Today, elderly people has desperately felt isolation and desolation due to the loss of activity at home and society by the change of social structure and the tendency of nuclear family. The mutual-relationship between parents and their children is important to solve the problem of eldely people´s isolation and desolation.
The present study was corducted to investigate the status of mutual-communication by visiting, telephone and letter on 678 parents over 55 years of age and 1, 316 their adult children from September 1st to 30th, 1982. It was investigated with questionaire by students.
The results was as follws.
The frequency of communication from children to parents was highest in 26.4% by telephone and 21.6% by visiting, 4 times a month. Correspondence of letter showed only 18.1% in a year.
The frequency of communication from parents to children was highest 16.1% by telephone and 15.6% by visiting, 4 times a month Correspondence of letter showed only 11.3% in a year.
Urban parents showed higher frequency than rural parents by visiting and telephone, but lower by letter. The older age group of children showed higher frequency than the younger by visiting and telephone but 3rd decade was highest by letter.
The younger age group of parents showed higher frequency than older age group. Mother was showed higher frequency than father by visiting and telephone, but father by letter. Higher education level group showed higher frequency than lower education level group. Merchants and factory workers showed the highest frequency by visiting and telephone, but officials by letter.
Upper class group in socio-economic status showed higher frequency than lower class group generally, but lower class group by letter from parents to children. The group within same district between parents and children showed the highest frequency by visiting and telephone, but the group within long distance by letter.
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