The current state of the use of regional child care support services in the declining birthrate region : Focusing on the relationship between municipalities A and the characteristics of the characteristics of people raising children

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  • 少子地域における地域子育て支援サービスの利用状況に関する研究 : A 自治体の子育て家庭の特性との関連に着目して
  • ショウシ チイキ ニ オケル チイキ コソダテ シエン サービス ノ リヨウ ジョウキョウ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ : A ジチタイ ノ コソダテ カテイ ノ トクセイ ト ノ カンレン ニ チャクモク シテ

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The goal of this study is to clarify the characteristics of people raising children in areas with low birth rates,the impact of this on service usage, as well as the state of regional child care support services corresponding to regional characteristics. The regional child care support services examined were, "places for parent-child interaction", "parenting consultations", and "short-term childcare". The reasons for choosing these three services are ① they are services for which the target users and needs are not limited, ② there are many places where, based on the Child / Child Care Support Law, there are many regional child and child care support projects underway (many local governments are tackling them.) The research method was to conduct a survey of parents currently raising children, who are the targets of such services within municipality A, which has a child population ratio below the average for its prefecture. The results showed that with regional child care support services, there is a strong relationship between the characteristics of the service and the characteristics of its users. It also became clear that it is necessary to develop services based on "regional childcare characteristics," i.e. the characteristics of the child-rearing stratum within the region. Although we could not analyze whether this is occurring because it is a region with a low birth rate, it is possible that the decrease in the number of parenting families in the area causes the child rearing characteristics to stand out. This was presented as a topic for future study.

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