Outline of the Fifth Longitudinal Survey of Babies in 21st Century

Statistics 1 Changes in the sibling composition (Figure 1)

	Total	Only child	Younger sibling(s) only	Elder sibling(s) only	Both elder and younger siblings
1st survey	37 621	18 372	・	19 249	・
2nd survey	37 621	17 355	1 024	18 869	373
3rd survey	37 621	12 830	5 558	17 596	1 637
4th survey	37 621	9 085	9 314	16 626	2 596
5th survey	37 621	7 175	11 247	16 001	3 198

Note:

The figures are based on the total responses to the 1st through 5th surveys, excluding the replies with
“unknown” concerning sibling composition.

Statistics 2 Changes in the usual caregivers (multiple answers) (Table 1)

	Total	Usual caregivers (multiple answers)											Unknown
		Mother	Father	Grandparent					Nurses and kindergarten teachers			Others
		Mother	Father	Grandparent	Maternal grandmother	Maternal grandfather	Paternal grandmother	Paternal grandfather	Nurses and kindergarten teachers	Nurses, etc.	Kindergarten teachers	Others
Total of 4th survey	38 880	35 714	17 294	9 347	5 191	2 066	4 286	1 853	19 476	13 161	6 375	674	11
Total of 5th survey	38 880	35 219	18 070	9 330	5 206	2 094	4 252	1 940	35 083	15 564	19 913	694	67
Born in January	19 352	17 516	9 107	4 735	2 667	1 113	2 148	973	19 025	7 656	11 595	334	55
Born in July	19 528	17 703	8 963	4 595	2 539	981	2 104	967	16 058	7 908	8 318	360	12

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 4th and 5th surveys.
2) “Nurses, etc.” include “nurses, etc. at nursery schools” and “nursery mothers or baby sitters.”

Statistics 3 Changes in the proportion of mothers with a job (Figure 2)

	Total	Unemployed	Employed	Unknown
1st survey	37 375	27 656	9 351	368
2nd survey	37 375	25 797	11 399	179
3rd survey	37 375	24 297	12 854	224
4th survey	37 375	21 527	15 452	396
5th survey	37 375	19 234	17 484	657

Notes:

The figures are based on the total number responses for children living with their mother in the 1st through 5th surveys.

Statistics 4 Employment status of mothers in relation to the sibling composition ( Table 2)

	Total	Unemployed	Employed						Unknown
	Total	Unemployed	Employed	Full-time worker	Part-time worker	Self-employed worker/Family worker	Pieceworker at home	Others	Unknown
Total	39 510	20 090	18 682	6 377	8 868	2 295	877	265	738
Only child	7 549	3 315	4 101	1 582	1 970	382	113	54	133
Younger sibling(s) only	11 713	7 370	4 131	1 749	1 590	525	201	66	212
Elder sibling(s) only	16 784	7 406	9 042	2 586	4 771	1 094	472	119	336
Both elder and younger siblings	3 376	1 965	1 358	443	516	286	88	25	53
Unknown	88	34	50	17	21	8	3	1	4

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with their mother in the 5th survey.

Statistics 5 Changes in the employment status of mothers (Figure 3-1)

	Total	Unemployed	Employed				Unknown
	Total	Unemployed	Employed	Full-time worker	Part-time worker	Self-employed worker/family worker, pieceworker at home, others	Unknown
1 year prior to childbirth	37 375	16 723	20 362	12 062	6 179	2 121	290
1st survey	37 375	27 656	9 351	5 877	1 408	2 066	368
2nd survey	37 375	25 797	11 399	5 606	3 524	2 269	179
4th survey	37 375	21 527	15 452	5 765	6 585	3 102	396
5th survey	37 375	19 234	17 484	5 957	8 280	3 247	657

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with their mother in the 1st through 5th surveys.
2) The employment status of the mother was not investigated in the 3rd survey.

