Course: EANLIC Oral English

(英力克英语口语)

Textbook: College English

Creative Communication (Book Three)

Publisher: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

Class: 2006 Tourism English Class 

Duration: 1^st September, 2007~3^rd January, 2008

Teacher: Duan Ping Hua 

Module One “Take up a hobby”

Summary of results of the 2001 Survey on
Time Use and Leisure Activities

Results of Survey on Leisure Activities

Overview of Survey

The 2001 Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities was conducted in October 2001 by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The purpose of the survey was to study the way in which Japanese citizens used their time and in which leisure activities they participated, in order to get a picture of the way in which they lived their lives and obtain basic information for use in the making of various administrative policies.
The Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities was first conducted in 1976 and has been conducted every five years since then. The 2001 survey was the sixth survey.
The number of the sample households of the survey was approximately 77,000 randomly chosen from the entire population of Japanese households. The actual number of people surveyed was approximately 200,000. These people were the usual household members and were 10 years of age and older.
The results disclosed this time are about the main activities on which Japanese people spend their free time (such as Internet use, volunteer activities, travel and excursion, studies and researches, sports, and hobbies and amusements).
The results of the time distribution survey will be disclosed in late September 2002.

Overview of results

Internet

The number of "Internet" users was 52,450,000 people, and the user rate was 46.4%. Of these, there were 28,360,000 males (user rate of 51.5%) and 24,090,000 females (user rate of 41.5%).

Volunteer activities

The number of participants in "volunteer activities" was 32,630,000. The participation rate was 28.9%. Compared to 1996, there was an increase of 3.6 percentage points. The age group with highest participation was females in their late 30s (42.6%) to early 40s (43.3%).

Travel and excursion

The number of participants in "travel or excursion" was 91,440,000. The participation rate was 80.9%. Compared to 1996, there was a decrease of 1.9 percentage points. The largest decrease in participation was seen in the early 50s age group (4.0 percentage points).

Studies and researches

The number of participants in "studies or researches" was 40,940,000. The participation rate was 36.2%. Compared to 1996, there was an increase of 5.6 percentage points. A high participation rate of around 50% was seen in young people, both male and female.

Sports

The number of participants in "sports" was 81,630,000. The participation rate was 72.2%. Compared to 1996, there was a decrease of 3.8 percentage points. An increase in participation was seen in jogging or marathon.

Hobbies and amusements

The number of participants in "hobbies or amusements" was 97,200,000. The participation rate was 85.9%. Compared to 1996, there was a decrease of 4.6 percentage points. The highest participation rate was seen in "reading books as hobbies" (45.5%).

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