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Research Achievements

Working Papers (Including those in Japanese)

Most of these papers are in Japanese.  Those in English has (E) at the end and marked in PINK.

WP1  Development of Child Deprivation Index for Japan

Aya ABE 2018_wp01(1001KB) <5/2018> (in Japanese)

WP2 Developing Child Deprivation Index for Japan Taking into Account of Aadaptive Preferences (E)

Aya ABE 2018_wp02 <4/2018>
⇒This was publisehd in  “Child Indicators Research” 12, pp.647-665.

WP3  Difficulties in the Lives of Mother-headed Household: A Focus on the Diffierence between Two-and Three-generation Families

Aya ABE   <5/2018>
⇒This was publisehd in “Journal of Poverty”  Vol.20 May 2018, pp.39-49. (in Japanese)

WP4  Understanding Why Mothers Abuse their Children: The Case of Japan

Yanfei ZHOU 2018_wp04 <7/2018>
⇒ This was published in “Journal of Health Care & Society”  Vol. 29 (2019), No. 1 pp. 119-134). (in Japanese)

WP5  The Impacts of House Rent on Children’s Well-being

Hanako ODAGAWA   <3/2020>
⇒This was publisehd in “Social Policy and Labor Studies” Vol.11, No.3 March 2020, pp.139-150. (in Japanese)

WP6  The Association between A Grandparental Poverty and Grandchildren’s Health

Aya ABE    <1/2020>
⇒This was published in “JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH” Vol.68 No.5. (in Japanese)

WP7  The Effect of Programs to Reduce Health Care Cost for Children on Parental Behavior 

Aya ABE, K. Kajiwara, R. Kawaguchi       <2/2020>
⇒This was published in “Journal of Health Care & Society”.  (in Japanese)

WP8  Child Poverty and Its Engendered Effects on the Educational Expectations of Japanese High School Students

Ryo KAWAGUCHI 2020_wp08(1.7MB)   <3/2020> (in Japanese)

WP9  What are Single Mothers Worried about? Analysis of Free Answers

Azusa MISAWA,  Aya ABE    2020_wp09(1.2MB)          <3/2020> (in Japanese)

WP10  Child Poverty and Depression: Analysis using DSRS-C

Aya ABE   <4/2020>
⇒This paper will be published in a journal.

WP11 Construction of Food Insecurity Index Using Japanese High School Student Survey Data

Chengchen TANG・Takayuki KONDO・Tsukasa OYAMA・Kazuki KURIHARA・Hironao TAKIZAWA・Soohyon JANG・Katsuhito KAJIWARA・Aya ABE  2020_wp11(1.1MB)       <6/2020> (in Japanese)

WP12 The Relationship between Absenteeism in Elementary and Junior High School and  Absenteeism and Dropout in High School

Katsuhito KAJIWARA  2020_wp12(1.2MB)       <7/2020> (in Japanese)

WP13 Highschool Dropout and the Subsequent Career Options

Ryo KAWAGUCHI  2020_wp13(1MB)             <7/2020> (in Japanese)

WP14 Who Uses Free Study Support: Analysis of Junior High Students in Five Prefectures in Japan

Aya ABE ・Satoshi MATSUMURA  2020_wp14         <9/2020>
⇒This was published in “JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH” 5 (3), PP.287-300. (in Japanese)

WP15 An Empirical Study of how poverty influences School Absenteeism: Based on the School Absenteeism Model

Katsuhito KAJIWARA           <11/2020>
⇒This paper was published in  “The Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol.109″pp.51-70. (in Japanese)

WP16 An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Lack of Children's Possessions and  Bullying Victimization

Katsuhito KAJIWARA           <11/2020>
⇒This paper will be published in “Social Policy and Labor Studies”.

WP17 Child Poverty among Immigrant Children in the Capital Area

Naoko Yamamoto   2021_wp17(1.6MB)      <3/2021> (in Japanese)

WP18 An Empirical Analysis of Food Insecurity among High School Students in Japan: Using Population-based Survey of Children in Tokyo

Katsuhito KAJIWARA, Tsukasa OYAMA, Takayuki KONDO, Hironao TAKIZAWA, Chengchen TANG, Soohyon JANG & Aya ABE           <3/2021>
⇒This article was published in  “Social Policy and Labor Studies” Vol.13, No.2. (in Japanese)

WP19 Mothers’ nonstandard work schedules and adolescent obesity: a population-based cross-sectional study in the Tokyo metropolitan area (E)

Yuko KACHI, Aya ABE, Hisashi EGUCHI, Akiomi INOUE & Akizumi TSUTSUMI          <1/2021>
⇒This was publisehd in  "BMC Public Health Vol.21: 237 (2021)".

