Reappreciation and Problems of Housing Complexes from the Viewpoint of the Child-Care Environment - Based on the Research of the Consciousness of Residents of Government-built Housing Complexes -

Abstract

The　purpose of this study is to find what is satisfied and what is unsatisfied as a child-care environment by the families with children living in a housing complex and to investigate the possibility of making a connection between the inhabitants of a housing complex for child-care support. The results are as follows. 1) The child-care environment of housing complexes is generally appreciated by the families with children living there. 2) What are highly evaluated are the factors on built environment such as existence of playgrounds and distance to schools. On the other hand, the factors on social issues such as connection between mothers or children are thought to be not enough. 3) The social network for mothers and children living there,which was thought to be a housing complexes’ forte， has been declining in the past 30 years. 4) The half of the families with children living there need some help, and some of the residents said that they are ready to give them some light help such as a baby-sitting for a few hours, assisting nursery schools and being child-care advisers.