| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0832 |
| Survey Title | Fact-finding Survey on the Work Conditions among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 2008 |
| Depositor | National Federation of Small Business Associations |
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| Summary |
The purpose of this survey is to accurately apprehend work conditions in small and medium-sized enterprises and to contribute to the establishment of appropriate labor policies in small and medium-sized enterprises and the promotion of timely employment and labor support by the National Federation. The National Federation of Small Business Associations and the Prefectural Federation of Small Business Associations have conducted the “Fact-finding Survey on Work Conditions among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” since 1964, with this being the 45th survey. This survey targets approximately 45,000 workplaces but with approximately 67.1% of respondents having 30 or fewer employees, it especially reveals work conditions of small-scale businesses. In addition to basic items relating to pay, working hours, employment, and management, etc. that need to be captured in time series, this survey also investigates items related to the labor climate of each year. This year, in addition to the time series items of management status and obstacles, working hours (beginning with fixed weekly working hours), wage reform status, and starting salary of new graduates, there are questions on retirement benefits system, hiring of new graduates and midcareer employees, young employee retention, mandatory retirement age system, continuous employment system, employment for elderly persons, effect of the minimum wage increase, etc. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Businesses with 300 or fewer employees (100 or fewer for the wholesaling industry, 50 or fewer for the retail industry, and 100 or fewer for the service industry) |
| Unit of Observation | Organization |
| Sample Size | Sample size: 44,155, number of responses: 18,707, response rate: 42.4% |
| Date of Collection |
2008-07-01 ~ 2008-07-01 2008/07/01 |
| Time Period |
2008 ~ 2008 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan Japan (except Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures) |
| Sampling Procedure | Probability: Stratified Sampling was based on “the 2006 (Heisei 18) Establishment and Enterprise Census,” in line with the number of private businesses with 300 or fewer employees (excluding agriculture, forestry, and fisheries), distributed among prefectures, with the sampling ratio based on industry and employee scale. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Arbitrary sampling of target businesses from the Prefectural Federation of Small Business Associations with all distributed and collected questionnaires tabulated collectively by the National Federation of Small Business Associations |
| Investigator | National Federation of Small Business Associations |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0832 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | 【 Questionnaire |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Items concerning wages 1. Starting pay for new graduates (by undergraduate school of graduation) 2. Situation regarding wage revision (whether it was implemented between January and July 2008, details of revision) (2) Items concerning hours of work 1. Scheduled weekly hours of work 2. Average hours of overtime per month 3. Average allotment of annual paid leave and days of paid leave used (3) Items concerning employment 1. Employees’ employment status (number of employees by gender and employment status) 2. Composition of regular workers by age (number of regular workers by age and gender) 3. Retirement benefits system 4. Hiring of new graduates and midcareer employees 5. Young employee retention 6. Mandatory retirement age system, continuous employment system, employment for elderly persons 7. Effect of the minimum wage increase (4) Items concerning management 1. State of management 2. Management obstacles 3. Policy direction regarding main operations 4. Management strengths (5) Attributes, other 1. Presence of a labor union, etc. 2. Industry of the workplace *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire. |
| Date of Release | 2013/02/07 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Employment Working conditions Business/industrial management and organisation |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2013-02-07 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |