Questionnaire RI0DQSRZHU6XUYH\
Serial #. for this form; Eligible interviewees : persons aged totally , identical forms 15 years or over in each sampled household filled for this household
Hsiang/Chen
Region Stratum Hsien/City Hsin/Ch'u Tsun/Li Household Sample code ________/_________/__________/___________/________/_________
Address : ________________________Phone # : _________________________
Serial no. of interviewees in household : ____________________________________
(there are 23 questions in each interviewee column) Name :________________
0. Are questions answered by interviewees himself/herself ?
(1) ˎ Yes , self (2) ˎ Equivalent (3) ˎ No , proxy 1. Relationship to householder :
(1) ˎ Householder (8) ˎ Child's spouse (2) ˎ Spouse (9) ˎ Grandchild's spouse (3) ˎ Child (10) ˎ Brother'/Sister' spouse (4) ˎ Grandchild (11) ˎ Spouse's parent
(5) ˎ Parent (12) ˎ Spouse's brother/Sister (6) ˎ Grandparent (13) ˎ Other relatives
(7) ˎ Brother/Sister (14) ˎ Others 2. Sex : (1) ˎ Male (2) ˎ Female 3. Date of birth : year month day ;
Current age in full years :
(first , fill year/month/day; then calculate age associated with that date) 4. Marital status :
(1) ˎ Never married (3) ˎ Divorced or separated (2) ˎ Married and cohabited (4) ˎ Widowed
5.Are you attending schools currently?
(1) ˎ yes
(2) ˎ no. had been graduated (3) ˎ no. had been suspended
(4) ˎ no. never attended any school that is(was) approved by the ministry of education
(go to Q.5-2)
5-2Educational attainment (highest) :
(1) ˎ Illiterate (6) ˎ Vocational school (2) ˎ Self-educated (7) ˎ Junior college (3) ˎ Primary school (8) ˎ University (4) ˎ Junior high school (9) ˎ Master's (5) ˎ Senior high school (10) ˎ Ph.D's
(go to Q.6 if choose (6),(7),(8),(9) or (10) ; otherwise, skip to Q.7) 6. Academic or professional specialty :
(1) ˎ Literature (7) ˎ Medical
(2) ˎ Law (8) ˎ Military and police
(3) ˎ Business, management, (9) ˎ Education journalism and information (10) ˎ Personal services
(4) ˎ Science (11) ˎ Arts and design
(5) ˎ Engineering (12) ˎ Social sciences and services (6) ˎ Agriculture (13) ˎ Others (specify) 炷all go to Q.7炸
7. Have you ever retired from any public / private establishments before?
(1) ˎ yes (go to Q.8) (2) ˎ no (go to Q.8) 8. What were you mainly doing during last week ?
(1) ˎ undertaking some kind of work
(2) ˎ undertaking work after school hours (go to Q.10) (3) ˎ undertaking work after housekeeping hours
(4) ˎ having a job but not at work (skip to Q.13) (5) ˎ jobless and seeking work or waiting
for an offer after job seeking (skip to Q.15)
(6) ˎ intending and being able to work but not seeking (stop) (7) ˎ attending schools or rebrushing to take
entrance exams (mark (2) and (5) respectively, if working part-time or seeking work simultaneously)
(8) ˎ housekeeping (mark (3) or (5)ġrespectivelyĭġ ġ ġ ġ ġ (go to Q.9) if working part-time or seeking work
simultaneously )
(9) ˎ elderly (aged 65 and above) or disabled persons (10) ˎ idleness
( 11) ˎ wounded or illness
(12) ˎ in armed force, prison or missing (stop)
(13) ˎ others (specify) (go to Q.9) at work
not at work
9. Were you undertaking any paid or unpaid family work last week?
(1) ˎ undertaking work after school or housekeeping hours (go to Q.10) (2) ˎ undertaking some kind of work (go to Q.10)
(3) ˎ having a job but not at work (skip to Q.13) (4) ˎ not undertaking any job (stop)
10. How many hours did you work last week ? A. for the major job hours.
B. for all other jobs hours.
(go to Q.11 if total hours less than 35; otherwise, skip to Q.21) 11. Why did you work less than 35 hours last week?
(1) ˎ unfavorable conditions of business (2) ˎ unable to find a job which should work
more than 35 hours per week (go to Q.12) (3) ˎ seasonal reasons
(4) ˎ bad weather or natural calamities (5) ˎ work itself only need to work less than
35 hours per week
(6) ˎ taking care of children (7) ˎ taking care of elders
(8) ˎ busy in housekeeping
(9) ˎ busy in studying/attending school
(10) ˎ wounded or illness, official holidays, personal (skip to Q.21) leaves or special days off
(11)ġ ˎ unwilling to work longerġ
(12)ġ ˎ others (specify) (go to Q.12) 12. Do you expect to increase working hours?
(1) ˎ Yes (2) ˎ No (all skip to Q.21) 13. Why were you absent from work last week?
(1) ˎ wounded of illness (2) ˎ seasonal reasons
(3) ˎ official holidays, personal leaves or special days off (4) ˎ deciding to start working in the near future but no pay
currently (skip to Q.18)
(5) ˎ not starting to work yet for some reasons even though have employed and paid
(6) ˎ waiting for recall to work (go to Q.14) (7) ˎ others (specify)
(all except (4) and (6) skip to Q.21) 14. Did you earn any pay from work last week?
(1) ˎ Yes (skip to Q.21) (2) ˎ No (skip to Q.18)
15. If there is a job offer, can you take it at once?
(1) ˎ can (go to Q.16) (2) ˎ cannot,
because of (3)-(8):
(3) ˎ attending school or rebrushing to taking entrance exams (4) ˎ housekeeping
(5) ˎ elderly (aged 65 and above) or (stop) disable persons
(6) ˎ idleness
(7)ġ ˎ wounded or illnessġ
(8) ˎ others (specify) 16. How did you seek a job ? (multiple choices)
(1) ˎ referenced by relatives, friends or teachers (2) ˎ through private employment agencies
(3) ˎ referring recruiting advertisements or posters (4) ˎ through public employment offices
(5) ˎ through civil service exams and placement (6) ˎ others (specify)
(all go to Q.17)
17. Do you expect to take a full-time job (35 or more hours per week) Or a part-time job?
(1) ˎ a full-time job (2) ˎ a part-time job (all go to Q.18)
18. How long did you take for current job seeking or waiting for a recall to work since you were jobless ? weeks (all go to Q.19)
19. Did you have a job before ?
(1) ˎ Yes (go to Q.20) (2) ˎ No (stop)
20. What was the main reason you left the last job mentioned in Q.19?
(1) ˎ business shrunk or establishment closed (2) ˎ unsatisfied to that job
(3) ˎ ill health
(4) ˎ seasonal or temporary work finished
(5) ˎ got married or gave birth (if interviewee is female) (6) ˎ retired
(7) ˎ busy in housekeeping (8) ˎ others (specify)
(all go to Q.21)
21. What is the main workplace you are/were in ?
(1) location of this workplace :
(2) name of workplace and its
major products or services : (3) number of employees :
c ˎ 1 person d ˎ 2 - 9 persons e ˎ 10 - 29 persons f ˎ 30 - 49 persons g ˎ 50 - 99 persons h ˎ 100 - 199 persons i ˎ 200 - 499 persons j ˎ 500 persons or more
k ˎ government or public sector (all go to Q.22)
22. What is/was your duty in the main workplace mentioned in Q.21 ? (1) branch/department : (2) job title : (3) job description :
(all go to Q.23)
23. What is/was the class of workers you are/were in for the undertaken work ? (1) ˎ employer
(2) ˎ own-account worker (3) ˎ government employee (4) ˎ private-sector employee (5) ˎ unpaid family worker
Note烉Hsien/City where interviewee actually reside, if different from the one of this household烉
Remark : Supervisor : reviewer : interviewer :
Date of interview : month day (AM / PM)
Questionnaire of Women's Marriage, Fertility and Employment Survey
Interviewee's name: ____________
Her serial number in Manpower Survey questionnaire: __________
Women in armed force, prison, or missing now, stop here Single women skip to Q2
Others go to Q1
1. [Q] What was your exact age at first marriage (or cohabitation)?
