| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0719 |
| Survey Title | 3rd Basic Survey on Childrearing Life (Elementary School and Junior High School Edition), 2007 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
| 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 was conducted to capture the actual state of child-rearing life in the homes of guardians of elementary and junior high school students and their attitudes toward discipline and education. Benesse has conducted surveys for this purpose in 1998 and 2002, and this survey was designed to allow analysis by comparison between years. The characteristics of this survey may be summarized as follows. 1. Appreciates changes over time 2. Allows an appreciation of differences between school years from first-grade elementary school students to third-year junior high school students 3. Adds new items to capture attitudes and behavior in response to changes in the educational environment *The data provided consist of the mothers’ responses only. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Guardians of children in first grade in elementary school to third year in junior high school in the Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
Number of responses: 7,282 Number of questionnaires distributed: 9,962 Response rate: 73.1% *The data provided consist only of responses from 6,770 mothers. |
| Date of Collection |
2007-09-01 ~ 2007-09-01 |
| Time Period |
2007 ~ 2007 |
| Spatial Unit | tokyo saitama chiba kanagawa The Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa prefectures) |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Self-administered questionnaire survey completed at home and distributed and collected through schools |
| Investigator |
Benesse Educational Research & Development Institute (Former Name: Benesse Corporation) |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0719 |
| 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 | [Questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Child’s attributes Gender, year in school, number of siblings, order of birth, relationship to respondent (2) Respondent’s (guardian’s) attributes Mother’s and father’s age, occupation, and occupation type, financial comfort in life, family structure (3) Worries and concerns about childrearing Daily life; child’s growth and development, personality, attitudes, and friendships; child’s play, discipline, and education; about respondent (4) Sources of information about discipline and education Information sources, those that respondent particularly refers to (5) Child’s daily behavior and lifestyle habits What the child can do on his or her own, things that respondent wans her child to do “a little more properly,” level of satisfaction with lifestyle habits and state of independence (6) Things that apply to daily life Playing with child, conversation with child about friends and teachers, family eating meals together, participating in school events, seeing child growing up, etc. (7) Things respondent keeps in mind when raising a child Well-regulated life, greetings and politeness, friendship, use of mobile phones, etc. (8) Education policy at home Thinking about discipline and education together with spouse, not meddling in child’s study habits, spending money as necessary on education, etc. (9) Relationship with spouse (child’s father) Discussions with spouse, whether spouse cooperates in child-rearing, communication with child, etc. (10) Situation of child’s learning at home and involvement in learning Time child spend on study at home, grades received at school, etc. (11) Child’s use of media Use of computers and mobile gaming devices, etc. (12) How the child spend non-school days Resting and relaxing at home, playing outside with friends, going out with family, etc. (13) Level of satisfaction with school efforts and guidance Discipline and guidance on lifestyle, responses to issues such as bullying problems, teaching fundamental academic skills in subjects, whether guardians can easily ask questions or consult, etc. (14) Thoughts on academic abilities and study It is sufficient to have academic abilities enough to lead an ordinary life without difficulty in the future, desire for child to improve grades to be able to get into the best university possible, desire to have accurate knowledge of child’s weak areas of learning, etc. (15) Level of education respondent desires for her child (16) Junior high school entrance exams/tutoring schools (juku)/after-school lessons, current educational expenses Whether respondent wants her child to take junior high school entrance exams, whether or not child has taken junior high school entrance exams, use of tutoring schools (juku) and after-school lessons, educational expenses, etc. (17) Joy of raising a child *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire. |
| Date of Release | 2013/12/25 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education Family life and marriage |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2013-12-25 |
| Notes for Users |
*The data provided consist only of responses from 6,770 mothers. *The following data are not publicly available. - Q1 (1) School name - Q13 Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |