山村における高齢者の生活行動とその空間的パターン : 広島県戸河内町の事例

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• Japanese population has been ageing at an unusually rapid rate, which have recently caused many social and economic problems. This paper aims to clarify the living behavior of the elderly people and its spatial patterns in a mountain village which has many spatial restrictions on the everyday living behavior. For this purpose the author took researches based on questionnuaires and hearings for individual persons in a village (Togouchi-cho, Hiroshima pref.) in the Chugoku mountains. The results obtained by this analysis are summarized as follows ; 1) The elderly's going-out behavior is mostly limited within a small space, Togouchi-cho. Its frequency varies with the transportation method and the location of settlements. In the latter case, the importance is the distance to lower central places. 2) The producing behavior of the elderly is generally inactive. Its spatial range is limited because they are mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture. 3) There is a large spatial restriction on the shopping behavior of the elderly which tends to use the nearest shopping facilities, because its behavior is done mainly on foot or by bus. Its frequency is influenced by the existence of the shopping facilities in their settlements and the type of households including the elderly. 4) Seasonal changes are observed in the elderly's undergoing behavior of medical treatment. Especially in winter, the behavior becomes inactive because of snowfalling. Most of the patients use the nearest hospital (the Togouchi-hospital) which offers the service cars for the patients periodically. Those cars play an important role in the medical treatment of the elderly in this mountain village. 5) Concerning the individual level, the living behavior of the elderly depends on whether he has some personal transportation methods or not. If he doesn't have them, we can confirm the daily rhythms and the weekly rhythms in his behavior.

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著者

• 大杉 昇

  広島大院文学研究科

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