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Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities 2001-2008 (Japan, 2001-2008)
Year 2011
Commissioned by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Author/s Statistical Research and Training Institute
Methodology Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities (Fundamental Statistical Survey) - This survey
has been conducted every five years since 1976. The 2006 Survey is the seventh in the
series and was conducted by the self-enumeration method at 80,000 households in the
selected enumeration districts of the 2000 Population Census. The total size for the whole
country was about 99,000 households and 270,000 persons aged 10 and over. A booklet of
questionnaires was filled in by each household member.
National Time Use Survey - This survey has been conducted by Nippon Hoso Kyokai
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) every five years since 1960. The survey was addressed to
persons of 10 years and over, numbering 45,120 in 2000 and 12,600 in 2005.
Survey on Leisure Activities - This survey has been conducted every year since 1976. The
survey is conducted on a sample of 3,000 persons of 15 years and over residing in cities with
a population of 50,000 or more.
Objectives The purpose of this survey is to obtain comprehensive data on people’s daily life that cannot
be fully captured by economic statistics. For this purpose, it collects data on people’s daily
time budgeting as well as all sorts of leisure activities in which people were engaged during a
year.
The main objectives of the survey are:
� To investigate the time use and leisure activities of Japanese people
� To examine the daily time allocations of people in order to make broadcasting
programme better suited to daily lives of most people and also to provide basic data
for wider users in this area.
� To analyse people's attitude to leisure and participation to the leisure activities in
Cultural domains /
Other issues
time-series.
The section of time use and leisure activities contains statistics on average time spent on
various daily activities, participation rates in leisure and learning activities and sports.
The questionnaire consists of the following sections:
� Personal Characteristics
� Household Characteristics – only for the head of the household
� Five categories of leisure activities were investigated (sports, studies and research,
social activities, hobbies and amusements, and travels and excursions)
� Items for time use
Daily activities were classified into 20 categories and grouped into the three broad categories.
The classification is as follows:
Category I Activities (Physiologically necessary activities) (1) Sleep, (2) Personal care, and
(3) Meals
Category II Activities (Activities which a person is committed to perform as a member of the
family or the society) (4) Commuting to and from school or work, (5) Work, (6) Schoolwork,
(7) Housekeeping, (8) Nursing, (9) Child care, and (10) Shopping
Category III Activities (Other activities, which are mostly done in free time) (11) Moving
(excluding commuting), (12) TV, radio, newspapers or magazines, (13) Rest and relaxation,
(14) Studies and researches (excluding schoolwork), (15) Hobbies and amusements, (16)
Sports, (17) Social activities, (18) Social life, (19) Medical examination or treatment, and (20)
Other activities.
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