Research on female workforce and their health especially among child-rearing generation

About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP15K01924 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
15K01924
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities/Social sciences > Gender > Gender
Research Institution
  • Teikyo University
Project Period (FY)
2015-04-01 〜 2019-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
4,550,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,500,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 1,050,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

By use of the targeted population (aged 20-30 years) in the Longitudinal Survey of Adults in the 21st Century, we were able to analyze mental health according to life course pattern in both men and women. The life course patterns over the 10-year period were categorized into several types. One of the main findings of our analysis was that workers engaged in non-regular work had lower mental health compared to permanent workers or housewives among the part-time workers. Therefore, not all working women could maintain their mental health equally and we could not find any "healthy worker effects"among non-regular part-time Japanese workers. Women are encouraged to work nowadays and the percentage of working women has increased in Japan. However, women tended to be engaged as part-time workers with non-regular employment. Japanese society in which women are supposed to work needs to provide support for the maintenance of women's mental health regardless of the type of employment.

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