| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0726 |
| Survey Title | Junior High School Entrance Examinations: Survey of Attitudes among Children and Mothers, 1988 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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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 |
Elementary school students from Tokyo are said to have a stronger desire to take junior high school entrance exams, i.e., a strong desire to enter private/national junior high schools than elementary school students from other regions when moving up from elementary school to junior high school. This desire for junior high school entrance exams, coupled with declining numbers of children, is predicted to display an upward trend in the future. The desire for junior high school entrance exams is thought to significantly affect both their lives at school and their lives out of school. Accordingly, this survey was conducted using a questionnaire on children in Tokyo and their parents and aimed to capture the state of entrance exams for junior high school. Specifically, it investigated details of the background/motivation behind choosing junior high school entrance exams, acceptance and response to the double life of going to elementary school and tutoring schools (juku) for entrance exams, state of the everyday life/value systems of children taking junior high school entrance exams and their parents, and the social context that enables junior high school entrance exams, among other topics. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | 873 sixth-grade students at 13 public elementary schools in the 23 wards of Tokyo and their mothers |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | Children: 873, mothers: 873 |
| Date of Collection |
1988-10 ~ 1988-11 |
| Time Period |
1988 ~ 1988 |
| Spatial Unit | tokyo 23-ku (wards) in Tokyo |
| Sampling Procedure | Self-administered mail survey |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Fukutake Shoten Educational Research Institute |
| Investigator | |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0726 |
| 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 |
[Child survey] (1) Everyday life - Frequency of activities other than study (television/video games/manga comics/sport/reading) (2) Tutoring school (juku) - Whether respondent goes to tutoring schools (juku) - Type of tutoring school (juku) - Study subjects - Person who decided that respondent goes to tutoring schools (juku) - Reasons for going to tutoring schools (juku), changes since respondent started going - Reasons for not going to a tutoring school (juku), whether respondent wants to go in the future (3) Junior high school entrance exams - Whether respondent is thinking of taking junior high school entrance exams - Reasons for thinking of taking exams - Junior high schools that respondent is thinking of taking exams for - When respondent decided on junior high school entrance exams - What is useful for junior high school entrance exams - Junior high school entrance exam information that respondent relies on - Thoughts about junior high school entrance exams - Reason respondent does not think he or she wants to take junior high school entrance exams - Changes brought on by the decision to take junior high school entrance exams (4) The future - Desire to proceed to higher levels of education (level of schooling that respondent desires to reach in the future) - Desired job in the future (5) Everyday life - Situation at home - Value system - Bedtime - Time spent studying - Time spent watching television - Situation at school (6) Activity during summer holidays - Whether respondent often played with friends - Whether respondent went to summer classes - Number of days of summer classes that respondent attended - Whether taking summer classes helped respondent’s comprehension (6) Education by correspondence - Whether respondent thinks it is useful for study at school - Whether respondent thinks it is useful for study for entrance exams - Whether wanting to try it someday (7) About respondent - What kind of child respondent thinks he or she is - Degree of physical fatigue (8) Attributes - Gender [Mother survey] (1) Child’s situation at home - Time spent studying on weekdays - Time spent studying on Sundays - Whether respondent checks child’s study - Whether child has a study room - Presence of a home tutor - Use of learning materials for home use (2) Tutoring school (juku) - Whether child goes to a tutoring school (juku) - Type of tutoring school - When child started going - Times per week child goes there - Time spent studying at tutoring school - What guardian thinks about tutoring schools (if guardian’s child goes to or has attended tutoring schools) - What guardian thinks about tutoring schools (if guardian’s child has never attended a tutoring school) - Reasons for not sending child to a tutoring school (3) Junior high school entrance exams - Child’s plan to take junior high school entrance exams - Number of schools for which child will take entrance exams - Type of junior high school that is the first choice - Points regarded as important when choosing a junior high school - Person who first mentioned junior high school entrance exams - When respondent decided on junior high school entrance exams - Entrance exam information that respondent relies on - Reasons for not having child take junior high school entrance exams - Response if child wishes to take junior high school entrance exams (4) About respondent - Thoughts about elementary school and teachers - View of education - Intentions concerning child proceeding to higher levels of education - Economic preparation for child proceeding to higher levels of education - Education expenses currently being incurred (other than school) - Education information that respondent considers important - What kind of mother respondent thinks she is (5) Child’s situation at school - Grades received in class - What type of child he or she is (6) Attributes - Relationship to child, child’s gender, number of children, child’s birth order (from eldest), living conditions, type of residence, junior high school that respondent graduated from, highest level of educational attainment, work patterns, junior high school that child’s father graduated from, father’s highest level of educational attainment, father’s occupation |
| Date of Release | 2011/05/19 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education Family life and marriage |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2011-05-19 |
| Notes for Users |
Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. These data merge the child surveys and the mother surveys. |