Epidemiology on ‘Dekasegi’(Working Away from Home Temporarily) VI

VernacularTitle:出稼ぎの疫学 (VI)
Author: Fumiyoshi Yanagisawa
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1976;25(2):117-126
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: On the basis of the 1965 statistical data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the author computed the rates of “dekasegi” farm households as classified by prefecture, agricultural region and economic bloc (Provided by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), and this report is an attempt to introduce the conclusions drawn from the computation.
1. The rate of “dekasegi” farm households by prefecture is high in Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Niigata and Kagoshima Prefectures, which were followed by Nagasaki and Hyogo Prefectures in terms of percentage. The rate was low in the prefectures which have major urban areas. In the economic blocs of Tohoku Region's three prefectures and Niigata Prefecture, the percentage was high.
2. The rate of “dekasegi” farm households by economic bloc rises in the order of suburban areas, farm villages on the flatland, farm villages in the mountains and mountain villages.
3. The correlation coefficient of the rate of “dekasegi” farm households and the infant mortality rate was in the neighborhood of +0.4.