A comprehensive Study of Life Principles of Female, Youth, and Elderly Citizens Living in the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Areas around the Rim of the Seto Inland Sea

通过对研究对象的访谈和问卷调查，澄清了以下条件是填补农村社会结构性差距的关键：(1)促进和接受当地社区成员的多样化；(2)保持正规职业；(3)人们对当地城镇的自豪感，这鼓励他们定居。人口减少和老龄化不会直接导致当地社区的衰落。当强大的职业基础设施，如农业、林业或渔业，与乡村社会的开放相结合时，这种社会能够为其居民提供幸福感，并允许不同背景的人在当地社区定居。

From the interview and questionnaire surveys concerning the research subject, it was clarified that the following conditions are the keys to fill the structural gaps in rural society(1) promotion and acceptance of the diversification of the local community members;2) maintenance of regular occupations; and(3) people’s sense of pride in the local town, which encourages their settlement. Depopulation and aging do not directly result in the decline of a local community. When a robust occupational infrastructure, such as agriculture, forestry or fishery, is combined with the openheartedness of village society, such society is able to provide its residents with a sense of happiness and allow people with diverse backgrounds to settle in the local community