Patterns of geographical distance among respondents, parents and married children, and relationships such as daily contacts, leisure activities, or mutual aids are examined with research data at three cities, Sapporo, Sendai and Fukuoka. For parents of our respondents, about one quarter live inside the city and more than one half live inside the regional block where each city is central. Slightly less than one half of married children live inside the city, and 16-22% in Tokyo area. No consistent sex difference as to geographical mobility is found. Married sons with high education or professional occupation tend to live in the distant region from respondents. The regression analysis reveals that the factors such as region, life cycle, family size and socio-economic status affect significantly on the relationships between parents and married children. The negative effect of the geographical distance, however, is shown to be the most outstanding factor in spite of the modern technology of communications and transportations.
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