著者

郭 麗娟

出版者

一般社団法人 日本家政学会家族関係学部会

雑誌

家族関係学 (ISSN:09154752)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.35, pp.61-73, 2016 (Released:2019-08-08)

参考文献数

26

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This paper explores marriage expectations and conflicts of highly-educated single women by focusing on the relation between marriage and other life events.  Through the interviews of 31 highly educated single women living in Shimane Prefecture, Tokyo and those who moved from the countryside to Tokyo, the following two points are revealed. (1) The marriage expectations and conflicts are influenced by incomes. Regular employees want to have double income after getting married. Low-income interviewees from Shimane Prefecture had strong expectations of their future marriage partner. But they also want to work part-time to support the family after getting married. Among the high-income groups from Tokyo, some of them think there is no need to get married. Some others want to get married because they had been fully satisfied with their career. Some others cannot see the prospect of work and want to give up by getting married. However, male partners would not like to get married with high-income women. (2) The marriage expectations and conflicts are influenced by the living area. Interviewees who are living in their hometown want to get married in the same place. They hope to receive some support from their parents and continue their career afterward. Those who moved from the countryside to Tokyo succeeded in their career. But not having any support from their parents may influence the possibility of them carrying on working.  As a result, the de-standardization of the post-adolescence transition has been found in the high-income and low-income groups. The rest are expecting a standardized marriage and do not have so much expectations and conflicts.