University of Tokyo

Abstract
Survey Number PH110
Survey Title Japanese Life Course Panel Survey of High School Graduates (JLPS-H) Wave 11, 2014
Depositor Japanese Life Course Panel Surveys (JLPS) project, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
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https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.PH110

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Summary  This survey (Japanese Life Course Panel Survey of the High School Graduates; JLPS-H) was initiated by Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, in collaboration with the project "The Lost Decade? The starting point for this survey (Japanese Life Course Panel Survey of the High School Graduates; JLPS-H) was a joint project, "Education and the Transformation of the Labor Market" (2000-2006) (Principal Investigator: Hiroshi Ishida) of Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. Subsequently, this survey was independently continued as the "Empirical Study on the Relationship between the Employment Behavior and Attitudes of Young People and an Aging Society with Low Fertility" (2004-2006) (Principal Investigator: Hiroki Sato, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo), a project funded by the Health, Labor and Welfare Science Research Grant to promote policy science, with waves 5 to 8 being conducted by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Wave 9 and beyond were conducted as part of the JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Comprehensive Study on the Transformation of Behaviors and Attitudes of Young People in Contemporary Japan" (Principal Investigator: Hiroshi Ishida). This survey aimed to investigate the effects of the aging of senior citizens on the number of children and the number of children with low fertility.

 The purpose of this study was to ascertain the actual conditions of the career path behavior, awareness, and values of young people, who are the working-age population amid an aging society with declining birthrates, and to clarify changes in their behavior and awareness by conducting a panel survey that could be traced. Specifically, four themes will be addressed: (1) young people's lives and attitudes while in school, (2) patterns of transition from school to the workplace, (3) employment behavior (irregular employment, changing jobs, etc.), and (4) changes in attitudes and values.

 With these objectives, this survey has the following two features. First, we not only survey high school students while they are in school but also follow them after graduation to comprehensively understand their higher education and employment behavior, attitudes, and values throughout their lives. Second, we aim to conduct a more rigorous international comparative study by creating survey items with international comparisons in mind at the survey design stage.

 This study is a follow-up survey (wave 11) of high school students who responded to the already published wave 1 survey (survey number PH010) 11 years after graduation. Follow-up surveys (wave 2 to wave 10) in the first, second, third, and fifth to tenth years after graduation are also available as survey numbers PH020 to PH100, respectively.

 Since this survey is designed as a panel survey, it will continue to be conducted annually after 2014.
Data Type quantitative research: micro data
Universe High school students who responded to wave 1 [High School Student Survey].
Unit of Observation Individual
Sample Size Number of delivered surveys: 1,569 cases
Number of effective responses: 465 cases
The recovery rate is 29.6%.
Date of Collection 2014-10 ~ 2015-01
2014/10-2015/1
Time Period 2014 ~ 2015
Spatial Unit All over Japan
Sampling Procedure Probability: Stratified
Probability: Multistage
High school students who responded to the wave 1 survey (survey number PH010) and agreed to cooperate in the follow-up survey and provided their contact information (address and telephone number) after graduation
Mode of Data Collection In the above sample, questionnaires were mailed to all subjects except those whose questionnaires had yet to be delivered to an undeliverable address by the wave 10 survey and were collected by mail.
Investigator
Planning Committee for the High School Graduate Panel Survey, National Survey on Changes in Work Styles and Lifestyles
DOI https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.PH110
Sponsors (Funds)
Research Expenses of Institute of Social Science (2003-)
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 】 【 Tables
Major Survey Items (1) Career Choice
Current employment and schooling status, level of satisfaction with career choice
Type of school last attended (or currently attending) and status (graduated/dropped out/stayed in school)
Whether or not they have changed jobs since graduating from high school and the number of times

(2) Current job
Current employment, timing of employment, type of employment, industry, size of company, occupation
Satisfaction with current workplace, work environment, weekly working hours
Desire to continue working at current company
One-way commuting time
Average of their monthly income

(3) Current life
Difficulties and worries in daily life, anxiety about future life
Satisfaction with life in general
Views on effort, luck, and own skills
Frequency of leisure activities (going out, exercise, art appreciation, etc.)
How they would like to work around the age of 30 (as a full-time employee, etc.)

(4) Parents and family
Working styles of parents at age 15
Family members living together
Marital status, timing of marriage, level of satisfaction with married life
Working and schooling status of spouse, average of their spouse’s monthly income
Whether or not they are dating, whether or not they want to get married, what they did to meet a romantic partner
Availability of children, number of children, time of birth

(5) Others
Class strata identification (5-point scale)
Trust in the media
Mental and physical health
Women's views on family and work (what they want for themselves and their spouses)
Views on men's role in the family
Satisfaction looking back on their 20s

*For details of the survey items, see the Questionnaire.
*This public data does not include the variables corresponding to the following questions.
Q4(f), Q7 Free text question, Q34, Q36, Q38, and gratuity expectations
Q5A,B
Whether or not they filled in "Other (Specify: )" for each question and the entry details
Date of Release 2023/02/21
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Topics in SSJDA Education/Learning
Society/Culture
Version 1 : 2023-02-21
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