Table1
The number of samples

%
	Male	Female	Total
7th graders	376	314	690
8th graders	337	336	673
9th graders	314	314	628
Total	1,027	964	1,991

Table2
Participation in club activities

%
		Sports clubs eagerly	Sports clubs not eagerly	Cultural clubs eagerly	Cultural clubs not eagerly	No participation in any clubs
Total		53.6	22.4	10.7	7.6	5.7
Gender	Male	60.7	22.9	5.6	4.5	6.3
	Female	45.9	21.8	16.1	11.0	5.2

Table3
Attendance at cram schools

%
Do not attend	46.7
Once a week	5.0
Twice a week	17.8
Three times a week	22.7
Four times a week	5.9
Five times a week	1.5
Six times a week	0.3
Seven times a week	0.1

Table4
Number of friends

%
		None	One	2-3	4-5	6-10	11-20	More
Total		0.8	0.2	2.8	8.6	16.5	19.3	51.8
Gender	Male	1.5	0.2	2.4	8.4	15.7	18.5	53.3
	Female	0.1	0.2	3.3	8.8	17.5	20.0	50.1

Table5
Future plans X gender

%
		Work after graduating from junior high school	Attend senior high school	Attend vocational school or junior college	Attend "easy" 4-year college	Attend "difficult" 4-year college	Don't know
Total		1.4	24.8	22.0	18.6	13.8	19.4
Gender	Male	2.1	28.6	12.1	20.6	15.9	20.7
	Female	0.6	20.9	32.6	16.4	11.5	18.0

Table6
Bedtime X gender

%
		Before 10 PM	Around 10 PM	Around 11 PM	Around midnight	Around 1 AM	After 1 AM
Total		3.6	13.9	40.4	29.5	8.6	4.0
Gender	Male	4.6	16.8	39.6	26.5	8.1	4.4
	Female	2.6	10.8	41.3	32.7	9.1	3.5

Table7
Mother's employment

%
Part-time	36.6
Full-time	17.1
Self-employed	10.1
Full-time housewife	25.8
Other	10.4

Table8
Who do you have dinner with?

%
Entire family	34.1
Family, excluding father	37.2
Family, excluding mother	1.1
Alone	7.5
Others	20.1

Table9
Number of siblings X gender

%
		Only child	1 sibling		2 siblings			Other
			Older	Younger	Oldest	Middle	Youngest
Total		7.5	26.6	25.9	11.6	10.7	9.8	7.9
			52.5		32.1
Gender	Male	8.9	27.4	24.7	11.3	10.7	9.3	7.7
	Female	5.9	25.5	27.3	12.0	10.7	10.3	8.3

Table10
Self-image

%
	Very much	Quite so	Not so much	Not at all
Have many friends	18.8	51.7	25.9	3.6
	70.5
Conversant on a large variety of topics	12.8	39.3	40.9	7.0
	52.1
Optimistic	18.1	32.2	38.0	11.7
	50.3
Skilled at sports	15.9	29.8	34.6	19.7
	45.7
Have willpower and drive	12.0	30.8	45.7	11.5
	42.8
Like my present self	14.2	27.6	38.8	19.4
	41.8
Can accomplish whatever I try to do	9.7	28.4	46.8	15.1
	38.1
Others seek my advice	6.6	30.5	44.6	18.3
	37.1
Have good taste	8.1	19.2	55.4	17.3
	27.3
Have leadership qualities	4.1	17.8	51.4	26.7
	21.9
Teachers have confidence in me	3.5	17.6	55.8	23.1
	21.1
Good at studies	4.6	16.4	46.1	32.9
	21.0
Cannot ask others for advice	9.4	24.2	46.5	19.9
	33.6
Physically weak	2.7	12.9	40.6	43.8
	15.6

Table11
Frequency of exercise outside physical education (including club activities ) X grade X gender

%
		Little	Once a week	2-3 times a week	4-5 times a week	More
Total		15.1	11.2	26.0	27.2	20.5
		26.3			47.7
Grade	7th graders	8.5	8.3	24.3	33.3	25.6
		16.8			58.9
	8th graders	12.4	8.5	26.0	29.7	23.4
		20.9			53.1
	9th graders	25.4	17.1	28.0	17.7	11.8
		42.5			29.5
Gender	Male	9.8	8.8	23.5	30.4	27.5
		18.6			57.9
	Female	20.9	13.7	28.7	23.7	13.0
		34.6			36.7

