A Sociological Study of Women's employment and Gender Role Attitude in Japan

本研究主要利用2011-13年的日本生活历程调查(JLP)中的小组调查数据，考察当代日本人对性别角色态度的变化。本研究的主要结论如下：1)与我们最初的预期相反，日本的性别角色态度相当不稳定，男性和女性的主要变化都来自于婚姻经历。2)特别是在女性中，有一种趋势是，性别角色态度可以根据她们婚后的就业情况而改变，而不是决定她们的就业选择。3)无论男性还是女性，认为幸福的家庭生活与接受传统的性别角色在家庭分工中(男性养家，女性主妇)之间存在着很强的关系。

This study examines changes in attitudes to gender roles in contemporary Japan by mainly using panel survey data in 2011-13 JLPS (Japanese Life Course Panel Survey). The major conclusions of this study are as follows:1) Against our initial expectation, gender role attitudes are rather unstable in Japan and major change come from marriage experience for both men and women. 2) Especially among women, there is a tendency that gender role attitudes can change according to their employment conditions after marriage rather than determine their employment choices. 3) For both men and women, there is a strong relation between regarding happy family life as important and accepting traditional gender role in division of labor within families(male breadwinner, and female homemaker).