The proportion of respondents who gtake pleasure in the growth of the childh remains the highest.
In the breakdown of the reasons for satisfaction with child rearing, the proportion of respondents who gtake pleasure in the growth of the childh has remained the highest (81.6%) since the 3rd survey (Figure 16).
Figure 16 Changes in the reasons for satisfaction from child rearing (multiple answers)
| Notes: | 1) | The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 1st through 5th surveys (total number of replies: 37,686). |
| 2) | The item ghome is cheerful thanks to the childh was gfamily became happierh in the 1st survey, and it was not investigated in the 2nd survey. | |
| 3) | The item geveryday life is excitingh was glife became worthwhileh in the 1st survey and geveryday life became worthwhileh in the 2nd survey. |
A higher proportion of respondents experienced satisfaction with child rearing if the father spends a longer time with the children on holidays.
According to the breakdown of the reasons for satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the sibling composition, about 80% of respondents, in each of the categories of sibling composition, gtake pleasure in the growth of the child.h When there are siblings, many respondents also genjoy the companionship of siblingsh (Table 8).
In the breakdown of the reasons for satisfaction in relation to the time spent by the father with the children on holidays, a higher proportion of respondents experienced satisfaction with child rearing if the father spends g6 hours or moreh with the children (Figure 17).
Table 8 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the sibling composition
(multiple answers)
| Total | Only child | Younger sibling(s) only |
Elder sibling(s) only | Both elder and younger siblings |
|
| Total | 100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have satisfactions | 99.0 |
98.6 |
99.2 |
99.1 |
99.1 |
| Family ties strengthened | 56.2 |
55.0 |
60.1 |
55.1 |
51.1 |
| Contact with the child is rewarding | 67.8 |
71.4 |
66.5 |
68.0 |
63.1 |
| Everyday life is exciting | 43.0 |
48.0 |
44.0 |
41.1 |
38.2 |
| Enjoying the companionship of siblings | 64.6 |
0.2 |
78.2 |
79.6 |
88.5 |
| Human network widened by rearing the child | 48.0 |
46.3 |
53.1 |
45.9 |
44.9 |
| Mindset broadened by rearing the child | 40.3 |
50.8 |
46.0 |
32.9 |
33.7 |
| Home is cheerful thanks to the child | 69.5 |
68.7 |
67.9 |
71.4 |
67.7 |
| Take pleasure in the growth of the child | 81.6 |
86.1 |
84.4 |
78.2 |
78.8 |
| Other | 2.1 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
| No satisfactions in particular | 0.6 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
| Unknown | 0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Note: | The figures are based on the total responses to the 5th survey (total number of replies: 39,809). |
Figure 17 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the time spent by the father
with the children on holidays (multiple answers)
| Notes: | 1) | The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with their father in the 5th survey (total number of replies: 37,584). |
| 2) | The following are the proportions of respondents, in relation to the time spent by the father with the children on holidays, to the total, and the proportions of each type of respondents to the total under circumstances where the children live with their father. Amount of time spent by the father with the children on holidays: Less than 6 hours: 28.9%; 6 hours or more: 67.9% Respondents: A mother only: 91.3%; a father only: 5.9%; parents only: 1.6%; other combinations: 0.6%; unknown: 0.6% |