Table12
How frequent do you go to cram school? X grade

%
	Total	1 day a week	2 days a week	3 days a week	More
Total	53.3	5.0	17.8	22.7	7.8
				30.5
7th graders	40.7	4.4	15.9	17.7	2.7
				20.4
8th graders	52.7	7.5	21.7	19.8	3.7
				23.5
9th graders	69.6	3.2	16.4	31.8	18.2
				50.0

Table13
Who do you have dinner with? X grade X gender

%
	Total	1st graders	2nd graders	3d graders	Male	Female
Family, excluding father	37.2	42.5	34.7	33.8	33.3	41.2
Entire family	34.1	32.2	37.0	33.2	36.2	31.9
Alone	7.5	4.4	7.2	11.2	9.0	5.9
Family, excluding mother	1.1	1.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	0.7
Others	20.1	19.4	19.7	21.3	20.0	20.3

Table14
Bedtime X grade X gender

%
		Before 10 PM	Around 10 PM	Around 11 PM	Around midnight	Around 1 AM	After 1 AM
Total		3.6	13.9	40.4	29.5	8.6	4.0
					42.1
Grade	7th	5.8	21.5	50.3	16.3	3.9	2.2
					22.4
	8th	3.7	14.3	42.0	29.6	7.6	2.8
					40.0
	9th	1.1	5.1	28.0	43.9	14.7	7.2
					65.8
Gender	Male	4.6	16.8	39.6	26.5	8.1	4.4
					39.0
	Female	2.6	10.8	41.3	32.7	9.1	3.5
					45.3

Table15
Health condition X grade X gender

%
	Total	7th graders	8th graders	9th graders	Male	Female
Cannot get up easily in the morning	66.6	62.0	66.9	71.6	65.3	68.1
Lack of adequate sleep hours	55.3	52.2	51.4	62.9	52.1	58.7
Poor sleep habits	42.3	39.0	41.6	46.6	41.1	43.7
Cannot concentrate	39.1	34.2	39.0	44.5	39.8	38.3
Too busy every day	38.9	36.7	38.9	41.5	35.8	42.4
Have stiff shoulders	32.5	27.3	29.8	40.9	27.5	37.9
Feel irritable	30.2	27.2	29.9	33.8	29.9	30.5
Have poor appetite	22.3	19.8	24.8	22.4	22.6	22.1
Feel hungry upon getting up	38.1	38.7	38.7	36.6	39.2	36.9

Table16
Self-image X grade X gender

%
	Total	7th graders	8th graders	9th graders	Male	Female
Have many friends	70.5	76.7	68.0	66.3	71.0	69.8
Conversant on a large variety of topics	52.1	57.1	50.4	48.4	48.5	55.9
Optimistic	50.3	50.7	48.7	51.3	45.1	55.7
Skilled at sports	45.7	52.6	41.4	42.8	52.1	38.9
Have willpower and drive	42.8	45.3	39.9	43.1	42.1	43.5
Like my present self	41.8	50.4	37.5	37.0	43.9	39.5
Can accomplish whatever I try to do	38.1	42.1	35.4	36.5	42.8	33.0
Other seek my advice	37.1	36.6	33.2	41.6	22.8	52.4
Have good taste	27.3	28.9	25.3	27.4	23.7	31.0
Have leadership qualities	21.9	23.4	19.4	22.8	19.9	23.8
Teachers have confidence in me	21.1	18.6	19.0	25.8	19.9	22.3
Good at studies	21.0	23.2	20.9	18.7	25.2	16.5
Cannot ask others for advice	33.6	32.2	32.5	36.0	38.0	28.8
Physically weak	15.6	14.8	15.1	17.1	19.6	11.4

Table17
Number of friends X grade

%
	None	1-5	6-10	11-20	More
Total	0.8	11.6	16.5	19.3	51.8
7th graders	0.7	7.9	12.4	17.2	61.8
8th graders	1.2	11.6	19.9	20.7	46.6
9th graders	0.5	15.9	17.5	20.1	46.0

Table18
Number of friends by type

%
	None	One	2～3	4～5	6～10	11～20	More
Friends with whom they can have fun	1.5	1.3	13.8	21.7	26.0	15.7	20.0
Friends with whom they feel comfortable	8.0	6.6	26.9	24.6	16.9	7.5	9.5
Friends who are friendly rivals in sports and studies	17.1	8.4	34.8	19.4	11.5	3.4	5.4
Friends who will be life-long pals	15.7	11.5	36.5	19.1	9.7	3.1	4.4
Friends who will give them advice on serious problems	24.4	18.6	35.8	13.9	4.3	0.8	2.2

