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[57] Effects on Future Attitudes Toward Settling Down and Factors Fostering Civic Pride in High School Students

Focusing on High School Students Living in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture

○Godai Mori¹, Yusuke Yabutani¹, Junhwan Song² (1. University of Toyama, 2. Yamaguchi University)

Keywords:Place Attachment, Regional Revitalization, Migration, U-turn, Local Education

In this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted among high school students living in Takaoka city to identify a source of civic pride that foster civic pride and increase their attitudes of settling down in the future. The source of civic pride consisted of four factors: “local environment,” “culture and industry,” “food and nature,” and “history,” and presented four components of civic pride: “participation,” “identity,” “attachment,” and “desire to continue”. The results of the covariance structure analysis revealed that future settlement awareness among high school students is formed by "attachment", which is fostered by sources of "local environment" and "culture and history". It was inferred that green spaces and parks that are accessible to them, communication at festivals, and local education that exposes them to traditional culture and industry in elementary and junior high schools will contribute to their attitudes of future settlement.