University of Tokyo

Abstract
Survey Number 0661
Survey Title Questionnaire Survey for the Reduction of Working Hours, 2005
Depositor Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees' Unions
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Summary This survey was conducted as part of the Shorter Working Hours Promotion Month in November 2005, in order to gain a detailed understanding of the working realities and attitudes of members of unions affiliated with the Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees’ Unions (JCU), feeding the findings back into initiatives related to shorter working hours conducted by JCU and its member unions, and thereby contributing to improvements in working conditions across the board.

In November every year, JCU conducts a survey with approximately 25% of union members (approximately 10,000 people) to gather information on their working hours. For 33 years since 1972, this survey has shed light on the work environment in the construction industry while adapting the content of the questions to suit changes in society.

This survey is the first to include survey items on overtime, based on the fact that the previous year’s survey showed that overtime work across all of JCU was at the highest level ever.
Data Type quantitative research
quantitative research: micro data
Universe Members of Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees' Unions
Unit of Observation Individual
Sample Size Sample size: 10,245 people
Valid responses: 7,151 people
Valid response rate: 69.8%
Date of Collection 2005-11-01 ~ 2005-11-01
2005/11/01
Time Period 2005 ~ 2005
Spatial Unit
Sampling Procedure Non-probability: Quota
A sample of approximately 25% of all union members were surveyed.

Questionnaires were distributed in line with the number of members in each member union and the profile of members in terms of age, gender, occupation type, etc.
Mode of Data Collection Self-administered questionnaire
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Distribution of printed questionnaire forms in combination with transmission of digital questionnaires (PDF question file and Excel response file) to be completed by data entry. Digital questionnaires were printed after completion and collected in printed form.

Collection method: sent by union branch to union headquarters to JCU
Investigator Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees' Unions
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.0661
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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 1. Gender, age, location of workplace

2. Occupation type, specific occupational category as an office engineer, work duties (official position), availability of overtime pay

3. Worksite attributes (worksite format, workers assigned to worksite, contracted value of work at worksite, construction period, contractee, worksite project category, use of building for construction worksite, class of works for civil engineering worksite, method and format of works for civil engineering worksite)

4. Worksite closures (contracted days off (at the time of the order), conditions for days off under works schedule, complete closures of respondent’s worksite in November, reasons for inability to close respondent’s worksite on Saturdays)

implementation of unified worksite closures on Saturdays, degree of ease of arranging closures, reasons why closures were easy)

5. Taking days off on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays (taking days off, number of days off taken in November, thoughts on taking Saturdays off)

6. Taking annual paid leave (number of annual paid leave days taken)

7. Regarding overtime work (number of non-scheduled working hours in November, increase or decrease in non-scheduled working hours compared to one year ago, reasons for the increase in non-scheduled working hours compared to one year ago, feelings toward excess working hours, reasons for doing overtime)

8. Attitudes toward working hours (means of achieving shorter working hours across the entire construction industry, expectations toward union with regard to shorter working hours)

9. Attractiveness of the construction industry (feelings of attraction toward the construction industry, reasons for feeling attracted, reasons for not feeling attracted)

10. Article 36 agreements (awareness of contents of Article 36 agreements)

11. Relating to health problems (whether or not respondent has anxiety about health, health anxiety-related items)

12. Unpaid work (presence of unpaid work and sense of burden, details of unpaid work)
Date of Release 2010/08/18
Topics in CESSDA Click here for details

Occupational health
Working conditions
Topics in SSJDA Employment/Labor
Version 1 : 2010-08-18
Notes for Users Variable and value labels are written in Japanese.