Table19
Changes in junior high school life compared with elementary school

%
	Agree very much + somewhat	Disagree very much + somewhat
School rules have become stricter	41.8	14.1
I cannot easily play with friends	37.7	17.0
I have more problems	33.8	16.7
Teachers are stricter	29.3	19.9
School has become boring	24.7	24.4
I cannot easily talk with teachers	19.1	25.2
I do not feel free to visit the nurse's office	17.7	23.4
The school nurse has become stricter	15.0	28.3
I cannot easily make friends	9.9	27.6

Table20
Changes in junior high school life compared with elementary school X grade X gender

%
	Total	7th graders	8th graders	9th graders	Male	Female
School rules have become stricter	41.8	49.4	38.6	36.9	37.0	46.9
I cannot easily play with friends	37.7	36.8	37.1	39.4	37.2	38.3
I have more problems	33.8	25.1	34.5	42.6	25.8	42.3
Teachers are stricter	29.3	27.5	32.3	28.0	26.8	31.8
School has become boring	24.7	16.1	30.8	27.7	23.8	25.6
I cannot easily talk with teachers	19.1	19.1	18.8	19.5	16.3	22.1
I do not feel free to visit the nurse's office	17.7	18.8	19.2	14.9	16.7	18.8
The school nurse has become stricter	15.0	13.3	17.5	14.3	13.4	16.8
I cannot easily make friends	9.9	8.2	10.4	11.4	8.3	11.6

Table21
Do you enjoy your daily school life? X grade

%
	Total	7th graders	8th graders	9th graders
Very enjoyable	19.9	54.1	20.8	5.2
Somewhat enjoyable	28.4	53.8	14.1	3.7
Not very enjoyable	18.5	53.9	21.9	5.7
Not enjoyable at all	12.3	54.6	26.7	6.4

Table22
Do you ever not want to go to school? X grade

%
	Total	7th graders	8th graders	9th graders
Often and have been absent	4.6	1.8	5.3	6.9
Often but attend regularly	22.4	19.0	23.8	24.6
Sometimes	33.0	30.5	31.5	37.2
Rarely	25.7	27.1	27.3	22.6
Never	14.3	21.6	12.1	8.7

Table23
Visiting the nurse's office X health condition

%
	(A)Visit once a week or more	(B)Do not visit	(A)-(B)Difference
Cannot get up easily in the morning	69.6	66.2	3.4
Lack of adequate sleep hours	64.3	54.9	9.4
Poor sleep habits	47.8	39.4	8.4
Cannot concentrate	46.1	39.2	6.9
Too busy every day	45.2	36.4	8.8
Have stiff shoulders	42.6	28.7	13.9
Feel irritable	35.7	30.7	5.0
Have poor appetite	32.2	20.0	12.2
Feel hungry upon getting up	34.8	38.7	-3.9

Table24
Visiting the nurse's office X self-image

%
	(A)Visit once a week or more	(B) Do not visit	(A)-(B)Difference
Have many friends	64.9	70.1	-5.2
Conversant on a large variety of topics	57.1	50.1	7.0
Optimistic	55.8	50.5	5.3
Skilled at sports	50.4	44.6	5.8
Others seek my advice	46.5	34.8	11.7
Have willpower and drive	41.2	43.2	-2.0
Like my present self	41.2	42.7	-1.5
Can accomplish whatever I try to do	37.2	38.2	-1.0
Have good taste	33.3	26.9	6.4
Have leadership qualities	32.5	21.4	11.1
Teachers have confidence in me	23.4	21.6	1.8
Good at studies	20.2	21.9	-1.7
Cannot ask others for advice	27.2	36.0	-8.8
Physically weak	14.2	14.0	0.2

Table25
Visiting the nurse's office X changes in junior high school life compared with elementary school

%
	(A)Visit once a week or more	(B)Do not visit	Difference (A)-(B)
School rules have become stricter	46.5	31.6	14.9
I cannot easily play with friends	42.5	42.7	-0.2
I have more problems	39.8	37.4	2.4
Teachers are stricter	39.8	25.9	13.9
School has become boring	37.7	22.7	15.0
I cannot easily talk with teachers	28.6	18.1	10.5
I do not feel free to visit the nurse's office	15.0	8.8	6.2
The school nurse has become stricter	13.3	21.1	-7.8
I cannot easily make friends	6.3	17.3	-11.0

Table26
Visiting the nurse's office X Do you enjoy your daily school life?

