コロナ禍が東京都に居住する若年層の 移住意識に与える影響.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on societies, which has resulted in unprecedented changes in internal migrant patterns. We conducted a questionnaire survey of single young adults living in Tokyo to investigate the changes in their relocation intentions before and after the pandemic and examine the COVID-19 related factors that may influence their preferences. The result shows that young adults' working environment, income, and psychological status were significantly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and 16.6% of the respondents started to consider moving out of Tokyo. Teleworking, decreased income, and anxiety about being infected with COVID-19 were positively related to their migration intentions. The determinants of migration intention differed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, those who started to consider relocating after the pandemic were more likely to have higher incomes, stable jobs, and were more oriented toward metropolitan areas. Meanwhile, the less educated group was also more likely to develop a migration intention after the outbreak of the COVID-19. These results suggest that the mechanisms through which new potential migrants were triggered during the pandemic may differ by socioeconomic status. In promoting migration in the post-COVID-19 era, it is necessary for policymakers to take into account the characteristics of those new potential migrants, and at the same time, to pay attention to the widening social and residential disparities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

新型コロナウイルス感染症の流行は,地域の人口動態にも大きな影響を与えてお り,地方移住が促進される転換点となる可能性に注目が集まっている。本研究では, 東京都に居住する独身若年層を対象としたアンケート調査を実施し,コロナ禍が彼 ら彼女らの移住意識に与えた影響について検討した。調査の結果,コロナ禍をきっ かけとして16.6%の回答者に移住意識が生じており,その規定要因は新型コロナの 流行前のものとは異なっていた。コロナ禍をきっかけとして移住意識が生じた人は, 高収入,正規雇用者であり,移住先として大都市圏を志向しやすいという特徴があ る。その一方で,低学歴•収入減少•不安感のある人も移住意識をもちやすい傾向 があった。これらの結果は,コロナ禍における移住意識を誘発するメカニズムが, その社会経済的地位によって異なることを示唆している。ポスト•コロナ時代の移 住促進政策では,コロナ禍をきっかけとして新たに生じた潜在的移住者の特徴を考 慮すると同時に,社会格差や居住格差の拡大に留意する必要がある. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]