2016 年 87 巻 4 号 p. 406-411
The objective of this study is to understand formation of consciousness about social customs regarding female labor in rural Turkey. The main outcomes are as follows. First, a village survey indicated that uniformity of members and the establishment process of villages are the main factors for difference in the closed nature of villages that shows the degree of resistance of social customs to external stimuli. Second, a household survey shows that the personal background of the household head and social customs affected consciousness about female labor participation, and that the effects of economic factors on the consciousness was different according to the level of the closed nature.