Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Residents of Japan and Their Interactions with the Outside World
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Methods
2.2. Study Area
2.3. Status of COVID-19 in Japan
3. Results
3.1. Impacts on Daily Life
3.2. Impact on Attitudes toward Relationships Outside the District
4. Discussions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sociodemographic Variable | Characteristics | Oshio | Sugane | Ozushima | Total | ||||
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People | Percentage | People | Percentage | People | Percentage | People | Percentage | ||
Respondent | 38 | 100.0% | 36 | 100.0% | 45 | 100.0% | 119 | 100.0% | |
Gender | Men | 21 | 55.3% | 13 | 36.1% | 14 | 31.1% | 48 | 40.3% |
Women | 17 | 44.7% | 23 | 63.9% | 31 | 68.9% | 71 | 59.7% | |
Age | <60 | 1 | 2.6% | 10 | 27.8% | 5 | 11.1% | 16 | 13.5% |
≥60 | 37 | 97.4% | 26 | 72.2% | 40 | 88.9% | 103 | 86.5% | |
Occupation | Company employee | 4 | 10.5% | 2 | 5.6% | 2 | 4.4% | 8 | 6.7% |
Tourist farm workers | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 5.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.7% | |
Farmers other than in tourist farm | 19 | 50.0% | 2 | 5.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 21 | 17.6% | |
Fishery | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.2% | 1 | 0.8% | |
Self-employed | 5 | 13.2% | 2 | 5.6% | 3 | 6.7% | 10 | 8.4% | |
Housewife/other | 2 | 5.3% | 10 | 27.8% | 15 | 33.3% | 27 | 22.7% | |
Retired and pensioner | 6 | 15.8% | 16 | 44.4% | 24 | 53.3% | 46 | 38.7% | |
No answer | 2 | 5.3% | 1 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 2.5% |
Before | During | After | |||||||
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Option [People] | Very Welcome, Welcome (n = 70) | Never Bothered (n = 28) | Not so Welcome, Not Welcome (n = 14) | Very Welcome, Welcome (n = 24) | Never Bothered (n = 21) | Not so Welcome, Not Welcome (n = 67) | Very Welcome, Welcome (n = 80) | Never Bothered (n = 15) | Not so Welcome, Not Welcome (n = 17) |
Because it will help revitalize the local economy | 51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 0 |
Because it contributes to the maintenance of the physical environment (transportation and public facilities) | 28 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
Because it is fun to interact with visitors | 39 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
Because it will help raise the profile of the community | 34 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
Because it would have a negative impact on my personal life (noise, garbage problems, road congestion, etc.) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Because it will reduce the connection between local residents | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Because it will weaken the power of the community | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Because it worried that the new coronavirus will spread again | − | − | − | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
To prepare for a situation in which the movement of people is restricted due to a future pandemic of an infectious disease | − | − | − | − | − | − | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Others | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Nakamura, M.; Hattori, T. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Residents of Japan and Their Interactions with the Outside World. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2465. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042465
Nakamura M, Hattori T. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Residents of Japan and Their Interactions with the Outside World. Sustainability. 2022; 14(4):2465. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042465
Chicago/Turabian StyleNakamura, Momoka, and Toshihiro Hattori. 2022. "Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Residents of Japan and Their Interactions with the Outside World" Sustainability 14, no. 4: 2465. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042465