| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0128 |
| Survey Title | 34th Fact-finding Survey on Student Life, 1998 |
| Depositor | National Federation of University Co-operative Associations |
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| Summary | Since 1963 we have conducted an annual survey in October for the purpose of realizing a fuller campus life by clarifying, in particular, the economic life of university students as well as their consciousness and activities, and by making the findings reflect on our business and various activities. This 1998 survey, the 34th of the kind, was carried out against the backdrop of a continuously unstable economic climate. The survey indicates that the students constantly worry about employment prospects as they witness seniors' severe job-seeking activities and face the abolishment of the "shushoku kyotei" custom, or the gentlemen's agreement to set a timetable for job-seeking students. The rising employment anxieties reach their peak not when they are senior but junior, the survey finds out. In addition, their current economic situation has deteriorated as the lives of their parents, from whom they receive financial support, were thrown into the environment where firms go bankrupt one after another and more and more people loose their job. The students, too, have been unable to increase their earnings from part-time work. The survey demonstrates how, under such circumstances, the students are trying to make ends meet, sometimes through sheer self-control. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | 28,044 students of 60 universities nationwide |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | 12,854 responses from a sample of 28,004 students from 60 universities (Rate of return: 45.8%) |
| Date of Collection |
1998-10-01 ~ 1998-10-01 October, 1998 |
| Time Period |
1998 ~ 1998 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan All over Japan |
| Sampling Procedure | Probability: Systematic random Probability: Stratified Probability: Stratified: Proportional We gave each university a sampling ratio in accordance with the number of undergraduate students, and sampled from their ID numbers at regular intervals. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Questionnaires were mailed and partially handed to the respondents. The mailing as well as collecting was done by each cooperative. |
| Investigator | The National Federation of University Co-operative Associations |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0128 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | The National Federation of University Co-operative Associations (April, 1999) Dai 34-kai gakusei no shohi seikatsu no kansuru jittai chosa hokoku-sho. [Report of the 34th Survey on the Student Consumption Life] |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Chosa-hyo] |
| Major Survey Items |
I Demographic items: Department; year; sex and marital status; entrance exam; experience of waiting till next entrance exam period after failing in one; type of dwelling, layout, and area; means of transportation to school; and commuting time. II Economic life: Present and future financial outlook; earning and spending measures; breakdown of monthly earnings and expenses; telephone/beeper bills, and type of telephone; special spending in past six months and future six months; and part-time work in past six months, earnings, and purpose. III Daily life and activities: Meals in a day, eating place, and price; daily life (days spent on campus per week; arriving and leaving time; number of classes attended today, activities between last class and home; important areas of campus life; degree of fulfillment; and impression of university-favorable or not); PC and word processor held, plans for purchase, and how to choose one from many; driver's license, period obtained, place of application, and plans to get within a year; overseas trips made, number of trips, agency used, and future plans; concerns in daily life; hospitalization and visits to doctor in past six months; and parents' occupation and annual iincome. IV Use of Co-ops: Book Store (Shoseki-bu)(frequency of use in past month, and evaluation and important characteristics of Book Store); General Store (Kobai-bu) (frequency of use in past month, and evaluation and important characteristics of General Store); Cafeteria (weekly frequency of use, and evaluation and important characteristics of Cafeteria); attitudes to Co-ops (recognition of Conference of Delegates, recognition of Opinion Card, participation in operation, recognition of mutual-aid enterprise; recognition of student participation in activities; the Co-op News; level of interest in peace issues; recognition of peace efforts; Co-op's UNICEF fund-raising; closeness/familiarity, degree of satisfaction, and overall evaluation); etc. |
| Date of Release | 1999/11/04 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Consumption and consumer behaviour EDUCATION Higher and further education Youth |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 1998-11-04 2 ： 2001-06-27 3 ： 2002-09-19 4 ： 2009-12-21 |
| Notes for Users |
Correction by weighting back is required. Data Sets are written in Japanese. |