The Structure of Social Support Networks of the Elderly in a Small Local City

通过访谈，我对大约550名年龄在65岁到79岁之间的老年妇女进行了访谈调查，并试图探索她们的社会网络结构、社会支持的可获得性、群体参与和她们的道德品质。通过分析这些数据，我写了一篇题为《日本高桥市老年妇女网络与主观幸福感：初步发现》的论文。作为受访者之一，我亲自拜访了近100名老年妇女，详细采访了她们的社会网络结构、社会支持的可获得性、群体参与和她们的道德。此外，我还采访了主管公务员和福利官员。在这些案例研究的基础上，我写了另一篇论文，题为《日本高桥市高地老年妇女的生活方式》。顺便说一句，我在1996年对冈山市的老年妇女进行了另一次访谈调查。目前，我正在比较这两个城市的调查结果，并撰写一篇关于老年妇女的社交网络和社会支持的论文。由于我不开车，而且我要步行或乘公交车去高桥市探望老年妇女，拜访近100名老年妇女所需的时间比我预期的要长。因此，虽然我已经在冈山大学发表了三篇论文，但我还没有向学术期刊提交论文

Employing interviewers, I conducted an interview survey to approximately 550 elderly women between 65 and 79, and tried to explore the structure of their social networks, the availability of social support, group participation, and their moral. By analyzing the data, I wrote a paper, entitled "Elderly Women's Networks and Subjective Well-being in Takahashi City, Japan : Initial Findings". One of the respondents, I personally visited nearly 100 elderly women and interviewed in detail about the structure of their social networks, the availability of social support, group participation, and their moral. In addition, I interviewed public servants in charge and welfare officers. Based on these case studies, I wrote another paper, entitled "The Life Styles of Elderly Women in the Highlands of Takahashi City, Japan". Incidentally, I conducted another interview survey to elderly women in Okayama City in 1996. At present,, I am comparing the findings between the two cities and writing a paper on social networks and social support of elderly women.Because I do not drive a car and I had to visit elderly women in Takahashi City in foot or by bus, it took a longer time to visit nearly 100 elderly women than I had expected. As a result, I have not submitted papers to academic journals yet, though I published three papers of Okayama University already