Consciousness of Housewives Not Employed Full Time for Participation in the Network and the Effect of Formation of Network

-Study on a Field Investigation in a New Town in the Suburb of Metropolitan-

Abstract

This study on housewives not employed full time reports on a field investigation about their consciousness of demands for services as well as participation in actions and management of network. We examined functions of network and its effects in order to form their independence and cooperation, or reform living environment for their self-contentment and dignity of life. It appears that there is less possibility for activation of their actions in welfare services through the network such as “consultations and/or supports”, when compared to the actions related by demands for their self-contentment such as “finding friends” or “searching dignity of life”. Their regional-social consciousness and/or subjective factors for cooperation basically control their participation in actions and management of network. These findings indicate the importance of finding a way to improve their consciousness and actions aiming at common interests and to develop some subjective factors for cooperation in order to form their effective network in living area.