ノウソン チイキ ニ オケル チュウコウレイ カンリュウシャ ノ チイキ シャカイ カツドウ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ : ソノ2 チュウコウレイ カンリュウシャ ノ セイカツ ジッタイ

This is to follow the previous article in which we showed that the number of returnees will increase in the near future and that they can play an important role in revitalizing local communities. The present paper is concerned with the analysis of their characteristics, and their contributions to farming and social activities in local communities. A mail survey was conducted in Oita andIwate prefectures concerning two types of aged members (50 and above) of farm families; (1) those who had always lived there and quit their off-farm employment about ten years before, (2) those who had been away and return to their native places about ten years before. This article focuses on the former group becausethere are few in the latter category. Aged returnees tend to have a high level of education and special skills, and a high proportion of them are alone or part of a nuclear family. It is shown that aged returnees are apt to hold many types of office, introducing unconventional forms of office holding and community power structure. The main reason for their readiness to hold office is perceived obligation to do community had been freed from them until they became returnees. They are expected to perform roles by the established residents.Our result indicate that within the context of the present trend of an aging agricultural labor force and rural population it is time to look into ways to tap the talents and abilities of aged returnees for the maintenance and development of local communities

ノウソン チイキ ニ オケル チュウコウレイ カンリュウシャ ノ チイキ シャカイ カツドウ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ : ソノ1 チュウコウレイ カンリュウ ノ ドウコウ ニ ツイテ

This is the first of three articles on aged returnees. Aged returnees are defined as those who are farmhouseholders or their spouses and re-establish their position in the community after they leave their previous work outside farming. They have received much attention these days as many of them take up farming, causing the ageing of the local agricultural labour force, and also as they may be able to perform important roles in the everyday activities of local communities. The present paper is mainly concerned with the analysis of the recent trend of aged returning and its backgrounds. It was found from a preliminary study that the aged returning is a phenomenon promoted by the increase in part-time farming and also by the ageing of farming populations and the fanning labour force. This leads the authors to estimate that: (1) the number of aged returnees will rise in future; (2) their distribution will accompany local differentials as it has so far. To follow this, forty-seven prefectures were classified into five typologies based on the recent trend, and Oita and Iwate prefectures were chosen for further investigation: the former having a longestablished experience in aged returning, and the latter showing signs of an increase. The results show that: (1) most aged returnees leave their outside-work at the age of retirement and a high proportion of those who settle in the community engage in fanning This indicates that they present high potential for playing important roles in community activities; (2) the availability of employment opportunities outside farming affects the numbers of aged returning, which is the cause for local differentials in its distribution