National Family Research of Japan, 2008-2012 Panel Study (WAVE4)

NFRJ-08Panel WAVE4 Outline

Title for the survey in fiscal 2011 and 2012
National Family Research of Japan; Follow-up
Survey name (Japanese)
Zenkoku Kazoku Tyousa Paneru Sutadhi
Survey name (English)
National Family Research of Japan, 2008-2012 Panel Study
Codename
NFRJ-08Panel
Survey organizer
The National Family Research committee of the Japan Society of Family Sociology
Survey company
Tyuuou Tyousasya (Central Research Service Inc.)
Funding
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 2009-2013 (KAKENHI #21243034)
Survey date
January 2012
Survey area
All over Japan
Sample
NFRJ08 respondents who agreed to participate to the panel surveys (1,879 persons)
Collection rate
1,515人(80.6%)
Survey method
Mail survey
Remarks
Depending on the marital status, survey sheets were divided into two types: one for single respondents and one for married respondents. For those who got married during the wave, a survey sheet for newly weds was distributed afterwards.

NFRJ-08Panel WAVE4 Questionnaire Outline

  • Basic attributes of the respondent (Q1-2)
  • Attitude towards family-related norms (Q3)
  • Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Q4)
  • Life events during the past year (Q5-6)
  • Employment, work-family relations (Q7)
  • Marriage, spouse relations, marital attributes (Q8-14)
  • Health (Q15-18)
  • Relations with children, pregnancy, birth and employment (Q19-20)
  • Health of parents and parents-in-law (Q21)
  • Household information (Q22-23)
  • Support network (Q24)
  • Income (Q25)

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Log of Activities

  • December 2011: Newsletter volume 5 sent to the participants of the surveys.
  • December 2011: The WAVE4 survey design decided.
  • January 2012: The WAVE4 mail survey being conducted.
  • June 2012: Newslatter volume 6 sent to the participants of the surveys.
  • June – September 2012: Data cleaning (WAVE1 – WAVE4)

NFRJ-08Panel Working Group

  • 2012-03-10 (Sun.): The 7th conference (at Toyo University, Tokyo). Results from WAVE1 – WAVE4 Survey data.
  • 2013-08-23 (Fri.): The 8th conference (at Nanzan University, Nagoya). Results from WAVE1 – WAVE4 Survey data.

[NFRJ-08Panel Working Group] (Japanese only page)