| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 1152 |
| Survey Title | 62nd Fact-finding Survey on the Students' Life in University of Tokyo, 2012 |
| Depositor | Student Committee of The University of Tokyo |
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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 |
The University of Tokyo Student Committee Student Life Survey Office has conducted the “Fact-finding Survey on Student Life at the University of Tokyo” of University of Tokyo students every year since 1950, excluding 1952 (the year of the basic survey on student health insurance) and 1968 (the year of the University of Tokyo Protests). The initial aim of the survey was to delineate the situation of hardship in student life, with a focus on economic aspects, or, in other words, to investigate levels of poverty. After the period of rapid economic growth, however, the survey was expanded to investigate a wide variety of aspects of student life in addition to economic aspects, including campus life, worries and anxiety, expectations of university, and values. The 62nd survey targeted male and female undergraduate students. As such, the focus of the survey items was on the lifestyles of undergraduate students. Specifically, items relating to enrollment/advancement to higher education/studies, employment, anxiety and worries, expectations of university, family situation, state of living expenses, commuting and residence, scholarships, and part-time work (arubaito), etc., were included. |
| Data Type | quantitative research quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Male and female undergraduate students enrolled in the University of Tokyo |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
Sample size: 3,346 Response rate: 45.3% |
| Date of Collection |
2012-11 ~ 2012-12 Late November to late December 2012 |
| Time Period |
2012 ~ 2012 |
| Spatial Unit | tokyo Within the University of Tokyo |
| Sampling Procedure | Probability: Stratified 1/4 of currently enrolled students were randomly sampled by department and specialization. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper self-administered mail survey |
| Investigator | Student Committee of the University of Tokyo |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.1152 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | 【 Questionnaire 】 【 Frequency Tables 】 |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Basic Items Gender, affiliated division/department, year in school, year of enrollment, type of high-school graduated from, admitted straight from high school (geneki) or admitted after additional year preparing for entrance exams (ronin), year of advancement to the latter half of the undergraduate program (2) Regarding admission, advancement to higher education, and studies Level of desire to enter university, motivation to enroll, whether respondent had decided on department/major at the time of admission, level of satisfaction with department/major, satisfaction with first-stage general education classes, views on system of separating advancement into two periods, whether advancement (informal approval) went as planned [only for those who have already been informally approved to advance to the latter half of the program/students currently enrolled in the latter half of the program], satisfaction with current curriculum, whether current curriculum is manageable, path after graduation, reason for advancing to graduate school [only for respondents advancing to graduate school], average weekly hours spent on each activity (during school term/break), frequency of being on campus outside of regular hours (night, weekends/public holidays), pros and cons of fall admission, etc. (3) Regarding employment Occupation in desired field (civil servant, private enterprise, etc.), desired occupation, reason (to help people and society, to have a sufficient income, etc.). (4) Anxiety and worries Anxiety and worries regarding student life (studies, employment, future direction, etc.), person available to confide in (father/mother, friend in the same department or research lab, etc.), experiences and worries over the last six months, health problems over the past year and treatments, use of and satisfaction with university health services (5) Requests to university Requests/expectation to university (curriculum reform, support for study abroad, promoting internationalization, adequate consultation for job hunt and academic path, etc.) (6) Regarding home situation Location of parents’ home, family composition, financial provider in the household, parent’s occupation/employment status/scale of the place of employment/annual income (7) Regarding living expenses Living expenses (income and expenditure items), burden of tuition (remittance from home, scholarships, etc.) (8) Regarding residence and commuting Area of residence, type of residence (own house/other than own house), type of residence if not own house, intention to live in dormitory/student residence hall if new one is built, transportation used to commute, commuting time, etc. (9) Regarding scholarships Whether respondent regularly receives scholarship money from Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), reason for “not receiving” a scholarship-type allowance, whether respondent wants to receive a scholarship in the future, in what ways scholarships are of use, whether respondent regularly receives scholarship money from an organization other than JASSO, reason for “not receiving” a scholarship-type allowance, whether respondent wants to receive a scholarship in the future, in what ways scholarships are of use, etc. (10) Regarding part-time work (arubaito) Part-time work (arubaito) over the past year (type, time, income, purpose, obstacles to study), current living conditions *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire. |
| Date of Release | 2018/03/26 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Consumption and consumer behaviour Higher and further education Youth |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2018-03-26 |
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