| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 1167 |
| Survey Title | The Questionnaire Survey on Work and Life of Workers, 2017.4 |
| Depositor | JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards (Former Name:Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards) |
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| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| Summary |
The purpose of this survey is to periodically explore workers’ attitudes toward economic trends in Japan and their current state of work and living through a questionnaire survey and to obtain basic information with which to consider policy issues from the perspective of improving quality of life of workers. The survey has been conducted regularly in April and October of every year since the first survey in April 2001, with its principal purpose being the clarification of the state of and views regarding work and living of a diverse range of workers. In this, the 33rd survey, items regarding the state of household finance and consumption/saving behavior were included as an auxiliary-fixed-point observation survey (April’s fixed-point survey), and items regarding the state of the economy in three years and wage prospects of the respondent in five years, views on and actual state of development of occupational skills and educational training, and views on and actual state of work-from-home-style telecommuting and similar were included as a special topic, in addition to the fixed items regarding the workers’ feelings about the state of the economy and views on living costs, work, etc. Since the 21st survey (conducted in April 2011), a change was made from the previous mail access panel survey to an Internet-based web access panel survey to expand the number of survey targets. This survey is the 13th survey to be conducted in such a way. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Private company employees in their 20s to early 60s who live in the Greater Tokyo Area or Kansai region |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | In 20s to 50s: 1,845 people, in early 60s: 155 people |
| Date of Collection |
2017-04-01 ~ 2017-04-06 2017/04/01 (Sat) – 04/06 (Thu) |
| Time Period |
2017 ~ 2017 |
| Spatial Unit |
saitama
chiba
tokyo
kanagawa
shiga
kyoto
osaka
hyogo
nara
wakayama
The Greater Tokyo Area (Saitama/Chiba/Tokyo/Kanagawa prefectures) Kansai Region (Shiga/Kyoto/Osaka/Hyogo/Nara/Wakayama prefectures) |
| Sampling Procedure |
Non-probability: Quota
1. Based on 2,000 people, which is the number of survey subjects that was assumed in advance, we created sample allocation criteria reflecting the distribution ratio of gender, age group, and form of employment of employees from 20 to 64 years old, located in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai area according to the “2012 (Heisei 24) Employment Status Survey.” 2. Based on the allocation criteria, among the private company employees (approximately 60,000 subjects) residing in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kansai area who are registered in INTAGE Inc., we randomly extract for each layer to obtain responses above the allocation criteria, and requested them to respond to the questionnaire. 3. The sample was determined randomly from among the responses received, ensuring that the number sampled from each group accorded with the allocation criteria. *Note that INTAGE Inc. mainly searches for access panel participants via Internet sites and recruitment advertisements in newspapers and magazines, etc. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI) Internet-based web access panel survey (self-administered on line) |
| Investigator | Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards, survey carried out by INTAGE Research Inc. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.1167 |
| 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 |
[Questionnaire items] (1) Economic trends and business condition Japan’s economic environment, business situation at the place of employment, increase or decrease in number of employees, increase or decrease in actual hours worked, unemployment concerns, etc. (2) Income, consumption, living conditions - Increase or decrease in personal wage income, increase or decrease in total income of household, increase or decrease in total household consumption, sense of fluctuation in prices, household living conditions, etc. (3) Evaluation of work and life - Recognition of current work, intention to change jobs, satisfaction level with current work, satisfaction level with life in general, etc. (4) Labor union Existence of labor union at the place of employment, membership status/intention to join/necessity of a union (5) Situation of household budget, consumption behavior/saving behavior (April fixed-point survey) Annual income and expenditure of the entire household, prospect of overall income and expenditure one year later compared with present, expenses that are being reduced (dining out, luxury grocery items, clothing, etc.) (6) State of economy three years later, wage prospects for respondent five years later Prospects for business and employment situation three years later, prospects for fluctuation of wages and cost of living in three years, prospects for increase or decrease in wages in five years, prospects for wages five years later, comparison with current employees who are five years senior (7) Attitude toward and reality of development of occupational skills and educational training Occupational skills development and educational training opportunities provided by company for which respondent is eligible, things necessary to acquire occupational skills, issues when undertaking occupational skills development and educational training provided by company, things necessary to acquire occupational skills (8) Attitude toward and reality of work-from-home-style telecommuting, etc. Existence of a work-from-home-style telecommuting system at the place of employment, whether respondent is able to take advantage of a telecommuting system, whether respondent has ever worked by telecommuting and desires to work/continue working in such a way, reasons for wanting to work by telecommuting/main reasons for deciding to work in such a way, reasons for not wanting to work by telecommuting [Face items] Gender, age, area of residence, employment status, period of employment contract, employer’s industry, highest level of educational attainment, marital status, family members who share the same household income, age of the youngest child, financial provider in the household, spouse’s employment status, size of employer by number of employees, occupation type, years of continuous employment, working hours, annual wage income, household income, household savings, loan situation, support for current Cabinet, etc. *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire |
| Date of Release | 2018/11/06 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Economic conditions and indicators Employee training Employment Labour relations/conflict Working conditions |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 2018-11-06 |
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