英語Translation of the Labour Force Survey – The Basic Questionnaire Form
（労働力調査 基礎調査票 対訳）
Statistics Bureau
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
To be Completed by Enumerator
Enumeration
District CodeSurvey monthYear1

1st month

Household
NumberHouseholdMember Number

Month2

2nd monthThis questionnaire will be used only for statistical purposes. Please fill out the form with the facts to the best of your knowledge.
Please answer for each of the household members aged 15 or older as of the end of the survey month (or as of the 26th in December).
Unless otherwise specified, circle an appropriate number for each question.
Please answer the following questions in regular succession. If there is any instruction in the reply column, follow
the instruction.
● “Household under the survey in the second month” is required to fill in “Change(s) after the previous month’s survey” (page 3).
● “Head of the household” is requested to enter the number of household members in the columns entitled “Columns to be filled inonly by the head of the household” (page 4).

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1. Name and sex

PLColumns to be filled in by those aged 15 or older
NameSA

3. Year and month of birthM

2. Relationship to the head of the household○ Include the spouse of grandson or granddaughter in
grandson or granddaughter, and include the spouse ofbrother or sister in brother or sister.
○ Include father or mother, grandfather or grandmother andbrother or sister of the spouse of the head of the householdin father or mother, grandfather or grandmother andbrother or sister, respectively.

4. Marital status○ Write your actual marital status irrespective of whether you
have submitted a notification of your marriage.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1. Male2. FemaleHead of the household
Spouse of the head of the household
Son or daughter
Son’s or daughter’s spouse
Grandson or granddaughter
Father or motherGrandfather or grandmother
Brother or sister
Other relative
OtherMonthYear

1. Never married

5. Were you engaged in work at all during the last seven days ofthe month (or the 20th to 26th in December)?
○ Write whether you were engaged in any work during thelast seven days of the month.
○ “Work” means any work for pay or profit. It includes work ina family business (unincorporated shop, farm, etc.) as well Not
engagedas piecework at home.
in work

2. Married

3. Widowed or divorced

1.
2.

Mainly engaged in work
Engaged in work besides
attending school
3. Engaged in work besides
doing housework
4. Absent from work
5. Had no job and was seeking one
6. Attended school
7. Did housework

Go to

8.

Column 13

Other (elderly persons, etc.)

Go to
Column 6
Go toColumn 15

Columns to be filled in by those who answered 1，2，3，4 in Column 5
6. Number of days and hours worked during the last seven daysof the month (or the 20th to 26th in December)
Number of days worked○ Hours for which the person did a side job, piecework at homeor a temporary work, etc. should be included.
Number of hours worked○ If you answered “Absent from work” in Column 5, enter “0”.
7. Number of days worked during the current month

During the current month

1days
hoursdays

8. Whether you are an employee or are a self-employedworker and the type of employment○ Regarding your present work: If you are employed,
please fill in the type of employment.
○“Dispatched worker from a temporary labour agency”
refers to those based on the Worker Dispatching Act.
○ For those who are dispatched other than thosementioned above (such as dispatched clerks at
department stores) please fill in the type ofemployment at the company that employs you.

Description of your occupation2.

Part-time worker

4.

Dispatched worker from a3.

Employee

Regular employee

5.

6.

7.

Arbeit (Temporary worker)
temporary labour agency

Contract employee

Entrusted employee
Other

8. Executive of company
9.

Self-employedworker

or corporation

With employee(s)10. Without employee
11. Family worker

Go to

1. Not specified(incl. employment until retirement)
2.

Whether or not

Less than 1 month

3. 1 month or more up to 3 months

the employment
contract period

Thereper term isis a

4. More than 3 months up to 6 months

5. More than 6 months up to 1 year

6. More than 1 year up to 3 years
specified 7. More than 3 years up to 5 years

PL○“Length of the employment contract period per term”
refers to the length of employment prescribed in yourcurrent valid employment contract.

Column 10

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9. Whether or not the employment contract period isspecified and the length of the employment contract
period per term

Go toColumn 9

12. Doing piecework at home

specified○“I do not know the period.” refers to knowing there isa specified employment contract period, but notknowing how long the period is.

period8.

Over 5 years

9. I do not know the period.

10.

