買い物のしかたについてアンケートを取るとき、年代別に取ることが多かったが、今少し変わってきている。ライフコース別に取ることが増えてきたのだ。ライフコースとは人生の道、つまり個人が生まれてからどんな道を歩いてきたか、ということである。
例えば、40代女性といってもライフコースはさまざまで、①就職→独身→仕事継続、②就職→結婚→退職、③就職→結婚→仕事継続、④就職→結婚→仕事継続→出産→退職などがある。このようにして調査をすると、買い物のしかたや考え方などがよりはっきりと分かるようになった。
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読解 第5部 模擬試験 NO. 65 1 questions
読解模擬試験①
Reading comprehension simulation test ①
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第5部 模擬試験①・短文（アンケートとライフコース）【1 sentence】.短文 mock test format: only about 150 questions, everything is in 1–2 key sentences. Tip: なぜ (why) question → find a place where the author explains with 例えば. Here 例えば、40代女性といってもライフコースはさまざま is the reason: the same age but each person's life path is different. Be careful: do not choose an answer that sounds socially reasonable (increased employment rate, longer life expectancy) if the article is not written.
Passage
- なぜライフコース別にアンケートをとるか。
Explanation: Paragraph 2: 「40代女性といってもライフコースはさまざま」 = same age but each person's life path is different → dividing by age is not enough, we must divide by life course → ②. ①, ③, ④ are all social statements that do NOT appear in the article.
Why survey each life course?
① Because recently women's lives are longer than before. · ② Because each woman walks a different path. · ③ Because it has become natural for women to work. · ④ Because it has become difficult for women to continue working.
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When doing surveys about shopping habits, people used to divide them by age, but now that has changed a bit. Life course division is on the rise. Life course is the path of life, that is, what stages a person has gone through since birth.
For example, the same woman is in her 40s but her life course is very different: ① working → single → continuing to work; ② go to work → get married → quit your job; ③ go to work → get married → continue to work; ④ go to work → get married → continue to work → have children → quit... Surveying this way, their shopping and thinking styles appear more clearly.