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Abstract
Survey Number 0416
Survey Title Survey on the Treatment of Female Workers, 2004
Depositor Japan Institute of Workers' Evolution
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Summary The purpose of this survey is to understand the support necessary for career development and employment continuation for regular service (ippan-shoku) employees based on attitudes of female workers and the treatment of female workers including the implementation status of employment management systems by different career track and maternity support measures.
Data Type quantitative research: micro data
Universe [Company survey] 13,000 companies with 100 or more workers
[Female worker survey] Female workers employed at target companies
Unit of Observation Individual,Organization
Sample Size
Number of responses Response rate
[Company survey] 2,528 19.4%
[Female worker survey] 6,445
Date of Collection 2004-12 ~ 2005-01
December 2004 – January 2005
Time Period 2004 ~ 2005
Spatial Unit
Sampling Procedure Regarding the [female worker survey], among the female workers working at the target companies:
- Companies that have implemented an employment management system for each career track and companies that have abolished it
Regular service (ippan-shoku) female workers: 2 from each company
Professional (senmon-shoku) female workers: 2 from each company
Semi-general affairs (sogo-shoku) female workers: 2 from each company
General affairs (sogo-shoku) female workers: 2 from each company
- Companies that have no career-track based employment management system
Female workers; 2 from each company
Mode of Data Collection Mail survey
Investigator Japan Institute of Workers' Evolution
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.0416
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 [Company questionnaire][Female worker questionnaire]
Major Survey Items [Company survey]

(1) Company overview
Industry, number of employees, etc.

(2) Implementation status of employment management system by career track
Implementation status of employment management system by career track, reason for employment management by career track, treatment, etc. of "regular service (ippan-shoku) employees,” presence or absence of regular service (ippan-shoku) employment, job content, implementation of reassignment of "regular service (ippan-shoku) employees," implementation of education and training for "regular service (ippan-shoku) employees," education and training content for "regular service (ippan-shoku) employees," state of promotion among "regular service (ippan-shoku) employees” and employees on other career-track, whether the employment management system for each career track has been reconsidered, reasons for reconsideration, details of strategy to strengthen" regular service (ippan-shoku) employees”

(3) Status of the continued employment of female workers, etc.
Reasons female workers leave jobs, status of female workers' employment continuity after pregnancy and childbirth, bonus calculation and regular salary increase calculation for female employees’ leave before and after childbirth

[Female worker survey]

(1) Overview of the employing company
Industry, number of employees

(2) Respondent’s attributes
Age, career-track for which respondent is hired, job title, years of service, marital status, presence of children, information of youngest child, number of children

(3) Career track
Reasons for choosing the career track, whether or not respondent wishes to change career track, career track respondent wants to be hired for, career track before conversion, reasons respondent wants to change career track, reasons respondent does not want to change career track, support for career track change respondent wants from the company, hopes for loosening requirements relating to career track change

(4) Workplace/career
Experience/number of reassignments, experience of reassignment that involved relocation, thoughts on reassignment, education and training received, hopes for education and training, self-development status for career advancement, view on promotion, gender discrimination regarding promotion, whether or not respondent wants to be in a managerial position, reasons for wanting to be in a managerial position, reasons for not wanting to be in a managerial position

(5) Thoughts on work styles
Route of employment, reasons for quitting the previous job, place of employment before marriage/childbirth, intention to continue employment, reasons for not quitting the company, challenges of continuing employment, conditions necessary to continue employment, things necessary and desired to continue working
Date of Release 2006/01/25
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Working conditions
TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS
Topics in SSJDA Employment/Labor
Version 1 : 2005-01-25
Notes for Users Variable and value labels are written in Japanese.