Statistics 6 Previous employment status of mothers who presently work part-time
(Figure 3-2)

	Total	Full-time worker	Part-time worker	Self-employed worker/family worker, pieceworker at home, others	Unemployed	Unknown
1 year prior to childbirth	8 280	2 066	2 215	366	3 552	81
1st survey	8 280	557	815	401	6 405	102
2nd survey	8 280	404	2 226	438	5 175	37

4th survey	8 280	276	5 092	412	2 419	81
5th survey	8 280	・	8 280	・	・	・

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the responses to the 1st through 5th surveys for children living with a mother who worked part-time at
　　the time of the 5th survey.
2) The employment status of mothers was not investigated in the 3rd survey.

Statistics 7 Attendance at nursery school/kindergarten (Table 3)

	Total	Attending either a nursery school or a kindergarten			Attending neither a nursery school nor a kindergarten	Unknown
	Total	Attending either a nursery school or a kindergarten	Attending a nursery school	Attending a kindergarten	Attending neither a nursery school nor a kindergarten	Unknown
Total	39 809	35 915	15 975	20 297	3 845	49
Born in January	19 820	19 476	7 861	11 818	302	42
Born in July	19 989	16 439	8 114	8 479	3 543	7

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.
2) “Attending either a nursery school or kindergarten” includes the number of respondents that attend both a nursery school and a
kindergarten.

Statistics 8 Wakeup times and bedtimes of children (Figure 4)

[Wakeup time]
	Total	Before 7:00 am	7:00 - 7:59 am	8:00 - 8:59 am	After 9:00 am	Irregular	Unknown
3rd survey	38 277	7 490	17 881	8 617	3 150	974	165
4th survey	38 277	9 037	19 962	6 974	1 604	667	33
5th survey	38 277	9 551	23 176	4 228	396	840	86

[Bedtime]
	Total	Before 8:00 pm	8:00 - 8:59 pm	9:00 - 9:59 pm	10:00 - 10:59 pm	After 11:00 pm	Irregular	Unknown
3rd survey	38 277	509	4 080	15 099	12 138	4 564	1 629	258
4th survey	38 277	814	5 355	16 903	11 267	2 784	1 076	78
5th survey	38 277	661	6 493	19 194	8 367	1 377	1 916	269

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 3rd through 5th surveys.

Statistics 9 Breakfast times and dinner times of children (Figure 5)

[Breakfast time]
	Total	Before 7:00 am	7:00 - 7:59 am	8:00 - 8:59 am	After 9:00 am	Irregular	Skip breakfast	Unknown
Total	39 809	2 695	23 658	11 289	958	766	341	102

[Dinner time]
	Total	Before 6:00 pm	6:00 - 6:59 pm	7:00 - 7:59 pm	8:00 - 8:59 pm	After 9:00 pm	Irregular	Skip dinner	Unknown
Total	39 809	2 526	17 992	15 818	1 505	112	1 220	46	590

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 10 Children’s eating behaviors in relation to their sex and sibling composition (Table 4)

	Total	Watch TV (incl. videos and DVDs) while eating and do not focus on the food			Skip breakfast			Eat breakfast alone			Eat dinner alone
	Total	Always	Sometimes	Never	Always	Sometimes	Never	Always	Sometimes	Never	Always	Sometimes	Never
Total	39 809	7 546	24 618	7 479	373	7 542	31 776	1 461	8 679	29 535	182	1 514	38 005
Sex
Boys	20 713	4 166	12 751	3 722	193	3 870	16 604	731	4 534	15 394	90	829	19 755
Girls	19 096	3 380	11 867	3 757	180	3 672	15 172	730	4 145	14 141	92	685	18 250
Sibling composition
Only child	7 665	1 798	4 623	1 202	128	1 808	5 699	543	2 081	5 010	57	583	6 997
Younger sibling(s) only	11 768	2 648	7 039	2 034	118	2 229	9 388	322	2 332	9 078	52	495	11 191
Elder sibling(s) only	16 899	2 535	10 810	3 490	96	2 905	13 855	533	3 699	12 612	60	377	16 422
Both elder and younger siblings	3 386	544	2 097	732	31	570	2 773	62	539	2 773	13	52	3 311
Unknown	91	21	49	21	-	30	61	1	28	62	-	7	84

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.
2) The total includes the number of respondents with “unknown” concerning eating behaviors.

