| Abstract | ||
| Survey Number | 0299 | |
| Survey Title | Fact-finding Survey on Self-employed People, 2002 | |
| Depositor | Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute | |
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| Summary |
In recent years, the unemployment rate has remained at a high level in Japan, and issues related to employment have become more critical than ever before. As the economy matures and employment practices change, companies can no longer be expected to absorb as much employment as before, and the significance of securing one's employment opportunities by running one's own business is being re-evaluated. Therefore, the purpose of this survey is to investigate the actual status of the self-employed, which are sole proprietors who operate their businesses or those of their family members alone. In this survey, there are two groups, 1) the self-employed and 2) business owners, and the questionnaires for 1) and 2) are separate. 2) is almost the same as 1), although some questions in 1) are omitted, and the report analyzes the self-employed in comparison with business owners. |
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| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data | |
| Universe |
Owners of enterprises financed by National Life Finance Corporation's nationwide branches from October 2001 to December 2001 1) Self-employed: owners of private enterprises with three or fewer employees and no full-time employees other than themselves and family members 2) Business owners: representatives of enterprises with 20 or more employees |
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| Unit of Observation | Individual | |
| Sample Size |
Number of responses 1) Self-employed: 2,380 cases 2) Business owners: 1,426 cases |
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| Date of Collection |
2002-08-01 ~ 2002-08-01 2002/08/01 |
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| Time Period |
2002 ~ 2002 |
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| Spatial Unit | All over Japan | |
| Sampling Procedure |
Owners of enterprises financed by National Life Finance Corporation's nationwide branches from October 2001 to December 2001 1) Self-employed: owners of private enterprises with three or fewer employees and no full-time employees other than themselves and family members Number of responses: 2,380 2) Business owners: representatives of enterprises with 20 or more employees Number of responses: 1,426 |
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| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered、collection by mail | |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.0299 | |
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| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. | |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | |
| Documentation | [Self-Employed Persons Questionnaire][Business Owners Questionnaire] | |
| Major Survey Items |
There are two types of questionnaires: 1) a questionnaire for self-employed persons and 2) a questionnaire for business owners. However, items marked with an asterisk (*) are not included in the 2) Questionnaire for business owners. (1) Business Overview Industry, business description, differentiation of business from other firms in the same industry, SOHO status*, membership in a franchise chain, management style, ownership of business office, and location of the business office. (2) Attributes and career of the manager himself/herself Gender, age, terminal education record, occupation immediately before business management, situation at the place of employment immediately before business management (number of employees, whether the company is listed, whether the job is related to the current business, comparison with current income, salary type, comparison with current working hours, working at home). (3) Background to business management Experience as a business-related side job, motivation for running the business, whether the business was founded or succeeded, the timing and year of founding, how the family business was taken over (4) Family and employees Number of employees, spouse's job, spouse's income*, family members living together other than a spouse, family employees other than spouse, number of family members working other than family employees and total monthly income*, non-business income and average monthly income*, monthly living expenses for the entire household*, average daily working hours for the individual and family employees*, the individual's working style (place of work, variation in working hours by time of year, degree of self-discretion in working hours, average number of days off per month)*. (5) Business situation Main customers, percentage of total sales from companies and government agencies with the most significant orders, existence and percentage* of orders from former employers, fixed customers, nature of business income, loans from financial institutions (existence, balance), loans from parents, siblings, relatives, etc. (existence, balance), business performance (business conditions compared to other companies in the same industry, sales, monthly sales, gross profit margin, satisfaction with business performance, satisfaction with the content and quality of products and services, and satisfaction with the company's business performance. (6) Views on business Items of importance in business management, intention to expand business scale, reasons for maintaining/reducing current business scale, business merits for the respondent/family members only*, intention to hire full-time executives/regular employees other than family members*, reasons for not hiring non-family members*, desire to succeed/successor, resistance to changing or closing the business and reasons for such resistance, resistance to becoming a worker and reasons for such resistance. (7) Attitudes toward life and work The purpose of working, the satisfaction with aspects of life, and comparison with workers of the same generation |
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| Date of Release | 2003/07/09 | |
| Topics in CESSDA |
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| Topics in SSJDA | Economy/Industry/Management | |
| Version | 1 ： 2003-07-09 | |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |