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Table 6 Relationship between the challenges of Cha-no-Ma and implementation of multigenerational exchanges

From: Factors that facilitate multigenerational exchanges in regional locations: a cross‐sectional study in Niigata City, Japan

   

Multigenerational exchanges found

Challenge

 

Number of responses: excluding no answer

n

%

p-valuea

Fixed participants

Yes

227

67

29.5

0.372

No

158

54

34.2

Fostering successors

Yes

198

68

34.3

0.228

No

187

53

28.3

Participants do not increase

Yes

196

58

29.6

0.444

No

189

63

33.3

Expected age group does not come

Yes

152

55

36.2

0.116

No

233

66

28.3

Securing caretakers

Yes

136

47

34.6

0.359

No

249

74

29.7

Difficult to enroll new participants

Yes

99

37

37.4

0.167

No

286

84

29.4

Lack of operational know-how

Yes

46

17

37.0

0.401

No

339

104

30.7

No challenges

Yes

33

10

30.3

1.000

No

352

111

31.5

Forming networks with other managers

Yes

25

13

52.0

0.027

No

360

108

30.0

Participant relationships

Yes

25

10

40.0

0.375

No

360

111

30.8

Not well known

Yes

24

8

33.3

0.823

No

361

113

31.3

Poor transportation access

Yes

22

12

54.5

0.030

No

363

109

30.0

No support from local residents

Yes

20

13

65.0

0.002

No

365

108

29.6

Deficit in profits

Yes

19

11

57.9

0.020

No

366

110

30.1

Difficult to secure an exchange place

Yes

10

3

30.0

1.000

No

375

118

31.5

The effect of the activity is small or unclear

Yes

8

3

37.5

0.710

No

377

118

31.3

  1. a Fisher’s exact test