Child rearing period - Ikujiki

...To facilitate observation, stages are often established. For example, there are eight stages: (1) the childless newlywed period, (2) from the birth of the first child to the start of elementary school (childcare period), (3) from the start of elementary school to graduation of the first child (first education period), (4) from the start of junior high school to the graduation of high school of the first child (second education period), (5) from the graduation of high school of the first child to the youngest child at age 20 (first discharge period), (6) from the youngest child at age 20 to when all the children get married and leave (second discharge period), (7) from when all the children get married and leave to the husband at age 65 (pre-aging period), and (8) from the husband at age 65 to death (retirement period). The husband's age of 65 implies retirement, and the pre-aging period and the retirement period are distinguished by the husband's retirement. ...

*Some explanations of terms that refer to the "child-rearing period" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…観察を助けるために，しばしば段階が設定される。例えば，(1)子どものない新婚期，(2)第1子出生から小学校入学まで(育児期)，(3)第1子小学校入学から卒業まで(第1教育期)，(4)第1子中学校入学から高校卒業まで(第2教育期)，(5)第1子高校卒業から末子20歳まで(第1排出期)，(6)末子20歳から子どもが全部結婚独立するまで(第2排出期)，(7)子どもが全部結婚独立してから夫65歳まで(向老期)，(8)夫65歳から死亡まで(退隠期)，という8段階区分がある。夫65歳というのは退職を含意し，夫の退職によって向老期と退隠期を分別する。…

※「育児期」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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