Statistics 11 Children’s eating behaviors in relation to the hours spent watching TV
and bedtimes (Figure 6)

[Children who watch TV (including videos and DVDs) while eating and do not focus on the food]
		Total	Always	Sometimes	Never	Unknown
Hours spent watching TV	Total	39 809	7 546	24 618	7 479	166
	Less than 3 hours	30 259	4 280	19 056	6 789	134
	3 hours or more	9 029	3 126	5 261	621	21
	Not sure	270	89	154	25	2
	Unknown	251	51	147	44	9

[Children who skip breakfast]
		Total	Always	Sometimes	Never	Unknown
Bedtime	Total	39 809	373	7 542	31 776	118
	Before 9:00 pm	7 410	12	697	6 684	17
	After 9:00 pm	30 083	278	5 988	23 770	47
	Irregular	2 035	77	803	1 154	1
	Unknown	281	6	54	168	53

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 12 Living behaviors that children “voluntarily do” and that they are “able to
do by themselves” according to their sex (Figure 7)

	Total	Voluntarily do	Do when told	Never do	Unknown
Daily greeting	39 809	25 358	13 989	348	114
Boys	20 713	12 695	7 748	215	55
Girls	19 096	12 663	6 241	133	59
Changing clothes	39 809	18 963	19 747	997	102
Boys	20 713	8 376	11 573	718	46
Girls	19 096	10 587	8 174	279	56
Brushing teeth	39 809	11 059	26 347	2 294	109
Boys	20 713	4 798	14 242	1 620	53
Girls	19 096	6 261	12 105	674	56

	Total	Able to do by themselves	Require assistance	Unknown
Urination	39 809	38 427	1 289	93
Boys	20 713	20 062	609	42
Girls	19 096	18 365	680	51
Defecation	39 809	27 928	11 769	112
Boys	20 713	13 601	7 062	50
Girls	19 096	14 327	4 707	62

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 13 Changes in the amount of time spent watching TV (Figure 8)

	Total	Never watch TV	Less than 1 hour	1 to less than 2 hours	2 to less than 3 hours	3 to less than 4 hours	4 to less than 5 hours	5 hours or more	Not sure	Unknown
4th survey	38 880	420	3 333	15 329	5 557	10 791	1 880	1 158	198	214
5th survey	38 880	347	4 151	11 581	13 507	6 133	1 928	732	259	242

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 4th and 5th surveys.

Statistics 14 Changes in the amount of time spent watching TV from the 4th survey
(Figure 9)

	Total	Unchanged from the 4th survey	Longer than at the time of the 4th survey	Shorter than at the time of the 4th survey	Not sure, unknown
Total	38 880	15 824	10 048	12 153	855
Less than 1 hour	4 498	1 933	…	2 551	14
1 to less than 2 hours	11 581	6 935	1 336	3 250	60
2 to less than 3 hours	13 507	2 697	5 318	5 369	123
3 to less than 4 hours	6 133	3 145	1 915	983	90
4 hours or more	2 660	1 114	1 479	…	67
Not sure/unknown	501	・	・	・	501

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 4th and 5th surveys.
2) “Less than 1 hour” includes the number of respondents who “never watch TV.”

Statistics 15 Changes in the status of playing computer games (Figure 10)

		5th survey
		Total	Play computer games	Not taking lessons
4th survey	Total	38 555	10 765	27 790
	Play computer games	5 592	4 023	1 569
	Do not play computer games	32 963	6 742	26 221

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the “Hours playing computer games” in the 4th and 5th surveys.

