成人の運動・スポーツ実施促進条件に関する社会学的研究 ―実施経験のジェンダー差に着目して―

Chukyo University （中京大学

高齢者の友人関係 : 交流館の自主グループ活動者の調査から

The purpose of this study is to clarify friendships among the elderly. A survey was conducted by questionnaires on elderly people active at a community center in Toyota City. The subjects of this study were a total of 1,901 (men=538, women=1363) elderly people over the age of sixty years. The results of this study clarified the characteristics of best friends and the structure of close friends. Characteristics of best friend were as follows: (1) a person of the same sex and ages; (2) got to know each others through a hobby or sport; (3) male friends live in the same citys; (4) female friends live in the same neighborhood. Structures close friends are characterized as follows: (1) a high rate friends of the same sex the women; (2) a low rate of friends of the same age; (3) a high rate of close friends living in the same community. A hobby and/or sports activity are important to make friends. Because their friendships developed from ways for eldery people a hobby and/or sports activity in a given neighborhood, it is suggested that such relationships may well have a certain influence upon the local community