介護予防の視点からみた生活基礎力養成の必要性と生涯生活時間配分

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The purpose of this study is to present viewpoints on the need to acquire "basic skills for living" as well as a good allocation of one's time throughout one's whole life by examining the lives of middle-aged men and women as they prepared for life as elderly persons, based on their time-use data. In conducting this study, I used data from a time-use survey of employed couples living in Setagaya, Tokyo, implemented in October 2005, and the "2001 Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities" by the Japanese Statistics Bureau. I found that, first, the time allocation, particularly the distribution of paid work and housework, of middle-aged couples is unbalanced and, second, the division of roles between sexes among middle-aged couples tends to continue through their old age, as shown in the model of time allocation throughout one's whole life. Time allocation should be well-balanced throughout one's life, from the viewpoints of both gender equality and preventing the need for long-term care. It is important for both sexes to acquire skills in housework, which is directly connected to "basic skills for living". It is also important to develop a society in which people can achieve a good life-and-work balance.
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