Statistics 16 Changes in the status of taking paid lessons (Figure 11)

		5th survey
		Total	Taking lessons	Do not play computer games
4th survey	Total	38 468	14 721	23 747
	Taking lessons	9 061	7 370	1 691
	Not taking lessons	29 407	7 351	22 056

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to “Paid lessons” in the 4th and 5th surveys.

Statistics 17 Breakdown of the paid lessons by sex (multiple answers) (Figure 12)

	Total	Taking lessons	Breakdown of lessons (multiple answers)											Not taking lessons	Unknown
	Total	Taking lessons	Kinder class	Cram school for entrance exam preparations	Abacus	Calligraphy	Music (piano, etc.)	Painting/craftwork	Gymnastics	Ballet	Swimming	English	Others	Not taking lessons	Unknown
Total	39 809	15 042	1 452	368	49	328	3 741	444	2 298	755	5 193	4 050	2 265	24 494	273
Boys	20 713	7 249	731	189	22	136	1 031	216	1 276	23	2 993	1 915	1 420	13 313	151
Girls	19 096	7 793	721	179	27	192	2 710	228	1 022	732	2 200	2 135	845	11 181	122

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 18 Major illnesses and injuries seen by hospitals and clinics over the past
year (multiple answers), and changes in the hospitalization status (Table 5)

	5th survey	4th survey
Total	38 880	38 880
Visited hospitals or clinics for illnesses/injuries	37 144	36 376
(Previously reported)
Cold, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia	30 546	30 343
Decayed teeth	10 443	6 944
Influenza	9 197	3 660
Otitis media	6 537	5 506
Digestive diseases including gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, stomach ache, constipation	6 428	5 333
Chicken pox	5 013	5 320
Allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis	3 582	2 211
Epidemic parotiditis	3 519	1 572
Impetigo	3 209	3 469
Did not visit hospitals or clinics for illnesses/injuries	782	2 125
Unknown	954	379

Hospitalized	2 347	2 683

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 4th and 5th surveys.
2) “Otitis media” includes the number of respondents with “otitis externa” in the 4th survey.

Statistics 19 Particular points of care concerning children’s play according to sex
(multiple answers) (Figure 13)

	Total	Some particular points of care								No particular points of care	Unknown
	Total	Some particular points of care	Promote the child’s outdoor play	Encourage the child to do physical activities	Let the child do various types of play activities	Let the child do his/her favorite play activities	Encourage the child to play with other children	Encourage the child to play with family members	Others	No particular points of care	Unknown
Total	39 809	32 691	18 541	17 879	17 539	15 159	20 568	11 681	1 444	7 030	88
Boys	20 713	17 229	10 481	10 090	9 071	7 760	10 696	6 264	800	3 447	37
Girls	19 096	15 462	8 060	7 789	8 468	7 399	9 872	5 417	644	3 583	51

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 20 Changes in the smoking status of the parents (Table 6)

		5th survey
		Smoking status of the mother				Smoking status of the father
		Total	Not smoking	Smoking	Unknown	Total	Not smoking	Smoking	Unknown
1st survey	Total	39 498	32 076	6 893	529	37 310	16 897	19 956	457
	Not smoking	33 469	30 937	2 092	440	14 538	13 519	833	186
	Smoking	5 853	1 017	4 757	79	22 591	3 292	19 033	266
	Unknown	176	122	44	10	181	86	90	5

Note:

The figures for the “smoking status of the mother” are based on the total number of responses for children living with their mother
and the “smoking status of the father” is based on the total number of responses from those living with their father at the times of the
1st and 5th surveys.

Statistics 21 Combinations of parental smoking status (Figure 14)

	Total	Neither the father nor the mother smokes	Either the father or the mother smokes				Unknown
				Only the mother smokes	Both the father and the mother smoke	Only the father smokes
Total	37 356	16 050	20 777	867	5 195	14 715	529

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with both of their parents in the 5th survey.

