Married Women's Attitudes toward Their Elderly Parent Support in the Rural Japan

Abstract

While the unprecedented economic development since 1955 has brought about ever widening gap between the urban and rural areas in almost all facets of family and community life in Japan, the traditional farming areas have been experiencing drastic changes in their successors and elderly (parent) support, among others. This study examines women's attitudes toward elderly support in the rural area in the Mogami District of Yamagata Prefecture in North-Eastern Japan.