抄録
The purpose of this study is to analyze the changes in family members and their dwellings. The experience of living over the past 20 years from the birth of a child in 128 families in Tokyo Area and Gunma Prefecture was investigated.
The results are as follows: 1) Changes in the family members occurred at the birth of children and at the separation from aged parents in the early life stage, and at the independence and return of grown children and at the death of aged parents in the late life stage. 2) Many families (especially in Gunma) changed dwellings in the early life stage, some families changed dwellings in the early and late life stage, and some families rebuilt their house in the late life stage. 3) The majority of the conjugal families changed their dwellings, but few joint families changed their dwellings. 4) About 20% of the families have experienced the changes in family type. The change in family type has occurred mainly by moving out of younger family from their parent's dwelling. Also, there are cases where the aged parents have moved in the younger family's dwelling, and both younger family and their parents have changed their dwelling.
