Tender title

“Comparative International awareness survey on societies with declining birth rate (Japan, France, Sweden, UK)”

Publication date

June 8, 2015

Deadline

July 29, 2015 12:00 (JST)

Tender type

WTO, open competitive tender

Tender evaluation method

Overall greatest value (If bidder meets all conditions, marking of in-house technical skills listed in submitted documents and bidding price)

Supplier qualification

Unified Supplier Qualification: A,B or C (Survey – Research)

Inquiry about specifications

Cabinet Office – Children and Child-raising office (Declining birth-rate measure office, Mr./Ms. Asai, Mr./Ms.  Matsumoto

Tel: +81-(0)35253-2111 ext. 38331

Outline

The continuing low birth-rate in Japan is regarded as an major issue for the vitality and future of the country and requires a comprehensive approach from terms of policy, systems and change of mind-set.  For this reason, every 5 years an international comparative study on the views on personal independence, marriage and child rearing is conducted, comparing Japan and a number of countries abroad. The survey has been conducted twice in the past in  2005 and 2010 and aims to promote future policies to deal with declining birth rate issues.

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Survey-target: Adults between 20-49 in Japan, France, Sweden and UK

Sample-size: More than 700 in each country

Survey content: Views regarding marriage, child-bearing, child-raising, social support and life, totalling 50 items (34 same as previous editions, 16 new)

Method and sampling:

Method:

Japan: individual interviews done by investigators

Others: Individual interviews by local investigators

Sampling: Japan: two-stage stratified random sampling from basic residents register, 100 locations

Others: Quota sampling

Report deadline: March 2016

Related documents (including specifications in Japanese)

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