A Study on Status and Awareness of Simultaneous Pursuit of Child Rearing and Having Job

Comparison Between Households Using Day Nurseries in Tama City and Utsunomiya City

Abstract

We conducted a questionnaire survey of households using day nurseries in two local cities that have different city structures to study the status of having job, the role share of taking children to and from a day nursery between parents, and the awareness of simultaneous pursuit of child rearing and having job, of the households. We found that the difference of time and transportation means required for commuting and kinds of job affect said factors.