| Note: | The figures are based on the total number of responses to gBurdens and worries concerning child rearingh in the 4th and 5th surveys (total number of replies: 37,728). |
A decreasing number of respondents complained about the glack of free timeh and other issues, while the rates for gfinancial burdensh and gno tolerance toward the childh increased.
In the breakdown of the types of burdens and worries concerning child rearing, the largest proportion of respondents complained about the glack of free timeh (42.5%), followed by gfinancial burdensh (34.7%), gno tolerance toward the childh (26.8%) and gphysical burdensh (24.4%).
As for changes from the 4th survey, almost half (14.9%) of the respondents who reported that they gfeel physical burdensh in the 4th survey (30.8%) reported that they gfeel no physical burdensh at the time of the 5th survey. As a result, the proportion of those who gfeel physical burdensh dropped by 6.4%. A similar trend was observed for glack of free time.h
On the other hand, an additional number of respondents complained about gfinancial burdensh and gno tolerance toward the childh in the 5th survey, resulting in a higher proportion of those who gfeel burdensh in these respects (Figure 18).
Figure 18 Changes in burdens and worries concerning child rearing
(multiple answers)
| Note: | The figures are based on the total number of responses to gBurdens and worries concerning child rearingh in the 4th and 5th surveys (total number of replies: 37,728). |
A lower proportion of respondents gfeel burdensh if the father spends a longer time with the children on weekdays.
According to the breakdown of the key burdens and worries concerning child rearing in relation to the amount of time spent by the father with the children on weekdays, the longer the time that the father spends with the children, generally the lower the proportion of respondents who gfeel burdens.h There were great differences, in particular, in the results for gphysical burdens,h glack of involvement of the partner in child rearingh and gno tolerance toward the childh with or without the father spending a longer time with the children (Figure 19).
Figure 19 Key burdens and worries concerning child rearing in relation to the amount
of time spent by the father with the children on weekdays (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 the amount of time spent by the father with the children on weekdays, to the total, and the proportions of each type of respondents to the total under the circumstances where the children live with the father. Time spent by the father with the children on weekdays: Less than 1 hour: 35.2%; from 1 up to 2 hours: 23.5%; 2 hours or more: 38.9% Respondents: A mother only: 91.3%; a father only: 5.9%; parents only: 1.6%; other combinations: 0.6%; unknown: 0.6% |