| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a180 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Mothers These Days - The State of Communication with Mothers - 2004 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| Summary |
The family, which should be the fundamental sphere of home education, is changing drastically due to the increasing number of nuclear families with working mothers. Additionally, with the emergence of new tools such as cell phones and e-mail, the communication and information gathering environment surrounding childrearing has also changed. How are these changes affecting mothers' relationships with their families, their worries and sense of burden concerning child rearing, and their ability to balance housework and work outside the home? This survey was conducted among mothers with elementary school-aged children to understand how mothers perceive the recent changes in the childrearing environment. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | 589 parents of kindergarteners and first- and second-graders in Tokyo |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
A sample of 589 people *Among these, the analysis targets the mothers of elementary school children (462 people). |
| Date of Collection |
2004-2 ~ 2004-3 2004/2~3 2004/2~3 |
| Time Period |
2004 ~ 2004 |
| Spatial Unit | Tokyo |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | 学校通しの質問紙による自記式調査Self-administered questionnaire through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a180 |
| 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) Family situation Respondent’s children's grade and gender, respondent's age, respondent’s relationship to children, whether the respondent lives with her husband, respondent’s occupation, respondent’s husband's occupation, number of children, age of youngest child, living with parents, presence or absence of another caregiver for the children (2) Use of cell phones and e-mail Family members' cell phone ownership, number of years the respondent’s family members have owned cell phones, monthly usage fee for cell phones, intention to use cell phones in the future, use of e-mail, frequency at which the respondent receives e-mails, ratio of e-mails to phone calls, intention to use e-mails in the future, e-mail partners, purpose of emails, persons with whom e-mail addresses are shared, number of people who exchange e-mails, whether the respondent replies to friends' e-mails (3) Respondents’ interactions with the people around them Respondent’s relationships with friends, neighbors, and relatives; respondent’s experiences of being bullied; respondent’s everyday friendships; respondent’s relationships with biological mother and mother-in-law; whether the respondent receives support from her non-cohabitating parents; degree to which the respondent feels burdened by her relationship with her parents; respondent’s relationship with her mother (4) Parenting Respondent’s awareness of childrearing, whether the respondent wishes she could have spent more time with her children, whether the respondent’s children take lessons, respondent’s husband's understanding of childrearing, respondent’s experience of childrearing difficulties (stumbling blocks and confidante), respondent’s views on childrearing, respondent’s parenting style (5) About respondents Respondent’s communication with family members (skillful or clumsy), respondent’s life burdens (burden of daily life, burden of housework and childrearing, burden of socializing, burden of work outside the home), respondent’s interpersonal relations at work, whether the respondent likes her work, respondent’s desired occupation, kind of mother the respondent feels she should be, degree of difficulty and enjoyment of childrearing, whether the respondent is suitable for childrearing, respondent’s age at time of graduation from the most recently attended school |
| Date of Release | 2007/10/11 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Consumption and consumer behaviour EDUCATION Compulsory and pre-school education MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE Information society SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS Children Family life and marriage |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2007-10-11 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |