Who Supports the Elderly Households in the Mountain Village ?

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  • 山村における高齢者世帯の生活維持と村落社会
  • 山村における高齢者世帯の生活維持と村落社会--宮城県七ヶ宿Y地区の事例
  • サンソン ニ オケル コウレイシャ セタイ ノ セイカツ イジ ト ソンラク シャカイ ミヤギケン シチカシュク Y チク ノ ジレイ
  • :A Case Study of a Rural Community in Shichikashuku Town, Miyagi Prefecture
  • 宮城県七ヶ宿町Y地区の事例

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First this paper aims at describing the features of the households in a rural community of a mountain region, especially their farming, occupations, and inheritance. Secondly it examines who supports the elderly households there consisting of only an old couple or one old single person living alone. I found that (1) those elderly households are helped not by their neighbors, but by their children living apart; and (2) they want to keep staying there. According to the theory of “ie” and “mura”, the households in such rural communities support each other equally, as long as they need someone’s help for living. Equal support means that the households, which are helped by other households in the community, are supposed to give the same help back to them. The elderly households can’t afford such help, because they have no young person in their households. Thus, the elderly households mentioned in this research aren’t supported by the other households with younger members, and don’t want to be helped by them without equality. But the community in which the elderly households have been living for many years is important for the elderly households to keep living, because the intimate neighborhood there keep them from loneliness；and it makes the elderly households feel safe that the community can provide emergency measures for them.

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