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

本研究旨在厘清农村中年妇女对六种家庭关系的情感团结，即丈夫、子女、公公、婆婆、父亲和母亲。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。第一次调查采访了439名30至59岁的已婚妇女，第二次调查采访了439名妇女中的324人。我研究了情感的两个方面；也就是理解和依赖，然后问他们两个问题，比如“你有多了解他？”、“你有多依赖他？”的比例与丈夫去世的比例。结果表明：(1)在1982年和1993年两组中，3个队列的5对染色体均存在显著差异。(2) 1982年以来的11年间，受访者对丈夫的“理解”得分呈上升趋势，而对丈夫的“依赖”得分呈下降趋势。(3)在对子女的情感团结方面，1982年以来的11年间，41-50岁年龄段被调查者的“理解”得分有所下降，61-70岁年龄段被调查者的“依赖”得分有所下降。(4) 1982年以来的11年间，在“对父母的依赖”这一项上，各年龄段的得分都有所下降，但在“理解”这一项上，61-70岁年龄段的受访者与岳母同行的得分、51-60岁年龄段的受访者与岳父岳母同行的得分、41-50岁年龄段的受访者与母亲同行的得分均有所上升。

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.