Relationship-Building Skills of Child-Rearing Mothers in Japanese Communities

Table 1

Mothers’ demographic characteristics.

Variable	Values
Age	25–29	1
	30–34	6
	35–39	13
	40–44	4
Employment		5
Education	High school	11
	Vocational/junior college	3
	University	10
Number of children	One	14
	Two	7
	Three or more	3
Residence	Single-family house	9
	Apartment house	15
Area	Urban	13
	Rural	11
Dwelling history (year)	<1	3
	1–4	11
	>5	10
Frequency meeting their parents	Once a week	1
	Once a month	16
	Twice or three times per year	4
	Less than once a year	3

Urban: population more than a million.