Figure27
Information sources for child rearing and education
%
  Mothers of elementary school students (2,130) Mothers of junior high school students (2,328) Total (4,475)
Friends and acquaintances in the neighborhood 63.2 59.1 61.1
Husband 47.9 48.4 48.3
School teachers 46.6 42.7 44.6
Newspapers 39.3 47.5 43.6
Their own mother 38.6 29.1 33.6
Friends and acquaintances not in the neighborhood 28.1 32.1 30.1
Their children 22.9 27.4 25.3
Family members and relatives other than mother or mother-in-law 24.7 22.5 23.5
Cram school teachers and tutors 11.0 17.4 14.2
Mother-in-law 14.8 11.4 13.0