Statistics 22 Smoking behavior of the parents (Figure 15)

	Total	Not smoking	Smoking					Unknown
	Total	Not smoking	Smoking	Try not to smoke in front of the child	Try not to let the child inhale cigarette smoke	Do not care	Unknown	Unknown
Smoking status of the mother	37 356	30 798	6 071	1 235	4 049	871	29	487
Both the father and the mother smoke	5 195	・	5 195	971	3 521	770	25	・
Only the mother smokes	867	・	867	262	521	101	4	・

Smoking status of the father	37 356	16 927	19 977	2 770	12 822	4 525	145	452
Both the father and the mother smoke	5 195	・	5 195	232	3 349	1 626	21	・
Only the father smokes	14 715	・	14 715	2 530	9 433	2 880	123	・

(Previously reported)
Neither the father nor the mother smokes	16 050	16 050	・	・	・	・	・	・

Note:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with both of their parents in the 5th survey.
2) The total includes the number of respondents with “unknown” concerning the combination of the parental smoking status.

Statistics 23 Parents’ time spent with their children (Table 7)

	Weekdays				Holidays
	Mother		Father		Mother		Father
	5th survey	2nd survey	5th survey	2nd survey	5th survey	2nd survey	5th survey	2nd survey
Total	38 810	38 810	36 733	36 733	38 810	38 810	36 733	36 733
Less than 30 minutes	97	78	7 784	5 767	63	36	549	331
From 30 up to 60 minutes	249	224	5 151	4 590	73	79	543	580
From 1 up to 2 hours	1 019	584	8 643	7 843	262	212	1 465	1 310
From 2 up to 4 hours	5 671	3 432	10 530	12 208	1 005	729	3 419	3 219
From 4 up to 6 hours	10 009	4 520	3 150	4 376	1 871	1 539	4 631	5 159
6 hours or more	20 963	28 939	606	811	34 521	35 085	24 994	24 848
Unknown	802	1 033	869	1 138	1 015	1 130	1 132	1 286

Note:

The figures for the “mother” are based on the total responses for children living with their mother and the “father” is based on the
total number of responses for those living with their father at the time of the 2nd and 5th surveys.

Statistics 24 Changes in the reasons for satisfaction from child rearing
(multiple answers) (Figure 16)

	Total	Have satisfactions	Satisfaction from child rearing (multiple answers)									No satisfac-tions in particular	Unknown
	Total	Have satisfactions	Family ties strengthened	Contact with the child is rewarding	Everyday life is exciting	Enjoying the companion- ship of siblings	Human network widened by rearing the child	Mindset broadened by rearing the child	Home is cheerful thanks to the child	Take pleasure in the growth of the child	Other	No satisfac-tions in particular	Unknown
1st survey	37 686	37 463	・	・	20 515	・	9 983	16 650	29 843	・	3 603	134	89
2nd survey	37 686	36 731	25 350	31 387	18 284	・	12 391	17 267	・	・	1 939	225	730
3rd survey	37 686	37 351	21 436	27 097	14 568	19 796	12 295	14 203	25 305	30 816	830	153	182
4th survey	37 686	37 291	22 005	26 588	15 985	23 427	16 367	15 275	26 547	31 254	833	177	218
5th survey	37 686	37 330	21 280	25 583	16 213	24 478	18 216	15 198	26 291	30 740	796	219	137

Notes:

1) The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 1st through 5th surveys.
2) The item “home is cheerful thanks to the child” was “family became happier” in the 1st survey, and it was not investigated in
the 2nd survey.
3) The item “everyday life is exciting” was “life became worthwhile” in the 1st survey and “everyday life became worthwhile” in
the 2nd survey.

