Parent

Alive or not

• Alive or not (father)
• Age (father)
• Time of death (father)
• Alive or not (mother)
• Age (mother)
• Time of death (mother)

Background

• Educational achievement at the last school (father) [3th wave - ]
• Job status (father)
• Job (father)
• Number of employees at work (father-in-law)
• Type of employee (father)
• Educational achievement at the last school (mother) [3th wave - ]
• Work experience (mother)

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Regarding “Educational achievement at the last school”, dropouts are included in graduation in the1st wave. Also, the variable names and choices have changed as follows.

Final education (father and mother)

	1st wave -	5th wave -
Variable name	Father P84 Mother P92	Father Q1023 Mother Q1024
Choices	1.Junior-high school (junior high school/senior elementary school in old-education-system) 2.High school (junior high school in old-education-system) 3.Junior college or College of technology (high school in old-education-system) 4.Graduated from university and graduate school	1.Junior-high school 2.High school ((junior high school in old-education-system) 3.Vocational school or Specialized training school 4.Junior College 5.Technical College 6.4-year university 7.Graduate School 8.Other

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The choicies of “Employment category” has changed as follow.

Type of employment (father and mother)

1st wave -	第11回・第16回	1st wave -
1.Full-time and permanent employee 2.Part-time employee 3.Commissioned or Other	1.Full-time and permanent employee 2.Part-time employee 3.Fixed-term employee	1.Full-time and permanent employee 2.Temporary employee 3.Fixed-term employee 4.Part-time employee 5.Self-employed or working for the family business