The Condition and Problems of Childcare Support in Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture

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  • 石川県かほく市における子育て支援の現状と課題
  • イシカワケン カホクシ ニ オケル コソダテ シエン ノ ゲンジョウ ト カダイ

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While numerous researchers have paid attention to the problems of childcare support in metropolitan areas, little is known about the condition of local cities. In addition, previous studies in this field have focused on the demand side of childcare centers. The aim of this study is to clarify the regional characteristics and problems of childcare support in Kahoku City, considering the supply and demand sides of the services. The author administered a questionnaire survey to 80 mothers who use the childcare support center and conducted interviews with seven mothers and seven staffs of the childcare support center in Kahoku City. Analysis of this data revealed that the majority of users were fulltime housewives who intended to prevent from social isolation, make friends, and relieve their stress. Particularly, since fulltime housewives are minorities in Kahoku City, where dual earner couples are common, they use the childcare support center as a place to communicate with others in order to avoid solitude and receive peer support. Many users visit several childcare support centers, including those out of the city. This can be due to not only the narrow area of the city but also a high car ownership rate. As a result, users tend to choose a childcare support center according to their preference in the staff’s operation policy and the facility’s atmosphere. Contrastingly, interviews with the staff of childcare support centers revealed that many of them were perplexed with how to care for not only children but also their mothers. Hence, staffs require a high degree of specialization, different from that of nursery school teachers.

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