Statistics 25 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the sibling composition
(multiple answers) (Table 8)

	Total	Only child	Younger sibling(s) only	Elder sibling(s) only	Both elder and younger siblings	Unknown
Total	39 809	7 665	11 768	16 899	3 386	91
Experience satisfaction	39 420	7 559	11 672	16 744	3 357	88
Family ties strengthened	22 386	4 214	7 072	9 318	1 729	53
Contact with the child is rewarding	26 977	5 474	7 825	11 485	2 135	58
Everyday life is exciting	17 134	3 676	5 176	6 942	1 295	45
Enjoying the companionship of siblings	25 727	18	9 198	13 450	2 997	64
Human network widened by rearing the child	19 100	3 546	6 244	7 759	1 522	29
Mindset broadened by rearing the child	16 034	3 890	5 408	5 564	1 140	32
Home is cheerful thanks to the child	27 676	5 267	7 995	12 059	2 292	63
Take pleasure in the growth of the child	32 475	6 601	9 928	13 211	2 667	68
Other	842	192	252	328	69	1
Experience no satisfaction in particular	234	79	52	89	12	2
Unknown	155	27	44	66	17	1

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 26 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the time spent by the father
with the children on holidays (multiple answers) (Figure 17)

	Total	Experience satisfaction	Satisfaction from child rearing (multiple answers)									Experience no satisfaction in particular	Unknown
	Total	Experience satisfaction	Family ties strengthened	Contact with the child is rewarding	Everyday life is exciting	Enjoying the companions hip of siblings	Human network widened by rearing the child	Mindset broadened by rearing the child	Home is cheerful thanks to the child	Take pleasure in the growth of the child	Other benefits	Experience no satisfaction in particular	Unknown
Total	37 584	37 241	21 561	25 557	15 968	24 826	18 396	15 147	26 292	30 696	770	204	139
Less than 6 hours	10 877	10 738	5 249	6 868	4 068	7 003	4 877	3 877	6 993	8 476	215	93	46
6 hours or more	25 537	25 366	15 658	17 926	11 416	17 084	13 011	10 808	18 498	21 337	523	101	70
Unknown	1 170	1 137	654	763	484	739	508	462	801	883	32	10	23

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses for children living with their father in the 5th survey.

Statistics 27 Changes in burdens and worries concerning child rearing
(multiple answers) (Figure 18)

	Total	Total for the 4th survey		Total for the 5th survey
	Total	Total for the 4th survey	(Previously reported) Did not feel any burden at the time of the 5th survey	Total for the 5th survey	(Previously reported) Felt burdens at the time of both the 4th and 5th surveys	(Previously reported) Started feeling burdens from the time of the 5th survey
Physical burdens	37 728	11 629	5 632	9 206	5 997	3 209
Financial burdens	37 728	11 995	4 276	13 104	7 719	5 385
Lack of free time	37 728	20 326	8 001	16 042	12 325	3 717
Lack of partner’s involvement in child rearing	37 728	2 574	1 457	2 504	1 117	1 387
Parental disagreement over discipline	37 728	4 518	2 347	4 384	2 171	2 213
Unable to work or do enough housework	37 728	7 654	4 193	6 636	3 461	3 175
Concerned about what people think or say about the child	37 728	3 142	1 883	2 945	1 259	1 686
Constant tension due to the active child	37 728	5 807	3 966	3 367	1 841	1 526
Unable to build good relationships with other parents	37 728	612	438	804	174	630
No caregiver when temporary childcare is needed	37 728	4 260	2 280	4 046	1 980	2 066
Disobedience of the child	37 728	10 554	5 288	8 924	5 266	3 658
Child being prone to illness	37 728	1 481	927	1 705	554	1 151
No doctor available in the neighborhood for sudden illness	37 728	1 316	778	1 421	538	883
Concerned about the growth of the child	37 728	2 900	1 634	2 809	1 266	1 543
Do not know how to discipline the child	37 728	2 806	1 614	3 057	1 192	1 865
No tolerance toward the child	37 728	8 808	3 498	10 108	5 310	4 798
No affection to the child	37 728	161	97	190	64	126
Child reluctant to go to school or kindergarten	37 728	948	801	925	147	778
Others	37 728	1 305	1 094	1 314	211	1 103

Note:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to “Burdens and worries concerning child rearing” in the 4th and 5th surveys.