Unknown

2. CompanyM

10. Organizational form and name of establishment,
1. Unincorporated enterprise
Form ofproprietor, etc. and description of business or industry
organization○ “Other” includes government agencies, public
3. Othercorporations, private schools, medical corporations,social welfare corporations and nonprofit
Name oforganizations (NPO) as well as other corporations
establishment,and organizations.
proprietor, etc.
○ Describe the name of the office, factory or shop at
which you work and details of business or industry.
Description of○ If you are a dispatched worker from a temporary
business orlabour agency, write about the establishment toindustry
which you are dispatched.

SA○ Report on the work you actually did during the last seven days of the month (or the 20th to 26th in December) or thework from which you were absent during the same week.
○ If you did two or more jobs, report on the job which you did for the longest hours.

1.

11. Description of your occupation○ Describe specifically the kind of work you areengaged in at the establishment

12. Total number of workers in the business enterprise towhich the establishment, proprietor, etc. belongs○ Write the total number of workers including those ofthehead office and branch offices. (Includes

part-time workers, etc.)○ Persons employed

in state-run or publicly-runorganizations should circle “9. Government or publicsector.”2

1. 1 person

5. 30 to 99 persons

2. 2 to 4 persons

6. 100 to 499 persons

3. 5 to 9 persons

7. 500 to 999 persons

4. 10 to 29 persons

8. 1,000 persons or more
9. Government or public sector( Question ended )Columns to be filled in by those who answered 6，7，8 in Column 5
13. Have you sought a job or prepared to start a businessduring the past year?

1. Yes, in the past month
2. Not in the past month but in the past year

Go toColumn 14

3. Not in the past year
Question ended

14. If you find a job now, can you take it up?

1. Yes, immediately
2. Not right away but within 2 weeks

Go toColumn 15

3. Not right away but after 2 weeks or more
4. No or not decided

Question ended

Columns to be filled in by those who answered 5 in Column 5 or 1 in Column 14
15. The job you are seeking○“To work besides attending school or doing housework, etc.”
means the work done besides attending school or doinghousework.

2.

To work besides attending schoolor doing housework, etc.

E1.

Mandatory retirement, or terminationof employment contract

2.

Circumstances of employer or business

3.

Circumstances of myself or family

4.

As I graduated from school5.

As I need to earn revenue

6.

Other

PL
job

Newly started
to seek a job

Change(s) after the previous month’s survey－Entry only by households under the survey in the second month－SA

M○ Refer to the “Instructions for Filling in the Basic
Questionnaire Form.”

To work mainlySeeking a job

16. Why did you start seeking a job?
○ “Circumstances of employer or business” include personnel Seeking a job
due to quitting
reduction, corporate bankruptcy, business depression, etc.
the previous◎

1.

1.

Continuation

2.

New age-15

3.

Moved-in

4.

Addition5.

Moved-out

Questionended

7. Other“Head of the household” is requested to enter the number of household members in the columns entitled “Columns to be filled
in only by the head of the household” (page 4).

3Columns to be filled in only by the head of the household
Household members aged 15 or older◎Total○Enter the total number of your household members aged 15

Person(s)or olderHousehold members aged 14 or younger◎Male○Enter the number of your household members aged 14 orFemale
Person(s)younger (in total and by age group)○If you have no household member aged 14 or younger, enter

Person(s)Age 0 to 3

Person(s)Age 4 to 6

Person(s)Age 7 to 9

Person(s)Age 10 to 12

Person(s)Age 13 to 14

Person(s)E“0” in both male and female columns.

PL(Columns to be filled in only by those filling in their first month survey)‐ Entry of persons aged 14 or younger as of the end of the survey month (or as of the 26th in December) ‐(1) Sex(2) Relationship to thehead of the household

1. Male2. Female

1. Male2. Female

1. Son or daughter

1. Son or daughter

2. Grandson or granddaughter

2. Grandson or granddaughter

2. Grandson or granddaughter

3. Brother or sister

3. Brother or sister

3. Brother or sister

4. Other relative

4. Other relative

4. Other relative

5. Other

5. Other

MYearMonthSAbirth

2. Female

1. Son or daughter

5. Other(3) Year and month of

1. Male4YearMonthYearMonth