WP20 Childlessness and Social Support in Four East Asian Societies: Empirical Analysis using East Asian Social Survey (E)

Aya ABE   <2021年9月>
⇒This paper was published in a book, by the Edward Elgar.

WP21 The Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Children

Aya ABE          <12/2021>
⇒This paper was published in the  “Journal of Poverty, Vol.27, PP.22-34. (in Japanese)

WP22 A National Summary of Child Poverty  Surveys Conducted by Municipalities in Japan

Katsuhito KAJIWARA, Takayuki KONDO & Kazuki KURIHARA          <12/2021>
⇒This was published in the  “Journal of Poverty, Vol.27, PP.85-97. (in Japaneses)

WP23 The Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immigrant Families

Naoko Yamamoto 2022_wp23(1.2MB)  <2/2022> (in Japanese)

WP24 Poverty status and part-time work of students in Japan

Aya ABE  2022_wp24(995KB)   <3/2022> (in Japanese)

WP25 A study relating to mother's health and child rearing

Emiko Ochiai, Yunwei Guo and Yiwei Yao  2022_wp25(1013KB)  <6/2022> (in Japanese)

WP26  A study of target families of parental behavior assistance

Emiko Ochiai, Yunwei Guo and Yiwei Yao  2022_wp26(1.9MB)  <2022年6月> (in Japanese)

WP27 Poverty of students in Night high schools

阿部 彩  2022_wp27(1MB)  <2022年7月> (in Japanese)

WP28   A Time-Series Analysis of High School Students' Part-Time Employment Rates:Focusing on Gender Differences

Akiko S. Oishi and Ryo Kawaguchi
⇒This paper will be published in a journal.

WP29   Can absentees in poverty be classified as the dropout-type absenteeism? 

Katsuhito KAJIWARA <2/2023>
⇒This paper will be published in a book. (in Japanese)

WP30   The reasons why absentees in poverty go to free schools: Am empirical analysis using  Trajectory Equifinality Model(TEM)

Katsuhito KAJIWARA <2/2023>
⇒This paper will be published in a book.  (in Japanese)

WP31   A descriptive analysis of association between child depressive symptoms and their school life

Takayuki Kondo, Yoshitsugu Kato, Kazue Ishitsuka, Aya Abe    <2/2023>
⇒This paper will be published in “Journal of health and welfare statistics (厚生の指標 70(13))” (in Japanese)

WP32    Child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis on association with changes on employment and household budget during the school closure

Takayuki KONDO, Akira MATSUBARA, Miyu IHSIZUKA, Rina KATO, Ayano KOIKE, Mingyang LIU, Katsuhito KAJIWARA, Aya ABE        <3/2023>
⇒This paper is submitted to an academic journal.

WP33   An Empirical analysis of participation of neighborhood associations by children:   Association between Chonaikai activities and psychological well-being of children

Akira MATSUBARA, Takayuki KONDO, Aya ABE     <7/2023>
⇒This paper will be submitted to an academic journal.

WP34 Item Nonresponse among Immigrant Children and Parents in Surveys conducted by Local Governments 

Yoshimi Chitose  2023_wp34(2.5MB)  <9/2023> (in Japanese)

WP35 Comparing the Hardship of poor families with children before and after the COVID-19

Aya ABE 2023_wp35(1.6MB)  <11/2023>  (in Japanese)

WP36 The Analysis of Young Carers in Japan

Ryoko HORIGUCHI  2023_wp36  <9/2023> 
⇒This paper will be submitted to an academic journal.

WP37  A Sketch of Childcare space in Tokyo: using multiple correspondence analysis 

Kazuki KURIHARA  2023_wp37 <1/2024>   
⇒ This paper will be submitted to an academic journal.

WP38 The Descriptive Results of the 2022 Socially Perceived Necessity Survey in Japan (E)

Aya ABE 2023_wp38  <2/2024>