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2.Child Rearing Policies

(1)Particular Points of Care Concerning the Child Health

In many cases, the respondents have children wash their hands after going out and help brushing teeth, as particular points of care.

The rates of "washing hands" and "keeping early hours" were higher with children who go to kindergartens.

97.0% of all respondents had certain particular points of care, concerning the child health. Most respondents had children "wash their hands after going out" (79.4%), and/or "helped brushing teeth" (78.5%). The rates of "washing hands" and "keeping early hours" were higher with children cared by "parents, and then kindergarten teachers since three years old" (Figure 3 & Table 5).

Figure 3  Particular points of care concerning the child health (multiple answers)
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Note:The figures are based on the responses to the 4th survey (total replies: 41,557).


Table 5  Particular points of care concerning the child health,
by major nursing patterns (multiple answers)
(Unit: %)
   Total Some particular points of care Particular points of care concerning the child health (multiple answers) No particular points of care
Avoid too much clothing Wash hands before meals Wash hands after going out Gargling after going out Help brushing teeth Keep early hours Avoid secondhand smoke Play outside when possible Play involving physical exercise Keep rooms clean (sweeping,
ventilation, etc.)		 Others
Total 100.0 97.0 25.7 33.8 79.8 43.0 78.9 42.6 28.9 32.6 29.3 41.1 4.4 2.8
Parents
only		 100.0 98.0 23.7 33.1 85.8 48.2 82.9 41.2 30.1 34.7 29.3 45.9 4.6 1.8
Nurses,
etc. since two years old or younger		 100.0 95.6 31.6 34.5 70.4 36.4 71.8 42.0 27.6 28.3 28.3 32.2 4.3 4.1
Parents, and then nurses, etc. since three years old 100.0 97.0 28.6 34.8 75.0 38.5 78.0 48.8 26.3 30.7 28.0 40.4 3.9 2.7
Parents, and then kindergarten teachers since three years old 100.0 98.0 24.5 40.2 87.2 47.4 80.0 56.8 29.2 35.2 30.5 42.9 4.8 1.7
Notes:1)The figures are based on the total responses to the 1st through 4th surveys (total replies: 39,838).
2)The total includes the number of samples with "unknown" for each item.

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