University of Tokyo

Abstract
Survey Number 0786
Survey Title Questionnaire Survey for the Reduction of Working Hours, 2010
Depositor Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees' Unions
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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 This survey was conducted as part of the Shorter Working Hours Promotion Month in November 2010, 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 38 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 is the most extensive and consistent survey on white-collar workers in the construction industry.

For this survey, questions on work-life balance were set in addition to the questions on shorter working hours. It is hoped that the survey will prompt further consideration of work styles and help to raise awareness of shorter working hour, by enabling analysis of workers’ degree of fulfillment in work and private life based on their working hours and number of days off.
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: 10,469
Valid Responses: 9,011
Valid Response Rate: 86.1%
Date of Collection 2010-11-01 ~ 2010-11-01
2010/11/01
Time Period 2010 ~ 2010
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: Web-based (CAWI)
Implemented as a data-entry questionnaire form distributed in digital format
Investigator Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees' Unions
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.0786
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. Gender, age, location of workplace

2. Occupation type, work duties, availability of overtime pay

3. Taking days off on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
  
4. Taking annual paid leave
Number of annual paid leave days taken, hesitation about taking leave/days off

5. Regarding overtime work
Number of non-scheduled working hours in November, number of non-scheduled working hours on weekdays, reason for doing overtime

6. Attractiveness of the construction industry

7. Relating to health problems
Anxiety about health

8. Regarding work-life balance
Level of awareness, feelings about current total time spent on work, sense of fulfilment in work and private life, company efforts

9. Worksite attributes
Format, number of workers assigned, project category, purpose of building use

10. Worksite closures
Conditions for days off under works schedule, complete closures of worksite, number of days of closure on weekdays

11. Initiatives for unified worksite closures on Saturdays
Implementation of unified worksite closures on Saturdays, preparation in advance

12. Job transfer leave systems
Days between being informed of transfer and actually transferring, taking of job transfer leave

*For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire.
Date of Release 2012/07/11
Topics in CESSDA Click here for details

Occupational health
Working conditions
Topics in SSJDA Employment/Labor
Version 1 : 2012-07-11
Notes for Users Variable and value labels are written in Japanese.
While the Council of Japan Construction Industry Employees’ Unions “Questionnaire Survey for the Reduction of Working Hours” is administered annually to union members, it is not a panel survey.