[A] Age in full years at first marriage: ______.
Husband's (Cohabitant’s) serial number in Manpower Survey Questionnaire:
___________.
(If interviewee's husband (Cohabitant) doesn’t live in this household, please fill in “99”.)
(Go to Q.2)
2. [Q] A. How many births (alive at birth) have you given?
B. How many children do you (or your spouse) expect to have in the future?
(Only responded by women aged 15-49 who are now married or cohabited) C. How many children do you have now?
It refers to the number of currently (the reference day) alive children interviewee has through childbirth or adoption, no matter whether they register in the same household or not. However; those children have been adopted by others are excluded.
[A] A. Ever gave birth: _______ boys ______ girls.(After answering this, for interviewees aged 65 years skip to Q4; others go to a-1.)
a-1Birthdays dated with ROC calendar:
(Note: year with ROC's Epoch = year with Western Epoch -1911.) The 1st birth: (Year/Month) ____/____
The 2nd birth: (Year/Month) ____/____
The 3rd birth: (Year/Month) ____/____
The 4th or last (if greater than 4) birth: (Year/Month) ____/____
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(Married or cohabited women aged 15-49 go to B, otherwise skip to C) b. Never gave birth (After answering this, for interviewees aged 65 years skip
to Q4; now married or cohabited women aged 15-49 go to B, others skip to C)
B. Number of children do you or your husband (cohabitant) expect to have in the future：
B-1Your expectation:
(1)_____ boys _____ girls
(2) Do not want to give birth（again）
(Go to B-2)
B-2 your husband’s (cohabitant’s) expectation:
(1)_____ boys _____ girls
(2)Do not want you to give birth（again）
(Go to C)
C. Number of children you have now: _____ boys _____ girls. (If interviewee doesn’t have child present, please fill in “0”.)
(For women aged 15-49 who present have children go to Q3, others skip to Q4) 3. [Q] What’s the major way of childcare for your youngest child when he/she was
under the age of 3 (6)? What is your ideal way of childcare?
[A] A. When your youngest child was under the age of 3:
A-1. Major carer：（Answered (4)-(9) go toA-2；others skip to B）
(1) 'Yourself or husband (cohabitant) (child's parents)': it means interviewee herself or her husband (cohabitant) took care of her youngest child.
(2) 'Parents (child's grandparents)': it means interviewee's parent or her husband's (cohabitant’s) parent took care of her youngest child.
(3) 'Foreign servant': it means interviewee hire a foreign servant to take care of her youngest child.
(4) 'Other relatives': it means interviewee's relatives other than those described in (1) and (2).
(5) 'Babysitter' (homecoming or entrusting): it means interviewee paid someone to take care of her youngest child either at her home or at babysitter’s home.
(6) 'Employer's nursery or childcare center': it means interviewee sent her
youngest child to a nursery or childcare center owned by the enterprise (either public-held or private-held) that she or her husband currently work for.
(7) 'Public-funded nursery or childcare center'.
(8) 'Private-funded nursery or childcare center'.
(9) 'Others'_____: items other than (1) to (8) could describe.
A-2. Time of childcare entrusted：(Go to A-3) (1) 'Weekday daytime'
(2) 'Weekday half-day (or nighttime)’
(3) 'Weekday daylong'
(4) 'Weekday and holiday (daytime or 24 hours)' (5) 'Others'_________
A-3. Monthly expense : NT$ ________（go to B）
This amount is only for nursery service. Expenditures for baby's powdered milk, diapers and others are excluded.
