Survey on Working Style of Young People (individual survey)

Summary of Survey

1. Objectives
This series of survey is aimed at identifying changes in the work styles and attitudes of young people in major urban areas. The first survey was conducted with the aim of assessing changes in young people’s career decisions and perceptions amid a rise in the number of young people called “freeters” (young people in atypical employment), as young workers increasingly changed jobs and led less stable careers starting in the latter half of the 1990s. Since then the survey has been conducted every five years.
2. Survey year
Every 5 years since 2001 (2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021).
3. Survey method
Random area sampling in 2001, 2006 and 2011 surveys.
Random sampling and mail method in 2016 and 2021 surveys.
4. Survey target
Young people in the Tokyo metropolitan area, specifically, 2,000 persons aged 18-19 in 2001 and 2006 surveys, 2,058 persons aged 20-29 in 2011 survey, and 8,000 persons aged 25-34.
5. Series of the survey
“Survey on Working Style of Young People” (Tokyo metropolitan area)
  • 2001 1st Survey
  • 2006 2nd Survey
  • 2011 3rd Survey
  • 2011 “Survey on Working Style of Young People in their 30s”
  • 2016 4th Survey
  • 2021 5th Survey
“Survey on Working Style of Young People (Local area version)”
  • 2008 “Survey on Working Style of Young People (Sapporo, Hokkaido)”
  • 2008 “Survey on Working Style of Young People (Kushiro, Hokkaido)”
  • 2008 “Survey on Working Style of Young People (City of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture)”
  • 2008 “Survey on Working Style of Young People (Areas of Suwa, Chino, and Okaya, Nagano Prefecture)”

Latest Survey Results and Analysis

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