Abstract
With the rapid aging of the population in our society, the participation of older people in community activities has been an issue of general concern. The purpose of this study is to find out factors determining the participation of retired teachers to community activities and to clarify the relationship between their participation in community activities and the characteristics as a teacher. A mail survey on the community activities was conducted in March 1993 to retired teachers of elementary and junior-high school in Iwate, Niigata, Kanagawa, Aichi, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures, asking the number and types of community activities they participated in and the characteristics as school teachers.
The major findings are as follows :
1) Retired teachers of elementary school were more positively participated in community activities compared with those of junior-high school.
2) Those who used to occupy administrative posts were more positively participated in community activities compared with those who used to be rank and file teachers.
3) Those who were called and recognized as “a teacher” even after their retirement were positively participated in community activities.
4) Those who lived in smaller cities were more positively participated in community activities.