B. When your youngest child was 3 to less than 6 years old：（If your youngest child is less than 3 years old now, skip to C）
B-1. Major carer：（Answered (4)-(9) go toB-2；others skip to C）
(1) 'Yourself or husband (cohabitant) (child's parents)': it means interviewee herself or her husband (cohabitant) took care of her youngest child.
(2) 'Parents (child's grandparents)': it means interviewee's parent or her husband's (cohabitant’s) parent took care of her youngest child.
(3) 'Foreign servant': it means interviewee hire a foreign servant to take care of her youngest child.
(4) 'Other relatives': it means interviewee's relatives other than those described in (1) and (2).
(5) 'Babysitter' (homecoming or entrusting): it means interviewee paid someone to take care of her youngest child either at her home or at babysitter’s home.
(6) 'Employer's nursery or childcare center': it means interviewee sent her youngest child to a nursery or childcare center owned by the enterprise (either public-held or private-held) that she or her husband currently work for.
(7) 'Public-funded nursery or childcare center'.
(8) 'Private-funded nursery or childcare center'.
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(9) 'Others'_____: items other than (1) to (8) could describe.
B-2. Time of childcare entrusted（go to B-3）
(1) 'Weekday daytime'
(2) 'Weekday half-day (or nighttime)’
(3) 'Weekday 24 hours'
(4) 'Weekday and holiday (daytime or 24 hours)’
(5) 'Others'_________: item other than (1) to (4) could describe.
B-3. Monthly expense : NT$ ________（go to C）
This amount is only for nursery service. Expenditures for baby's powdered milk, diapers and others are excluded.
C. What’s your ideal way of childcare?
C-1.When child was under 3 years old: ________
C-2.When child was 3 to under 6 years old: ________
(Go to Q4)
4. [Q]How much time in average do you spend in daily unpaid work as itemized below? How much time in average does your husband or cohabitant
spend in daily unpaid work as itemized below? What factors may increase your husband’s (or cohabitant’s) intention to do household chores?
[A] A. Time you spend in daily unpaid work:
(It refers to the average time as usual condition) A-1.Childcare: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of interviewee’s own children.
A-2.Eldercare: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of elderly family or relatives aged 65 years &
over.
A-3.Other family care: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of other family or relatives except those described above.
A-4.Housework: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in food shopping, cooking, laundering, floor wiping and other housework.
A-5.Volunteering work: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in other unpaid caring work except those described above.
(After answering this, for single, divorced, separated and widowed women aged 65 years & over stop here; single employed women aged under 65 years skip to Q16; single & not in work women aged under 65 years skip to Q17;
others go to B)
B. Time your husband (or cohabitant) spends in daily unpaid work: (for divorced, separated and widowed women, skip to Q5 here)
(It refers to the average time as usual condition and should be primarily based on your husband’s (or cohabitant’s) answer)
B-1.Childcare: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of interviewee’s own children.
B-2.Eldercare: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of elderly family or relatives aged 65 years &
over.
B-3.Other family care: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in taking care of other family or relatives except those described above.
B-4.Housework: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in food shopping, cooking, laundering, floor wiping and other housework.
B-5.Volunteering work: _____ hours _____ minutes.
It means time spent in other unpaid caring work except those described above.
(After answering this, for women aged 65 & over stop here, others go to C) C. Factors may increase your husband’s (or cohabitant’s) intention to do
household chores: (at most 3 items; answers should be primarily based on your husband’s (or cohabitant’s) thinking)
(1). 'Remove gender stereotype'.
(2). 'Learn to handle household chores'.
(3). 'Flexible working hours'.
(4). 'Be praised by doing household chores'.
(5).'Provide suitable space & equipment for housework'.
(6).'Promote value of sharing household chores by schools &mass media'.
