英語Translation of the Labour Force Survey – The Special Questionnaire Form(労働力調査特定調査票対訳)

Statistics Bureau
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
To be Completed by Enumerator
Enumeration
District CodeSurvey monthYearHousehold
NumberHousehold
Member NumberMonth● This 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 (26th for 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.

EName

PL

Depending on your answers given in the column entitled “5. Were you engaged in work at all during the last seven daysof the month (20th to 26th for December)?” of the Basic Questionnaire, enter your answers starting from Columns A, B
or C according to the directions given below.

1. Mainly engaged in work

2. Engaged in work besides attending school

M

3. Engaged in work besides doing housework

Column A (Go to page 2)

4. Absent from work

5. Had no job and was seeking one

Not engaged in work

Column B (Go to page 3)

6. Attended school
7. Did houseworkSA

8. Other (elderly persons, etc.)

1

Column C (Go to page 4)

Column A

Person who engaged in work or absent from work

A1 Why did you work less than 35 hours during the survey

1. Normal work time is less than
35 hours per week

week?
Reasons of thebusiness orthe employer

Less than35 hours
per week

2. Due to slack in business3. Other
4. For childbirth or child-rearing

Due to own
or family
conditions

5. For caring aged or sick family member
6. For vacation
7. Other
8. Other

35 hours or more per week

A2 Do you want to change the number of hours you work in a

Go to A2

1. Wish to increase work timeweek?

E

2. Wish to decrease work time
3. Do not wish to change work time

A3 When did you take up the present job?

MonthPL

Year

Please answer A4 only if you answered “Part-time worker,” “Arbeit (temporary worker),” “Dispatched worker from temporary
labour agency,” “Contract employee,” “Entrusted employee,” or “Other” for 11. Your job appellation in the Basic Questionnaire.
(Otherwise, proceed to A5)

Circle all applicable items, and major item with ◎SAM

A4 Why did you adopt your current type of employment?

1. For working at convenient times
2. For supplementing family income or earning school expense
3. For housework, child-rearing or nursing care
4. For short commute time
5. For utilizing specialized skills
6. Not obtaining a job as a regular employee
7. Other

Wish tochange thepresent job

A5 Do you wish to change the present job?

1. Actively seeking job
2. Not seeking
3. Do not wish to change the present job

A6 Did you have a job before getting your present job?

Yes, I haveworked.

1. But quitted it
2. And still have it
3. I have never worked

2Go to Column D
Go to Column E

Column B

Persons who had no job and were seeking one
Encircle all applicable items, and major item with ◎B1 How were you looking for job or were you preparing tostart a business?

1. Applying to Public Employment Security Office
2. Applying to private employment office and other organizations
3. Registered at a temporary dispatch labour agency
4. Advertisements or magazines on job vacancies
5. Through school or acquaintances
6. Applying to prospective employer directly
7. Preparation to start a business8. OtherB2 How long have you been looking for job, or preparing to

1. Less than 1 monthstart a business?

2. 1 month – less than 3 monthsE

3. 3 months – less than 6 months
4. 6 months – less than 1 year
5. 1 year – less than 2 yearsPL

6. 2 years or more
1. Yes, last week

B3 Did you look for job or prepare to start a business in the

2. Not last week but in the past month

past month?

3. Not in the past month

B4 What kind of job do you wish to take?

1. Regular employee

Employee

3. Dispatched worker from temporary labour agency
4. OtherMSA
B5 What is the reason you do not get a job?

2. Part-time worker/Arbeit (temporary worker)

5. Self-employed
6. Doing piecework at home
7. Other
1. Not satisfied with the salary of available job・Encircle the major reason

2. Unfavorable working hours and days
3. Limited age
4. Need more skill or knowledge
5. Preferable kind of job is not available
6. wish to have any kind of job, but it is not available
7. Other

B6 Have you done any work before for pay or profit?

3

1. Yes

Go to Column D

2. No

Go to Column E

Column CPersons who attended school, did housework, or other

C1 Do you wish to do any work for pay or profit?

1. Yes, if there are any
2. After graduation fromschool
Waiting tostart anew job

3. Will start work within

Go to C34 weeks

Other

4. Will start work in 5
weeks or more
5. No

C2 What is the reason for not looking for a job though you

Go to C6

1. Around the housewish to work?

2. Suitable for own knowledge or skill
3. With favorable working hours or the salary, etc.

4. Under the current economic situation or in theENot aprospect offinding ajob

current season

5. OtherPL

6. For childbirth and child-rearing
7. For caring aged or sick family member
8. For poor condition of health
9. OtherC3 How do you want to work or how are you going to work?

1. Regular employee

MEmployee

3. Dispatched worker from temporary labour agency
4. Other

5. Self-employed
6. Doing piecework at home
7. OtherSA

C4 Have you looked for job or prepared to start a business

2. Part-time worker/Arbeit (temporary worker)

1. In the past month

C6 Have you done any work before for pay or profit?

1. Yes

Go to Column D

2. No

Go to Column Eduring the past one year?

C5 If you find a job now, can you take it up?

2. Not in the past month but in the past year
3. Not in the past year

1. Yes, immediately
2. Not right away but within 2 weeks
3. Not right away but after two weeks or more, if not immediately
4. No or not decided4

Column D

For the previous job

D1 When did you leave the previous job?

1. Left during the past three years

Year月
2. Left more than 3 years ago

D2 Did you work as an employee or were you self-employedMonth月Go to D6

1. Regular employee
2. Part-time worker/Arbeit (temporary worker)

before?
Employee3. Dispatched worker from temporary labour agency
4. Contract employee or entrusted employee

5. Other
6. Executive of company, etc.
7. Self-employed
8. Family worker

E

9. Doing piecework at home

D4 Your previous occupation

PL

D3 Description of business of previous establishment

D5 Number of persons engaged in the enterprise as awhole where you worked before.

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 moreM

9. Government or publicSA

D6 Why did you leave the previous job?

1. Bankruptcy, close down of office,2. Personnel retrenchment or encouraged retirement
3. Slump in business and uncertain future
4. Retiring age or the term of your employment
agreement ended
5. To find a better job
6. For marriage or childbirth and child-rearing
7. For caring aged or sick family member
8. For housework or schooling, and because of poor
condition of health
9. Other5

Go on toColumn EColumn E

For all persons

E1 Education

1. Primary school, junior high school or Senior highAttendingschoolschool
2. Junior college
3. College or university, incl. graduate school
4. Primary school, junior high school or Senior highschool

Graduatedfrom school

5. Junior college
6. College or university
7. Graduate school
8. Never attend

No income2.

Less than 0.5 million yen

3.

0.5 – 0.99 million yen

4.

1 – 1.49 million yen

5.

1.5 – 1.99 million yen

6.

2 – 2.99 million yen

7.

3 – 3.99 million yen

8.

4 – 4.99 million yen

9.

5 – 6.99 million yen

10.

7 – 9.99 million yen

11.

10 – 14.99 million yen

12.

15 million yen or moreSAM

PLjobs over the past year?

1.

E

E2 How much (before tax) have you earned from all your6