Statistics 28 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)
(Figure 19)

	Time spent with the children by the father on weekdays
	Total	Less than 1 hour	From 1 up to 2 hours	2 hours or more	Unknown
Total	37 584	13 232	8 826	14 628	898
Feel some burdens or worries	30 937	11 329	7 376	11 804	428
Physical burdens	8 990	3 555	2 192	3 133	110
Financial burdens	12 827	4 746	3 028	4 878	175
Lack of free time	15 524	5 644	3 809	5 860	211
Lack of involvement of the partner in child rearing	2 466	1 675	420	348	23
Parental disagreement over discipline	4 306	1 656	989	1 593	68
Unable to work or do enough housework	6 332	2 269	1 541	2 436	86
Concerned about what people think or say about the child	2 876	1 118	672	1 051	35
Constant tension due to the active child	3 243	1 153	783	1 248	59
Unable to build good relationships with other parents	781	337	169	258	17
No caregiver when temporary childcare is needed	3 933	1 690	964	1 235	44
Disobedience of the child	8 590	2 985	2 007	3 470	128
Child being prone to illness	1 625	660	359	575	31
No doctor available in the neighborhood for sudden illness	1 378	440	330	591	17
Concerned about the growth of the child	2 749	964	692	1 054	39
Do not know how to discipline the child	2 920	1 072	705	1 094	49
No tolerance toward the child	9 738	3 820	2 314	3 471	133
No affection to the child	177	83	40	47	7
Child reluctant to go to school or kindergarten	873	336	204	316	17
Others	1 254	529	266	438	21
No particular burdens or worries	5 838	1 780	1 346	2 636	76
Unknown	809	123	104	188	394

Note:

The figures are based on the total number responses for children living with their father in the 5th survey.

Statistics 29 Burden of child-rearing expenditures (Figure 20)

	Total	Feel burdens			Feel no burdens	Unknown
	Total	Feel burdens	Feel substantial burdens	Feel some burdens	Feel no burdens	Unknown
Total	39 809	26 424	6 947	19 477	11 581	1 804

Notes:

The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 5th survey.

Statistics 30 Burdensome child-rearing expenditures (multiple answers) (Figure 21)

	Total	Clothing (including shoes) expenses	Food (including snacks) expenses	Expenses for toys and books	Medica expenses	Expenses for nursery school and kindergarten	Expenses for paid lessons	Others
Total	26 424	10 497	6 373	5 209	8 580	21 320	6 412	660
Most burdensome expenditure	24 656	1 398	588	613	2 517	18 010	1 303	227
2nd most burdensome expenditure	19 666	4 349	2 463	1 866	4 441	2 539	3 778	230
3rd most burdensome expenditure	14 729	4 750	3 322	2 730	1 622	771	1 331	203

Notes:	1)	The figures are based on the responses to the 5th survey of those replying “feel substantial burdens” or “feel some burdens.” (total number of replies: 26,424).
	2)	Respondents were asked to list the three most burdensome child-rearing expenditures.

Statistics 31 Changes in the monthly expenditure on child rearing (Figure 22)

	Total	Under 5,000 yen	10,000 yen	20,000 yen	30,000 yen	40,000 yen	50,000 yen	55,000 yen or over	Unknown
3rd survey	38 277	3 978	14 419	7 587	3 814	1 993	2 098	3 284	1 104
4th survey	38 277	4 718	9 191	6 229	6 461	4 484	3 394	3 761	39
5th survey	38 277	938	3 648	4 812	7 202	7 699	6 232	6 428	1 318

Notes:	1)	The figures are based on the total number of responses to the 3rd through 5th surveys.
	2)	Monthly expenditures on child rearing are rounded to the nearest 10,000 yen and the amount categories are as follows: “Under 5,000 yen”: Under 5,000 yen “10,000 yen”: 5,000 - 14,999 yen “20,000 yen”: 15,000 - 24,999 yen “30,000 yen”: 25,000 - 34,999 yen “40,000 yen”: 35,000 - 44,999 yen “50,000 yen”: 45,000 - 54,999 yen “55,000 yen or over”: 55,000 yen or over

Statistics

Statistics 1 Changes in the sibling composition (Figure 1)

Statistics 2 Changes in the usual caregivers (multiple answers) (Table 1)

Statistics 3 Changes in the proportion of mothers with a job (Figure 2)

Statistics 4 Employment status of mothers in relation to the sibling composition ( Table 2)

Statistics 5 Changes in the employment status of mothers (Figure 3-1)

Statistics 6 Previous employment status of mothers who presently work part-time(Figure 3-2)

Statistics 7 Attendance at nursery school/kindergarten (Table 3)

Statistics 8 Wakeup times and bedtimes of children (Figure 4)

[Wakeup time]

[Bedtime]

Statistics 9 Breakfast times and dinner times of children (Figure 5)

[Breakfast time]

[Dinner time]

Statistics 10 Children’s eating behaviors in relation to their sex and sibling composition (Table 4)

Statistics 11 Children’s eating behaviors in relation to the hours spent watching TVand bedtimes (Figure 6)

[Children who watch TV (including videos and DVDs) while eating and do not focus on the food]

[Children who skip breakfast]

Statistics 12 Living behaviors that children “voluntarily do” and that they are “able todo by themselves” according to their sex (Figure 7)

Statistics 13 Changes in the amount of time spent watching TV (Figure 8)

Statistics 14 Changes in the amount of time spent watching TV from the 4th survey(Figure 9)

Statistics 15 Changes in the status of playing computer games (Figure 10)

Statistics 16 Changes in the status of taking paid lessons (Figure 11)

Statistics 17 Breakdown of the paid lessons by sex (multiple answers) (Figure 12)

Statistics 18 Major illnesses and injuries seen by hospitals and clinics over the pastyear (multiple answers), and changes in the hospitalization status (Table 5)

Statistics 19 Particular points of care concerning children’s play according to sex(multiple answers) (Figure 13)

Statistics 20 Changes in the smoking status of the parents (Table 6)

Statistics 21 Combinations of parental smoking status (Figure 14)

Statistics 22 Smoking behavior of the parents (Figure 15)

Statistics 23 Parents’ time spent with their children (Table 7)

Statistics 24 Changes in the reasons for satisfaction from child rearing (multiple answers) (Figure 16)

Statistics 25 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the sibling composition (multiple answers) (Table 8)

Statistics 26 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the time spent by the fatherwith the children on holidays (multiple answers) (Figure 17)

Statistics 6 Previous employment status of mothers who presently work part-time
(Figure 3-2)

Statistics 11 Children’s eating behaviors in relation to the hours spent watching TV
and bedtimes (Figure 6)

Statistics 12 Living behaviors that children “voluntarily do” and that they are “able to
do by themselves” according to their sex (Figure 7)

Statistics 14 Changes in the amount of time spent watching TV from the 4th survey
(Figure 9)

Statistics 18 Major illnesses and injuries seen by hospitals and clinics over the past
year (multiple answers), and changes in the hospitalization status (Table 5)

Statistics 19 Particular points of care concerning children’s play according to sex
(multiple answers) (Figure 13)

Statistics 24 Changes in the reasons for satisfaction from child rearing
(multiple answers) (Figure 16)

Statistics 25 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the sibling composition
(multiple answers) (Table 8)

Statistics 26 Satisfaction from child rearing in relation to the time spent by the father
with the children on holidays (multiple answers) (Figure 17)