| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0331 |
| Survey Title | The Questionnaire Survey on Work and Life of Workers, 2002.10 |
| Depositor | JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards (Former Name:Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards) |
| Restriction of Use |
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| 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 |
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, the third survey in April 2002, and this is the fourth 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, valid responses: 833 people, valid response rate: 92.6% Please note that 43 responses were from people who were not employed. After excluding these responses, the number of valid responses were 790 and valid response rate after excluding respondents who were not employed was 87.8% |
| Date of Collection |
2002-10-11 ~ 2002-10-21 2002/10/11 (Fri) – 10/21 (Mon) |
| Time Period |
2002 ~ 2002 |
| Spatial Unit | kanto kinki 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 (Keihinyo (Tokyo-Yokohama-Chiba) Major Metropolitan Area) and Kansai region (Keihanshin (Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe) Major Metropolitan Area) 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.0331 |
| 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 at 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/perspectives for 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/spare time, work, inner happiness, life in general) (5) Evaluation of government’s policy issues, tax reform Evaluation of government’s efforts to address policy issues (13 items), special tax exemptions for spouse, thoughts on tax exemption for specific dependents (6) Corporate ethics Causes for companies’ cover-up of faults/false reporting/disguising applications, etc., means considered effective for compliance with corporate ethics and laws and regulations Face items: Gender, age, marital status, number of family members, household family members, highest level of educational attainment, annual household income, respondent’s annual income, primary breadwinner, existence of earners other than respondent himself or herself, employer’s industry, size by number of employees, labor union (existence, membership status), occupation type, years of employment, experience of changing jobs In addition, access 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 (833 people) working as private company employees. However, the working status at the time of the survey was 790 employees, 13 self-employed workers/doing side jobs at home/helping a family business, and 30 people unemployed. Some report items collect observations based on the total number of respondents, while others collect observations about employed people. |