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2006 , Vol. 38 >Issue 5: 15 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2006.05.003

A Comparative Study on Chinese and Japanese Social Consciousness of Lifelong Participation

  • Ogawa TAKEO ,
  • Shi-xun GUI ,
  • Xiao-xian CHEN
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  • 1. Kyushu University, Japan
    2. The Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Received date: 2006-06-14

  Online published: 2006-09-30

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Abstract

"Participation" is a key concept of "active aging" put forth in the Second World Assembly on Aging. Based on investigations of about 1, 500 adults and older people aged 40 and above in urban and rural areas of Jiading District, Shanghai, China and in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan respectively, this paper makes a comparative analysis of people's "similarities and differences in the two places concerning their consciousness of lifelong participation in society, attitudes towards work and human relations, and participations in volunteer activities, and puts forward some suggestions on how to improve the consciousness of lifelong participation in society during people's midlife and how to provide elderly persons with opportunities to participate in society.

Key words： lifelong participation in society; aging society; comparative study; Jiading District; Yamaguchi Pre-

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Ogawa TAKEO , Shi-xun GUI , Xiao-xian CHEN . A Comparative Study on Chinese and Japanese Social Consciousness of Lifelong Participation[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2006 , 38(5) : 15 -19 . DOI: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2006.05.003

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