| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a135 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Disciplining, 1992 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary |
The fact that families’ childrearing ability has declined is often pointed out. In particular, the decline in mothers' ability to raise children has been called into question. In the past, however, mothers did not raise their children alone; rather, childrearing was done in cooperation with other adults and sometimes even with older children. That is, children were raised by their entire family and community. Given the recent decrease in the size of the average family and the disappearance of some regions due to urbanization, the number of people surrounding children while they grow up is decreasing, and this may be causing a decline in the overall educational capacity. The issue of whether people are aware of the difficulties mothers who must raise their children alone face is also an issue; mothers often have the full responsibility of childrearing without the cooperation of their husbands, families, or neighbors. This gives rise to childrearing anxiety. For this reason, childrearing should be acknowledged as an endeavor that requires a lot of social support, not as a task that birth mothers should shoulder alone. What kind of discipline and home education do children receive at home during early childhood? This survey attempted to clarify the actual state of modern mothers’ disciplinary activities, as well as the characteristics of mothers with young children. Hence, the survey questions were designed to elicit as much specific information as possible about mothers’ disciplinary practices. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Mothers of kindergarten and nursery school children living in the Tokyo metropolitan area |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | A sample of (mothers): 1,572 (805 boys and 767 girls; 1,358 kindergarteners and 214 nursery school children) |
| Date of Collection |
1992-07-01 ~ 1992-07-01 1992/07/01 |
| Time Period |
1992 ~ 1992 |
| Spatial Unit | kanagawa Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey method. Questionnaires were distributed and collected through 6 kindergartens and 3 nursery schools in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Saitama. |
| Investigator | Fukutake Shoten (now Benesse Corporation) |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a135 |
| 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) Discipline A comparison of appropriate discipline for the subject (child) in a particular scenario according to the subject’s mother (based on past actions) vs. the subject’s father, the respondent’s disciplinary approach to a child they do not know (self or husband) (2) Mothers’ characteristics Maternal role, housewifely duties, respondent’s favorite domestic activities, whether the respondent likes children, respondent’s desired number of children, whether the respondent has had any lifelong dreams, respondent’s self-perceived housework and childrearing strengths, whether the respondent is strict regarding discipline, if respondent could be reborn, etc. (3) Demographic items Age, number of siblings, employment status, housing type, educational background, children's age, gender, preschool attendance, number of family members, number of children, cohabitation with grandparents |
| Date of Release | 2006/03/24 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2006-03-24 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |