Housing Conditions of Middle-Aged Never Married People

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  • KAWATA Nahoko
    Graduate Student, Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, Kobe University
  • HIRAYAMA Yosuke
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University

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  • 中高年未婚者の住宅条件に関する実態分析
  • チュウコウネン ミコンシャ ノ ジュウタク ジョウケン ニ カンスル ジッタイ ブンセキ

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The housing system in post-war Japan has explicitly been oriented towards family household home-ownership. However, changing social values related to marriage, women's increased participation in the labor market, and more uncertain economy have encouraged an increase in never married people.<BR>This paper explores the housing condition of middle-aged never married people in Japan, drawing on a questionnaire survey conducted by Japan Institute of Life Insurance. The findings from the survey demonstrate that the housing situations of middle-aged never married people are differentiated by gender, living arrangement and economic status. In other words, women, low-income groups and relatively old people are particularly placed at a disadvantage in securing housing, and their prospects of social and economic life and housing are characteristically uncertain.

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