In a survey conducted in Japan between November 2022 and January 2023, the majority of respondents expressed the opinion that women should continue working even after having children. Over 61 percent of female respondents and over 57 percent of male respondents thought that women should continue working even after childbirth. Around 27 percent of women and men stated that women should temporarily quit their jobs to raise children and resume working after they have grown up.
Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender
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Cabinet Office Japan, & Central Research Services. (March 27, 2023). Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan, und Central Research Services. "Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender." Chart. March 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan, Central Research Services. (2023). Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan, and Central Research Services. "Attitudes toward Women Having Jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan & Central Research Services, Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Attitudes toward women having jobs in Japan as of January 2023, by gender [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, & Central Research Services, March 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315176/japan-women-working-opinion-by-gender/