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(7). 'Others '_______: item beyond (1) to (6) could describe.
Among factors chosen above: the firstly important _________
the secondly important _______
the thirdly important _________
(Go to Q5)
5. [Q] Have you ever worked before getting married?
[A] A. 'Ever worked': it implies interviewee, before marriage, has started to undertake a paid job without a pre-expected expiry, or had ever undertaken a paid job (an unpaid family work more than 15 hours each week) for at least 3 months.
A-1. Premarital employment duration: _____ years _____ months.
It implies the length of work period (it might span over more than 1 job) since interviewee aged 15 full years until she got married.
(Go to (A-2))
A-2. Last job before marriage:
a. 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? ' (1) 'Yes' (2) 'No' b. 'Occupational title': ______________.
It refers to the occupational title interviewee last worked for before she got married.
c. 'Class of workers':
It refers to the working identity interviewee last worked for before she got married.
(1) 'Employer or own account worker'.
(2) 'Unpaid family worker'.
(3) 'Government employee'.
(4) 'Private-sector employee'.
d. Workplace location: _________ County (City).
B. 'Never worked': it implies interviewee, before marriage, has never undertaken a paid job (an unpaid family work more than 15 hours each week) for at least 3 months.
(Go to Q.6)
6. [Q] Did you have a job before giving the first birth (or getting pregnant with first
child)? (including premarital situation) [A] a. 'Yes'.
b. 'No'.
c. 'Never gave birth or got pregnant'.
(Go to Q7)
7. [Q] A. Does your husband (cohabitant) currently have a job?
(This is only responded by women who are now married/cohabited) B. Do you have a job now?
[A] A. a. ‘Have a job, and he (1) is not a professional army; (2) is a professional army ’:
a-1. His monthly income of major job: NT$________. (Unpaid family workers skip)
b. 'Jobless' (active servicemen are included here.) B. a. 'Have a job'
a-1. Your monthly income of major job: NT$_________. (Unpaid family workers skip)
a-2. Employment status since the last job before marriage till now:
(Quitting means left employment status for more than 3 months) (Choose among answers in top-down manner as one firstly fitted) (1) 'Ever quitted because of marriage but have a job now'. (Skip to Q9)
It means an interviewee had a job in the reference week, even though she had not been employed for at least 3 months because of marriage, no matter whether there is another job-quittance later on because of childbirth (pregnancy) or other reasons.
(2) 'Ever quitted because of childbirth (pregnancy) but have a job now (including premarital situation) '.(Go to Q8)
It means an interviewee had a job in the reference week, even though she had not been employed for at least 3 months not because of marriage but because of childbirth (pregnancy), no matter whether there is another job-quittance later on stemmed from other reasons.
(3) 'Ever quitted because of other reasons but have a job now'.
(Go to Q8)
It means an interviewee had a job in the reference week, even though she had not been employed for at least 3 months because of reasons
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other than marriage and childbirth (pregnancy).
(4) 'Always have a job before and after married'. (Go to Q8)
It means an interviewee has always been working since latest job before married till now, no matter whether she has ever changed jobs or whether she had not been employed for only less than 3 months.
(5) 'Jobless before married but have a job after married then till now'.
(Those who ever gave births (got pregnant) skip to Q11, others skip to Q16)
It means an interviewee was jobless before married, even though she has been working after getting married till now.
b. 'Jobless': (choose among answers in top-down manner as one firstly fitted) (6) 'Ever quitted because of marriage, and ever had a job after then but
jobless now'. (Skip to Q9)
It means an interviewee had left her job for at least 3 months because of marriage but worked again after then; however, she was jobless in the reference week. Even if her current unemployment may stem from childbirth (pregnancy) or other reasons, this answer should be marked.
(7) 'Ever quitted because of marriage, jobless since then till now'.
(Skip to Q10)
It means an interviewee has left her job because of marriage and has never worked again since then.
