Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2115/82175

JaLCDOI : 10.14943/b.edu.138.137

KEYWORDS : 地域子ども・子育て支援事業;専業主婦;ワーキング・マザー;出身地;Child-rearing support;Housewives;Working mothers;Place of birth

　現代社会において乳幼児期の子育てを担う母親は専業主婦ばかりではなく，育児休業を利用して一定期間子育てに専念した後に仕事に復帰するワーキング・マザーが増えてきている。本稿では母親の就業状況と出身地を視点として，子育て専念期にある母親たちの現代的な特徴とニーズに関して検討を行った。調査対象とした北海道旭川市は祖父母近居率の高い地域であり，地域子育て支援事業の利用率だけをみればそれらが良く利用されているとは言いがたい。具体的には，（1）子育て支援拠点の利用は転入者の母親がネットワークを広げるための場としての意味合いが強いこと，（2）反対に，地元出身者にとっては子育て支援の場で新たに広がる人間関係の“しがらみ”がある場合もあること，（3）日々多忙なワーキング・マザーたちにはファミリー・サポート・センター事業等へのニーズはあっても，実際の利用はスムーズには至らないという現状が見出された。
　Although the majority of children under the age of three continue to be raised at home in today's society, more and more mothers are not only housewives, but also working mothers who take childcare leave and devote themselves to raising their children for a period of time. In this paper, the present-day characteristics and needs of mothers devoted to child-rearing were examined from the perspective of their employment status and birthplace. Asahikawa, Hokkaido, a city with a high rate of grandparents living near each other, the need for formal child-rearing support services was judged to be not so high overall. Specifically, the following points were found： (1) many mothers from outside the city tend to gather at local child-rearing support places, and these places are meant to be a place for them to expand their social relationships; (2) conversely, local mothers may be concerned about the "bonds" of human relationships that expand in child-rearing support places; and (3) working mothers have a need for family support center services to relieve their daily busyness, but they do not actually use them. In order to consider the future of child-rearing support in Asahikawa City, it is important to investigate the reasons why there is demand for child-rearing support but it is not being used.