1994 Volume 1994 Issue 7 Pages 85-96
The aim of this paper is to examine the view of women's life course, especially in their occupational careers. A survey was conducted on the relation between the survey objects' ideal image of a women's life course and that of their mother's, and their mother's work style. Data from 662 female university students in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture was collected. The findings are as follows:
(1) The students grew up modeling themselves on their parents.
(2) The student's ideal image of a women's life course is related to that of the parent's expectations of their daughter.