(8) 'Ever quitted because of childbirth (pregnancy) (including premarital situation) '. (Go to Q8)
It means an interviewee had left her job for at least 3 months not because of marriage but because of childbirth (pregnancy) and worked again later; however, she didn't have a job in reference week no matter why she left the latest job.
(9) 'Ever quitted because of other reasons. (Go to Q8)
It means an interviewee has left her job because of other reasons instead of marriage and childbirth (pregnancy).
(10) 'Always jobless before and after married'. (Skip to Q17) It means an interviewee has never had a job.
8. [Q] A. 'Have you ever changed occupation because of marriage? '
B. 'Have you ever changed workplace location because of marriage? ' [A] A. 'Ever changed occupation?'
a. 'Yes, occupational title after the change’: . (Go to B) b. 'No', (1)'Had a job before marriage but didn’t change occupation'. (Go to
B)
(2)'Jobless before marriage'. (Skip to Q10) B. 'Ever changed workplace location?'
a. 'Yes, workplace location after the change ': ______ County (City) b. (1) 'No'.
(Skip to Q.10)
9. [Q] A. 'How soon did you get a job again after quitting for marriage? ' B. 'What kind of job did you get? '
C. 'What’s your main reason for returning to work? '
It is to probe how long does it take to be re-employed after the interviewee quitted a job because of marriage, the job status of re-employment, and the main reason for returning to work.
[A] A. It took _____ years _____ months to be re-employed.(at least 3 months)(Go to B) B. Job status of re-employment:
B-1. 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? '(I) 'Yes' (II) 'No' (Go to B-2) B-2. 'Occupational title': _________(Go to B-3)
B-3. 'Workplace location': ________ County/City. (Go to C) C. The main reason for returning to work:
(1) 'Contributing to the household finances'.
(2) 'Getting own income'.
(3) 'Getting an ideal work opportunity'.
(4) 'Childcare burden relaxing'.
(5) 'Eldercare or other relatives care burden relaxing'.
(6) 'Fulfilling personal goals'.
(7) 'Unwilling to isolate from society'.
(8) 'Unwilling to idle at home'.
(9) 'Others'_______: item beyond (1) to (8) could describe.
(Go to Q.10)
10.[Q] Have you ever quitted a job and then returned to work because of childbirth
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(pregnancy)?
[A] A. 'Ever quitted a job because of childbirth (pregnancy),' (1) 'And then returned to work'.(Skip to Q12)
(2) 'But never had a job again'. (Go to Q13)
B. 'Never quitted a job because of childbirth (pregnancy),'
(3) 'But ever had a job before giving births (getting pregnant)'. (Go to Q11) (4) 'Situations other than (1) to (3) items could describe'.
(Those who ever quitted a job because of marriage or after married, skip to Q15, others skip to Q16)
11.[Q] 'Have you ever changed occupation because of childbirth (pregnancy) (including premarital situation)? '
[A] A. 'Yes'(fill in the situation which happened for the first time)
A-1. 'Occupational title before the change' : .(Go to A-2) A-2. 'Occupational title after the change' : .
B. 'No, the job status before giving the first birth (or getting pregnant with first child)?'
(1) 'Same as the last job before marriage'.
(2) 'Same as the re-employed job after quitting for marriage'.
(3) 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? ' (1) 'Yes ' (2) 'No ' 'Occupational title': ______________.
'Class of workers':
(1) 'Employer or own account worker'.
(2) 'Unpaid family worker'.
(3) 'Government employee'.
(4) 'Private-sector employee'.
(Those who ever quitted a job because of marriage/ after married, skip to Q15, others skip to Q16)
12.[Q]A. 'How soon did you get a job again after quitting for childbirth (pregnancy) (including premarital situation)?' (If the employee has ever quitted a job for childbirth (pregnancy) more than once, please fill in the first time situation) B. 'What kind of job did you get? '
C. 'At the moment of this re-employment, how many children did you have?
How old was your youngest child? '
D. 'What’s your main reason for returning to work? '
[A] A. It took ___ years ___ months to be re-employed.(at least 3 months)(Go to B) B. Job status of re-employment:
B-1. 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? ' (I) 'Yes' (II) 'No' B-2. 'Occupational title' : _________(Go to C)
C. At the moment of this re-employment:
C-1. 'Number of children you had' : _______.
