University of Tokyo

Abstract
Survey Number 0330
Survey Title The Questionnaire Survey on Work and Life of Workers, 2002.4
Depositor JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards
(Former Name:Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards)
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Educational Purpose Available for both research and instructional purposes.
Period of Data Use Permission One year
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Summary This survey aims to clarify economic, employment, and living trends as seen from the perspective of workers and to obtain basic information with which to consider policy issues from the perspective of improving employment and quality of life. This is done by periodically exploring workers’ attitudes toward economic trends in Japan, their current state of work and living, future perspectives, and so on.

At the Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards, we periodically conduct questionnaire surveys to clarify trends in the Japanese economy and the current state of employment and living from the viewpoint and attitude of workers to obtain information to understand the current economic situation. Simultaneously, we explore the mid-to-long term improvements in living standards through fixed-point observation of quality of life. The first survey was conducted in April 2001, the second survey in October 2001, and this is the third survey. Previous surveys are also archived in the SSJDA.
Data Type quantitative research
quantitative research: micro data
Universe Private company employees in their 20s to 50s who live in the Greater Tokyo Area or Kansai region
Unit of Observation Individual
Sample Size Sample size: 900 people,number of valid responses: 832 people, valid response rate: 92.4%

Please note there were 76 unemployed people who responded. After excluding them, the sample of employed people was 759 and the response rate of employed people was 84.3%.
Date of Collection 2002-04-04 ~ 2002-04-15
2002/04/04 (Thu) – 04/15 (Mon)
Time Period 2002 ~ 2002
Spatial Unit kanto
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The Greater Tokyo Area (Keihinyo (Tokyo-Yokohama-Chiba) Major Metropolitan Area of the “1997 (Heisei 9) Employment Status Survey”) and Kansai region (Keihanshin (Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe) Major Metropolitan Area of the same survey)
Sampling Procedure Other
In extracting the sample, we took into account the population size of private employees in the Greater Tokyo Area and Kansai region, and the ratio of the total sample in each area was set at 2:1. Furthermore, the sample allocation criteria were prepared in consideration of the distribution of employees by gender/age group in the Greater Tokyo Area and Kansai region of the “1997 (Heisei 9) Employment Status Survey.”

Based on these allocation criteria, 900 people living in the Greater Tokyo Area and Kansai region were extracted from the access panel of INTAGE Inc. (approximately 100,000 people nationwide).

Respondents of the last survey were excluded from this survey.
Mode of Data Collection Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Questionnaires for self-administered mail survey were distributed
Investigator Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards, survey carried out by INTAGE Inc.
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.0330
Sponsors (Funds)
Related Publications (by the Investigator) Questionnaire
Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis)
Documentation
Major Survey Items Questionnaire items:

(1) Economic trends and business situation at place of employment
Current Japanese economy compared with one year ago, reasons for feeling the economic climate is improving, Japanese economic forecast one year later, work status, current business situation of the place of employment

(2) Restructuring at the place of employment and unemployment concerns
Implementation of recession policies in the past year (staff reduction, downsizing of a business division, restrictions on overtime, temporary transfers, relocations, wage cuts), anti-recession policies implemented, anxiety about work and about deteriorating working conditions, changes in the situation that are currently occurring or could occur in the future at the place of employment, experiences at work and regarding working conditions, desire to change place to work and reasons, measures for self-protection against unemployment, anxiety about becoming unemployed in next one year, reemployment under the same conditions after unemployment, nearby experience of bankruptcy, unemployment, etc. and to whom it happened

(3) Income, consumption and living conditions (comparison with one year ago/forecast one year later)
Increase or decrease in personal wage income, increase or decrease in household income, reasons for increase or decrease in household consumption and reasons for the change, sense of fluctuation in prices, changes in household living conditions

(4) Level of life satisfaction
Satisfaction level with daily life (income, assets, living environment, leisure and spare time, work, inner happiness, life in general)

(5) Concept of tax burden
Tax burden increase or decrease in the next 10 years, increase in consumption tax and income tax burdens, thoughts about reviewing the progressive tax rate of income tax, thoughts about reviewing minimum taxable income

(6) Diversification of work style and work sharing
Desired way of working (the last two to three years, 10 years later) and reasons, thoughts on personnel reduction plan (restructuring), interest in work sharing, thoughts on the system of sharing work and working time

Face items:
Gender, age, marital status, number of family members, highest level of educational attainment, primary breadwinner, respondent’s annual income, existence of earners other than respondent himself or herself, household annual income, employer’s industry type, number of employees, labor union (existence, membership status), employment status, occupation, years of employment, experience changing jobs
 
In addition to this, proprietary panel registration information was used for household composition, area of residence, type of residence, and number of years at residence.
Date of Release 2004/03/01
Topics in CESSDA Click here for details

Economic conditions and indicators
Employment
Labour relations/conflict
Working conditions
Topics in SSJDA Employment/Labor
Society/Culture
Version 1 : 2004-03-01
2 : 2007-03-19
Notes for Users Using the access panel registration information, company employees, supervisors/managers, and part-timers/casual part-timers (arubaito) were extracted as survey respondents (832 people) working as private company employees. However, working status at the time of the survey was 759 employees, 34 self-employed workers/doing side jobs at home/helping a family business, and 42 people unemployed. Some report items collect observations based on the total number of respondents, while others collect observations about employed people.