| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0608 |
| Survey Title | Fact-Finding Survey on Long-term Care Work, 2003 |
| Depositor | Care Work Foundation |
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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 |
The Care Work Foundation is a corporation designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the Act on Improvement of Employment Management and Other Matters for Care Workers (1992). With a view to promoting the securement of long-term care workers and the welfare and stable employment of such workers, the Foundation’s activities creating employment opportunities and improving working conditions in the long-term care sector, and improving the management of long-term care workers. As part of these activities, it conducts data-gathering and research related to the employment and welfare of long-term care workers. This survey is comprised of two surveys: the “Fact-finding survey on long-term care work in workplaces” and “Survey of long-term care workers’ employment situation and employment attitudes (Facility-based, Inpatient, Outpatient)” which were carried out by Care Work Center in 2003. “The Fact-finding survey on long-term care work in workplaces” (hereafter the “Workplace Survey”) involved surveying facility operators about the status of employment of long-term care workers, workers’ wages, working hours, and other issues, as well as wage systems, performance evaluation systems, and the like, with the goal of identifying problems in long-term care work. The Workplace Survey has been conducted every year since 2002 (Heisei 14). At the same time as the Workplace Survey, a Survey of long-term care workers’ employment situation and employment attitudes (Facility-based, Inpatient, Outpatient) (hereafter the “Worker Survey”) was conducted with the aim of ascertaining workers’ employment status, working hours, wages, and welfare and benefits, as well as their attitudes toward work, and thereby furnishing materials for the improvement of employment management in long-term care facilities. Please note that the types of long-term care workers targeted in the 2003 (Heisei 15) Worker Survey were Facility-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient only: omitted from this survey was the Home Visit type (workers engaged in home visits for long-term care, bathing, and nursing; included in the 2006 (Heisei 18) survey). Caution is thus required when comparing survey results across different years. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe |
[Workplace Survey] 5,000 facilities in the long-term care industry across Japan [Worker Survey] 10,000 employees at Facility-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient long-term care facilities were sampled from across Japan |
| Unit of Observation | Individual,Organization |
| Sample Size |
[Workplace Survey] Samples size (Total number of questionnaires distributed): 5,000 workplaces Number of valid responses: 1,463 workplaces Valid response rate: 29.3% *Regarding the employment status and working conditions of long-term care workers who work at the facilities that responded (Question 5), responses on 28,062 long-term care workers were received and have been aggregated separately. [Worker Survey] Sample size (total number of questionnaires distributed): 10,000 people Number of valid responses: 3,001 people Valid response rate: 30.0% |
| Date of Collection |
2003-12-01 ~ 2003-12-26 2003/12/01 – 12/26 |
| Time Period |
2003 ~ 2003 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan Japan |
| Sampling Procedure |
Probability: Simple random
Non-probability
[Workplace Survey] Random sampling [Worker Survey] One thousand Facility-based, Inpatient, and Outpatient long-term care facilities were sampled from across Japan, with the sample weighted in proportion to the number of registered facilities for each service in each prefecture. The number of respondents per facility was determined for each service and the corresponding number of questionnaires were sent by postal mail to each facility. The facility was asked to distribute the questionnaire to workers who met the target criteria. Respondents were asked to post their completed questionnaires directly to the Care Work Foundation. |
| Mode of Data Collection |
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
[Workplace Survey] Mail survey [Worker Survey] (See Sampling Procedure above) |
| Investigator | Care Work Foundation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0608 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | [Workplace Survey][Worker Survey/A>] |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | |
| Major Survey Items |
[Workplace Survey] (1) General overview of workplace - Location - Corporate status - Number of employees in workplace - Number of employees in entire organization - Types of long-term care services offered - Capacity/number of users of each type of care services offered - Workers in each service type (2) Status of employment etc. of each care workers (*The data for this item (Question 5) is in a separate file.) - Gender - Age - Details of the job - Employment status - Occupation type - Wage payment type - Basic wages in November 2003 (monthly/daily/hourly wages) - Prescribed weekly working days in November - Actual wages in November (3) Wage system A. Wage system for regular employees - Wage type - Presence of absence of wage chart for each base salary type, and factors determining base salary (managerial/non-managerial) - Change in base salary since launch of the long-term care insurance system and points of emphasis - Allowances - Pay raise system (existence of system/number of times/relationship with performance/relationship with work attendance record, etc.) - Bonus system (existence of system/conditions related to years of employment/relationship with performance/relationship with work attendance record, etc.) - Retirement benefits system (existence of system/conditions related to years of employment) - Personnel evaluation system (whether or not implemented/impact on base salary/impact on bonuses/impact on pay raises and promotions) B. Wage systems for non-regular workers - Form of payment - Base salary for each base salary type and factors determining base salary - Allowances - Pay raise system (existence of system/number of times/relationship with performance/relationship with work attendance record, etc.) - Bonus system (existence of system/conditions related to years of employment/number of times/relationship with performance/relationship with work attendance record, etc.) - Retirement benefits system (existence of system/conditions related to years of employment) - Personnel evaluation system (whether or not implemented/impact on base salary/impact on bonuses/impact on pay raises and promotions) - Payment of wages for offsite work (travel time/waiting and preparation time/document preparation time/meeting time) (4) Labor Force Conditions - Shortage or surplus of long-term care workers by occupation type - Intake of volunteers (intake or no intake/number/work details/payment of travel and other expenses/existence of remuneration and hourly amount thereof) (5) Care work measures and requests - Expectations for programs relating to employment management in care work, etc. [Worker Survey] (1) Attributes - Gender - Age - Highest level of educational attainment - Marital status - Cohabiting children (presence/age group) - Primary household earner - Person who does household chores - Previous job (existence/workplace/employment status) (2) Current job - Location of the workplace - Corporate status of the workplace - Type of service of the workplace - Details of job - Employment status/term of contract - Length of service in organization - Length of experience as care worker - Qualifications respondent holds - Qualifications respondent wants to acquire in the future (3)Working hours - Existence of prescribed days and hours of work - Method of determining days and hours of work; number of days and hours - Who decides days and hours of work, and how - Number of days/hours actually worked in November - Comparison of actual working hours to prescribed working hours - Reason of overtime/number of hours - Thoughts regarding overtime - Reason for fewer than prescribed hours of work - Main times of day worked - Times worked other than daytime - How holidays are determined - Alternating work shift system (presence or absence, content) - Thoughts on times of day worked - Paid annual leave system (presence or absence/number of paid holidays in the past year/number of days respondent taken) - State of taking paid annual leave - Reasons for being unable to take time off (4)Wages - Form of wage payment, hourly wage amount/daily wage amount/monthly wage amount, amount per hour of daily wage - Monthly wage before tax in November - Bonuses system - Amount of bonus (end of last year/last summer) - Wage amount respondent desires - Annual income respondent desires - Allowances respondent desires (5) Benefits/welfare program - State of getting health checkups - Training in health and safety - Status of subscription to social insurance - Procedure of getting the job at the current workplace (6) Thoughts as care worker - Reasons for choosing a job in care work - Level of satisfaction to the current job - Whether or not respondent wants to continue the current job - Worries, concerns, dissatisfaction in the workplace and with work - Worries, concerns, dissatisfaction for working condition/burden with work - Worries, concerns, dissatisfactions with regard to purpose in life and work - Worries, concerns, dissatisfaction for compensation system |
| Date of Release | 2009/06/30 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Employee training Employment Working conditions Social welfare systems/structures |
| Topics in SSJDA | Social Security/Welfare Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2009-06-30 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |