TABLE 1.
Participants’ characteristics for full‐time employees in Japan (N = 800)
| N (%) | Mean (SD) [min‐max] | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 424 (53.0) | |
| Female | 376 (47.0) | |
| Age | ||
| 20‐29 years old | 127 (15.9) | 41.93 (10.30) [22 ‐ 60] |
| 30‐39 years old | 216 (27.0) | |
| 40‐49 years old | 226 (28.2) | |
| 50‐59 years old | 218 (27.3) | |
| ≥60 years old | 13 (1.6) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried | 401 (50.1) | |
| Married | 399 (49.9) | |
| Presence of children | ||
| Childless | 463 (57.9) | |
| With children | 337 (42.1) | |
| Educational attainmenta | ||
| Junior high school | 6 (0.8) | |
| High school | 180 (22.5) | |
| Junior college/vocational school/technical college | 185 (23.1) | |
| University | 384 (48.0) | |
| Graduate school | 45 (5.6) | |
| Type of industry | ||
| Manufacturing | 202 (25.3) | |
| Medical and welfare | 103 (12.9) | |
| Retail and wholesale business | 77 (9.6) | |
| Finance, insurance, real estate | 66 (8.3) | |
| Public service | 65 (8.1) | |
| Information and technology services | 67 (8.4) | |
| Life‐related services and entertainment | 54 (6.8) | |
| Professional and technical services | 43 (5.4) | |
| Transportation | 12 (4.5) | |
| Education and learning support | 36 (4.5) | |
| Construction | 29 (3.6) | |
| Eating/drinking, hotel business | 12 (1.5) | |
| Agriculture and industry | 3 (0.4) | |
| Others | 7 (0.9) | |
| Company size | ||
| ≧1000 employees | 259 (32.4) | |
| 300‐999 | 144 (18.0) | |
| 50‐299 | 213 (26.6) | |
| <50 | 161 (20.1) | |
| Unknown | 23 (2.9) | |
| Occupational type | ||
| Managers | 92 (11.5) | |
| Non‐manual | 505 (63.1) | |
| Manual | 203 (25.4) | |
| Geographic block | ||
| Hokkaido | 32 (4.0) | |
| Tohoku | 43 (5.4) | |
| Kanto | 330 (41.3) | |
| Chubu | 146 (18.3) | |
| Kansai (Kinki) | 136 (17.0) | |
| Chugoku & Shikoku | 61 (7.6) | |
| Kyushu & Okinawa | 52 (6.5) | |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a
The education attainment was measured at T2.