Abstract
This survey on the education expenses was carried out at the same time as Part 1. 515 questionnaires were returned from the parents who have their kindergarten children. Such kind of survey are few in Japan.
Education expenses were composed of kindergarten fees and home education expenses; the former is expenditures mainly paid to the kindergarten including tuition, teaching material cost, P. T. A. dues, transportation and recreation at home.
The main results obtained were as follows :
The total education expenses per month and per-capita was, on average, 11, 537 yen; 5, 449 yen for kindergarten fees and 6, 088 yen for home education expenses. This amount was about 10% of parents' income. Total education expenses gradually increased with age from 3 years to 6 years old.
In Japan, most kindergartens (85%) are privately operated, and private kindergartens require greater expenditures than public ones. Difference of educational expenditures between public and private kindergartens came from kindergarten fees for their children. Change the former to the latter is quite necessary.