It should exclude those already dead but include those adopted.
C-2. 'Age of your youngest child': _____years _____months old (Skip month column if your youngest child was under age 3, or skip this question if no child at that moment) (Go to D)
D. The main reason for returning to work:
(1) 'Contributing to the household finances'.
(2) 'Getting own income'.
(3) 'Getting an ideal work opportunity'.
(4) 'Childcare burden relaxing'.
(5) 'Eldercare or other relatives care burden relaxing'.
(6) 'Fulfilling personal goals'.
(7) 'Unwilling to isolate from society'.
(8) 'Unwilling to idle at home'.
(9) 'Others'_______: item beyond (1) to (8) could describe.
(Go to Q13)
13.[Q] 'At which birth given (or carried) that you ever quitted a job? '
[A]Ever quitted at _____, _____, _____, _____ birth given (or carried) respectively. (Fill in birth parity which ever quitted a job in sequence, at most 4 births)
(Go to Q14)
14.[Q] 'What kind of job did you have before quitting for childbirth (or pregnancy) (including premarital situation)? '
If an interviewee had ever quitted a job because of both marriage and childbirth (pregnancy), please fill in answers associated with the job firstly quitted because of childbirth (pregnancy).
[A] (1) 'Same as the last job before marriage'.
(2) 'Same as the re-employed job after quitting for marriage'.
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(3) 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? ' (1) 'Yes ' (2) 'No ' 'Occupational title': ______________.
'Class of workers':
(1) 'Employer or own account worker'.
(2) 'Unpaid family worker'.
(3) 'Government employee'.
(4) 'Private-sector employee'.
(Go to Q15)
15.[Q] 'Since the last job before marriage till now, what were your main reasons for quitting a job?'(Fill in the answers by the order of A.B.C according to interviewee’s actual experiences)
It is to probe the main reasons of the interviewee's mentioned job-quittance stemmed from marriage, childbirth (pregnancy) or other reasons.
Code no. of possible reasons:
(1) 'Childbirth (pregnancy) preparation': it means an interviewee quitted because of preparing to give birth (get pregnant).
(2) 'Need in childcare': it means an interviewee quitted because she needed to take care of children at home.
(3) 'Need in eldercare': it means an interviewee quitted because she needed at home to take care of elders aged 65 years or over.
(4) 'Need in other family care'.
(5) 'Ill health'.
(6) 'Inadequate workplace location': for example, the location of previous workplace was no longer adequate if interviewee was married and had to move with her husband or if she felt there was too far away from her home.
(7) 'Inadequate work time'.
(8) 'Low pay': it means an interviewee quitted because of not enough pay to cover expenditures such as the costs of childcare entrusted or others.
(9) 'Poor working environment': it means an interviewee quitted because of her workplace where was (or is) inadequately / insufficiently equipped for environment safety and sanitation.
(10) 'Layoff (including workplace request the employee to resign by herself)'.
(11) 'Attend schools or rebrush to take entrance exams (including employment
or license tests preparation)'.
(12) 'Helping family business or having own business'.
(13) 'Retired'.
(14) 'Others'______ : other than (1) to (13) could describe.
[A] A. 'The reason why quitted because of marriage': code no. _______.
B. 'The reason why quitted because of childbirth (pregnancy) ': code no.
_______.(including premarital situation)
C. 'The reason why quitted because of other reasons': code no. _______.
C-1.'After quitting for other reasons, have you ever been re-employed?
a. 'Yes, the main reason for returning to work ': code no. _______
(1) 'Contributing to the household finances'.
