAKANISHI-YA Co. 2004），包含1997- 2009年的进一步分析。1998年联合研究，可以说我们研究的第三个成果是，日本全国家庭研究项目组已开始进行更全面的比较研究。

This research on family life under drastic social change in contemporary China consists of two parts. One is the follow up survey of General Survey of contemporary Chinese Family (joint project with Chinese team implemented in 1997 and 1998 with Grant in Aid for Scientific Research #0904433). The follow up survey was made at the same survey sites : Shanghai and Chengdu as urban area and Taicang in Jiangsu province and Yiping in Sichuan province as rural area.. The other is further analyses of the data obtained through the above project.The validity of our research framework that combine two axes of comparison (urban vs. rural and coastal vs. inland ) is certified. Special findings to mention are the improvement in housing and stock accumulation among urban families brought by economic development and the changing life pattern among inland rural families brought through industrial work which members engage leaving the farm.Final report is compiled in order to discuss, upon case data, family strategy of contemporary Chinese family in detail which statistical analyses sometimes fail to cover. Also, interview records edited for public use are included.Another fruit of our research is the publication of Family Change and Family Strategy among Contemporary Chinese Families (ISHIHARA ed. NAKANISHI-YA Co. 2004) containing the further analyses of the 1997-1998 joint research.We may say the third fruit of our research is that the planning to implement national sample survey in China using questionnaire developed by National Family Research in Japan project team has started toward more comprehensive comparative study.