In Japan in recent years, more mothers have begun to work outside the home, and thus the safety of children in the hours after school has become more important, and the need for afterschool care has grown. Despite this, there are as yet only a small number of studies that examine after-school care. In Japan, until 1998, after-school care measures were established by each local government because such care was outside the Child Welfare Law, which was enacted in 1946 to cover baby and toddler nursery programs. Th erefore, the process of development of after-school care in Japan is closely related to local context. Th is paper attempts to clarify the relationship between the change of supply and use of after-school care services and the local context, based on a case study of Kawasaki City after the period of high economic growth, from 1963 to 2002. Publicly supported after-school care began in large cities such as Tokyo and Osaka in the early
Each family type had reasons unique to the life stage in which they moved; however, commonalities in behavior to minimize social risk can be inferred. The opportunities to obtain suitable housing become similar to ascending the career ladder in this era when employment and income stability have decreased.
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