This study aims to clarify the characteristics of especially “the layer of people having passivitys in daily communication” by focusing on elderly's “real communication activities” and “consciousness”, as basis for thinking about social capital in the areas corresponding to the aging. Elderly having passivitys is wholly seen for man and somewhat the very old, and for woman living with family 3 or 4 person. There is elderly who do not take into account future communication activities, would be individual-oriented with age and also have negative intentions for communication activities.
The elderly classified as “the layer of having passivitys” has two factors and consciousnesses in the description as follows;
1) factors like “living alone during the day”, “equipment operations” and so on.
2) factors like “passive attribute”, “more hobby-oriented than communication” and so on.
It may be contribute to the activation of communication activity in the elderly to overcome the difficulty of using equipment.
