| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0118 |
| Survey Title | Attitudes Survey among Working Women, 1992 |
| Depositor | Recruit Works Institute |
| Restriction of Use |
For detailed information, please refer to 'For Data Users' on the SSJDA website.
- Apply to SSJDA. Depositor's approval is required. |
| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
| Access to Datasets | Download |
| SSJDA Data Analysis | Not available |
| Summary | Since 1979 Recruit Research has continued "research on working women" to clarify their work and life consciousness. This survey was conducted six years after the Equal Employment Opportunity Law was implemented in 1986. Although those years saw gradually expanded women's employment opportunities, helped by the boom period, the job offers-to-seekers ratio for new female graduates (of universities and junior colleges) dropped to 0.93 this year as firms became less and less willing to hire women. Thus we prepared this survey for the specific purpose of capturing what working women think of the workplace, job, and life in general under the current situation. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Currently working women aged between 20 and 39 who live in the Metropolitan area within a 30-kilometer radius (excluding the self-employed) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | 1,562 effective responses |
| Date of Collection |
1992-08-20 ~ 1992-09-09 August 20-September 9, 1992 |
| Time Period |
1992 ~ 1992 |
| Spatial Unit | tokyo saitama kanagawa chiba The Metropolitan area within a 30-kilometer radius |
| Sampling Procedure | Probability: Stratified Probability: Stratified: Proportional Sampling ratios were applied so that the age composition and the composition of forms of employment match those of the 1987 Report of the Basic Research on the Employment Structure (by Somu-cho, the Management and Coordination Agency). The sample base consists of employed women between 20 and 39 years of age who live in Tokyo Metropolis (excluding officials). |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-report questionnaires were distributed by visiting. |
| Investigator | Recruit Research The field work was performed by the Information Science Center. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0118 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Recruit Research (February, 1993) Wakingu uman ni kansuru chosa, 1992 [Research on Working Women, 1992] |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Chosa-hyo] |
| Major Survey Items |
[Demographic items] Age, last school completed, and type of family. [Questionnaire items] Employment: form of employment; occupation; title; seniority; annual income; and size of firm's workforce and firm's industry. Work consciousness: evaluation of current job (level of interest, sense of fulfillment, sense of fitness, exercise of abilities); worry about job (e.g. unclear future); availability of work model; availability of person to consult; sexual harassment experienced and response to it; purpose of working; and orientation to career-track jobs (whether Respondent feels it attractive to work like men on career track.; whether Respondent sometimes feels she does not want to work like these men), and reasons for it. On the educational system: availability of educational/training programs for female employees; evaluation of quantity of education/training; education/training received, its difficulty, usefulness, and degree of satisfaction; and future education/training desired. Future work intentions: type of work desired, type of work not desired; desired way of relating oneself to work in the future and the possibility; desired direction of advancement; areas of current work to be improved; intention for child-care leave; intention to continue work; and timing of leaving job. Switching jobs: past experience and number of jobs switched; reasons for switching (whether based on one's own intention or not; dissatisfaction with previous firm(s); what attracted Respondent to current firm); method of getting job switch information; intention for job switch; conditions for new firm; and form of employment desired at new firm and its reasons. On life in general: attitudes to life and work; marital status; marriage intentions and work/home weight desired after marriage; work/home weight desired before marriage and reality; children; intention for childbearing; and number of children desired. |
| Date of Release | 1999/10/13 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Employment Working conditions Family life and marriage Gender and gender roles |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 1999-10-13 |
| Notes for Users | Data Sets are written in Japanese. |