| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0306 |
| Survey Title | Survey on Life Planning and Finance/Insurance Vol. 4, 2002 (Survey on Married Women's Life Planning) |
| Depositor | Japan Institute of Life Insurance |
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| Summary |
Due to the diversification of values, working styles, and family styles, women are advancing in society. As the courses women follow in life diversify, married women’s attitudes to housework and child rearing, and household management such as division of roles between husband and wife, as well as household behavior, such as household finance management and life protection, also seem to be changing. The purpose of this survey is to assess married women’s attitudes to childbirth, child rearing and employment, future life planning, and life protection, and thus understand the actual situation and future direction of married women’s lives. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Married women between the ages of 20 and 49 (excluding divorcees/widows and students) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | Sample size: 1,000, number of valid responses: 879 |
| Date of Collection |
2002-12-13 ~ 2002-12-23 2002/12/13 – 12/23 |
| Time Period |
2002 ~ 2002 |
| Spatial Unit | aitama chiba okyo kanagawa The Greater Tokyo area within a 30 km radius |
| Sampling Procedure | Extracted from the survey company registered access panel |
| Mode of Data Collection | Mail survey |
| Investigator | Japan Institute of Life Insurance, survey carried out by INTAGE Inc. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0306 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| 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 | [Questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items |
Questionnaire items: (1) Life course Ideal life course, actual life course (2) Employment Current employment status, number of regular employees at work, average number of working days per week, average working hours per day, annual income, monthly living expenses/annual savings and investment amount out of respondent’s income, circumstances when selecting the current employment status, family circumstances that prevent respondent to get desired employment, working style if there was no family circumstance to consider, employment intention of full-time housewife, employment hindrance factor for full-time housewife, working style when there is no hindrance factor, reason for not wanting to work Advantages and disadvantages of working, level of work satisfaction, reason for working, use of income, degree of comfort and life satisfaction. Thoughts on marriage and employment, age of marriage, experience of changing jobs and leaving a job, reason for leaving a job, reason for leaving a job for marriage, reason for leaving a job for giving birth, age at leaving a job and period respondent was not working, experience of continuing employment after childbirth, services and support used to continue employment after childbirth Desired measures for promoting the employment of married women, awareness of tax and social insurance system regarding women's employment (No. 3 insurance system, spouse [special] deduction system, awareness of opinion to abolish spouse special deduction, advantages and disadvantages of changes in system) Workstyle at each life stage (employment status up to now and plan in the future, age of children when employment status changed, employment status expected in case of tax/social insurance system changes, average number of working days per week, average working hours per day), current life stage. (3) Housework/child rearing Actual and ideal situations regarding the division of housework between partners, use of housework services, burden of housework, number of children, age of the first child, age of the youngest child, number of children desired in the future, reason for not wanting (not wanting more) children, advantages and disadvantages of having children, thoughts on childcare/education, actual and ideal division of labor between husband and wife for child rearing and education, use of nursery school services, dissatisfaction/anxiety about child rearing and education, sense of burden regarding child rearing and education (4) Managing household finance and home Household finance management main decision maker, child rearing and education policy main decision maker, main decision-maker for other general household management. (5) Life anxiety and life protection needs Life anxiety, need and reason for respondent’s own life insurance, need and reason for respondent’s own medical insurance, need and reason for respondent’s own retirement security, enrollment in life insurance/individual annuity insurance and insurance respondent views important, insufficiency of life insurance and individual annuity insurance. Face items: Age, highest level of educational attainment, spouse’s age, spouse's highest level of educational attainment, spouse's occupation/number of regular employees at work, spouse's allowance received, spouse's annual income, spouse's average weekly working days/daily average working hours, cohabiting family composition, number of cohabitants, livelihood support received from own parents/spouse’s parents, type of residence, monthly daily living expenses, total financial assets |
| Date of Release | 2003/12/17 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Family life and marriage Gender and gender roles SOCIETY AND CULTURE |
| Topics in SSJDA | Society/Culture Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2003-12-17 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |