Marital Relation and the Attitude of Mothers\u27 Child-Care : The Analysis of Open-Ended Question

The purpose of this paper is to make it clear the relationship between marital relation and the attitude of mothers\u27 childcare. Makino(1982) cleared, marital relation is important for child-care anxiety by statistical research. So, this paper focus marital relation and clear the real mother by open-ended question. Then I made an investigation on child-care into 1666 mothers. (They are nursery pupil\u27s mothers and mothers who participated in the child care circles. ) I classify four types under marital relation. I: The degree of communication is high and the degree of fathers\u27 understanding of mothers\u27 child-care is high. II: The degree of communication is high and the degree of fathers\u27 understanding of mothers\u27 child-care is low. III: The degree of communication is low and the degree of fathers\u27 understanding of mothers\u27 child-care is high. IV: The degree of communication is low and the degree of fathers\u27 understanding of mothers\u27 child-care is low. I analyzed the relationship between these four types and open-ended question by mothers. The various following points became clear as a result of the analysis. When mothers have fathers\u27 cooperation, they take child-care in a positive light. When mothers don\u27t have fathers\u27 cooperation, they take child-care in a negative light. But only fathers\u27 cooperation is not enough for mother\u27 child-care. Social support is necessary for mother\u27s child-care, too