(2) 'Getting own income'.
(3) 'Getting an ideal work opportunity'.
(4) 'Childcare burden relaxing'.
(5) 'Eldercare or other relatives care burden relaxing'.
(6) 'Fulfilling personal goals'.
(7) 'Unwilling to isolate from society'.
(8) 'Unwilling to idle at home'.
(9) 'Others'_______: items other than (1) to (8) could describe.
b. 'No'.
C-2. What kind of job did you have before quitting?' (1) 'Same as the last job before marriage'.
(2) 'Same as the re-employed job after quitting for marriage'.
(3) 'Was it a part-time, temporary or dispatched job? ' (1) 'Yes'. (2) 'No'.
'Occupational title': ______________.
'Class of workers':
(1) 'Employer or own account worker'.
(2) 'Unpaid family worker'.
(3) 'Government employee'.
(4) 'Private-sector employee'.
(Those who have a job now, go to Q16; others skip to Q17) 16. [Q] Do you wish to change or quit a job now?
[A] A. 'Yes, wish to'
A-1. Change a job, the reasons are (multiple choices):
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(1) 'Wish to change occupation to the title as': __________.
(2) 'Wish to increase monthly income to reach NT$' ________.
(3) 'Wish to change to a part-time, temporary or dispatched job'.
(4) 'Others'______.
A-2. (5) 'Quit a job'.
B.(6) 'No'.
(Married or cohabited women skip to Q19; others stop here)
17.[Q] Have you ever sought a job during the past one year?(those who currently are seeking for work or waiting for results, please fill in A section)
[A]A. 'Yes', the reasons why ever sought but never found an ideal job: (at most 3 reasons)
(1) 'Expertise unfitted': interviewee was not knowledgeable or skillful enough as required for job openings'.
(2) 'Educational attainment unfitted': interviewee’s educational attainment was not high enough as required for job openings'.
(3) 'Unsuitable pay': job pay is not good enough as expected'.
(4) 'Inadequate workplace location': the location of a job opening is
geographically not preferable and not under interviewee's consideration'.
(5) 'Inadequate work time': the working hours of a job opening is unpreferable and not under interviewee's consideration'.
(6) 'Age limited': interviewee was not a qualified candidate because of his/her age'.
(7) 'Gender or marital status specified': interviewee was not a qualified candidate because of gender'.
(8) 'Language specified': a language the employer preferred for job openings was different from the one interviewee fluently spoke'.
(9) 'Health status constraint (including disabled)'.
(10) 'Downturn economy'.
(11) 'Others' ______: items other than (1) to (10) could describe.
(12) 'Ever found (did) an ideal job'
Among reasons chosen above: the firstly important _________
the secondly important _________
the thirdly important _________
B. 'No'.
(Go to Q.18)
18.[Q] In the upcoming 3 months, if the work condition ideally meets your requirement, are you willing to work?
[A] A. 'Yes'. If so, what is the work condition you expect from that job?
A-1. Occupational title: _____________.
A-2. Monthly pay: _____________.
B. 'No'.
It means that the interviewee is not willing to work even though the work conditions ideally meet her requirement.
The reason why the interviewee is not willing to work:
(1) 'Expect childbirth'.
(2) 'Need in childcare'.
(3) 'Need in eldercare'.
(4) 'Need in other family care'.
(5) 'Attend schools or re-brush to take entrance exams (including employment or license tests preparation) '.
(6) 'Fair family finance, no need to work'.
(7) 'Worry about incapability stemmed from disconnection with society'.
(8) 'Ill health'.
(9) 'Others'______: the reasons other than (1) to (8) could describe.
(Go to B-1)
B-1. Do you want to work?
(1) 'Yes'.
(2) 'No'.
(Married or cohabited women go to Q.19; others stop here) 19[Q] Are you foreign spouse? (Only asked married or cohabitated women)
[A]（1）'Yes'.（2）'No'.
