過疎地域における保育所の現況とその制度の在り方に関する一考察

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The total number ofJapan's day nurseries located in the depopulated areas amounts to 2925, accounting for some 13% of the total day nurseries. For a number of years, however, this type of day nurseries have been disappearing at a considerable rate. Among troubles held by day nurseries in the depopulated areas, the most serious one is that the existing day nursery system fails to give approximate answers to a problem. That is to say; today's day nurseries in the depopulated areas can not have a full quorum. Neither the Small-Scale Day Nursery System nor the Day Nursery System for the Secluded Places works effectively in the depopulated areas. This study discusses with the conditions to maintain day nurseries in the depopulated areas, laying stress on the problems concerning the financial structure.