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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the neighbourhood relationships maintained by women in Canberra. To gather empirical evidence, a sample survey in four study areas in Canberra was conducted in 1986-87. Three hundred and eighty-four women under 55 years of age who were married or in a de facto relationship were interviewed. The analysis of the data revealed the following;(1) More than 80 per cent of women expected their neighbours to be sociable or dependable.(2) Women socialised mainly with some of their next-door neighbours, felt close to only 1.25 neighbours on the average, and associated with their neighbours approximately once every two weeks. They were able to expect assistance from their neighbours mainly in short-term situations. These lead to the conclusion that they were not particularly active as neighbours. (3) Because there was a system in Canberra which integrated newcomers into neighbourhood relationships, they were able to establish relationships of slight intimacy within a short period of moving in. However, the term of residence at the present address was a very important factor which had an effect on neighbourhood relationships of more intimacy. The longer a woman lived at a place, the more she was involved in the neighbourhood relationships of more intimacy. Family life cycle was an important factor which influenced her neighbourhood relationships. Infants or school children made it easier for their mother to establish neighbourhood relationships. Canberra is mainly composed of middle class residents. As a result, middle class residents were able to establish easier neighbourhood relationships of more intimacy, because they were able to find many neighbours in the same social class. When local relatives were unavailable, neighbourhood relationships did not serve a compensatory function in sociability and social support. In addition, whether women worked outside the home or not, did not have a direct effect on their neighbourhood relationships.(4) While most women hoped for active neighbourhood relationships, this was not to be the case. This discrepancy was caused by the fact that many residents changed their residences within a short period. Another reason is that neighbours need not work together for their neighbourhood, because the government provided its residents with good community services. The other reason is that a high percentage of women in a neighbouhood worked outside the home.
オーストラリア学会の論文
1994-12-25

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野辺政雄
岡山大学教育学部

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