%
	Very enjoyable	Somewhat enjoyable	Not very enjoyable	Not enjoyable at all
Students who do not visit	21.7	53.2	20.0	5.1
Students who visit once a week or more	23.9	45.2	21.2	9.7

Table27
Visiting the nurse's office X Do you ever not want to go to school? X grade

%
	Often and have been absent	Often but attend regularly	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Students who do not visit	2.8	20.4	31.8	28.3	16.7
Students who visit once a week / more	7.9	30.7	32.4	16.7	12.3

Table28
Frequency of visits

%
Do not visit	57.1
At least once a month	25.1
At least 2 or 3 times a month	12.0
At least once a week	3.4
More	2.4

Table29
Frequency of visits X have poor appetite

%
	Always	Somewhat	Not often	Not at all
At least once a month	4.8	16.4	44.1	34.7
At least 2 or 3 times a month	6.9	21.1	46.6	25.4

Table30
Frequency of visits X irritability

%
	Always	Somewhat	Not often	Not at all
At least once a month	6.7	21.6	42.0	29.7
At least 2 or 3 times a month	11.7	27.7	36.3	24.3

Table31
Frequency of visits X cannot concentrate

%
	Always	Somewhat	Not often	Not at all
At least once a month	9.0	28.6	46.4	16.0
At least 2 or 3 times a month	14.8	30.8	39.9	14.5

Table32
Frequency of visits X lack of adequate sleep hours

%
	Always	Somewhat	Not often	Not at all
At least once a month	19.5	35.4	31.5	13.6
At least 2 or 3 times a month	28.7	29.5	29.9	11.9

Table33
Frequency of visits X poor sleep habits

%
	Always	Somewhat	Not often	Not at all
At least once a month	9.2	32.0	36.7	22.1
At least 2 or 3 times a month	15.4	33.6	36.2	14.8

Table34
Frequency of visits X tendency to refuse to attend school

%
	Often and have been absent	Often but attend regularly	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
At least once a month	3.4	20.9	32.9	28.0	14.8
At least 2 or 3 times a month	9.7	29.8	33.7	15.6	11.2

Table35
The multiple reasons given for visits to the nurse's office

%
Hurt and ill	73.8
Want to seek advice on health matters	5.3
Lack of adequate sleep hours	4.3
Dislike classes	4.2
Have minor problems	3.0
Feel irritable	2.6
Do not want to attend class for some reason	2.2
Have problems with personal relationships	2.0
Have serious problems	1.0
Have problems on studying	0.7

Table36
When the students want to visit

%
Hurt and ill	82.5
Lack of adequate sleep hours	36.9
Dislike classes	26.7
Want to seek advice on health matters	26.4
Do not want to attend class for some reason	20.0
Have problems with personal relationships	15.4
Have serious problems	14.8
Feel irritable	14.2
Have minor problems	14.1
Have problems on studying	10.9

Table37
Frequency of visits X reasons for visits

%
	At least 2 or 3 times a month	At least once a month
Hurt and ill	92.0	80.9
Lack of adequate sleep hours	53.6	33.4
Dislike classes	43.2	23.3
Want to seek advice on health matters	46.9	22.1
Do not want to attend class for some reason	37.4	16.4
Have problems with personal relationships	29.8	12.4
Have serious problems	30.9	11.5
Feel irritable	27.6	11.4
Have minor problems	32.0	10.4
Have problems on studying	20.8	8.8

Table38
Images of the nurse's office

%
Clean	88.4
Tranquil	79.4
Provides individual care and attention	65.1
Comfortable	59.7
Cheerful	49.0
Safe and secure	42.6
Easy access	37.0
Place where people get together	34.6
Similar to a hospital	32.2
Can talk about problems	24.9

Table39
Recognition of the students by the school nurse

%
Probably knows my name	49.5
Probably knows my grade	20.3
Probably knows my face	17.6
Probably do not know me	9.2
Probably knows my grade and class	3.4

Table40
Images of the school nurse

%
Knows a lot about health	91.0
Cheerful	84.3
Does not scold about my grades	79.8
Easy to talk to	69.6
Good at listening to problems	58.9
Knows a lot about studies	40.9
Like a mother	26.6

Table41
Problems after entering junior high school

%
	Very worried	Worried a little	Not so much	Not at all
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	28.5	31.7	21.2	18.6
Don't know what occupation is best for me	17.4	27.8	28.1	26.7
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	14.1	33.9	34.3	17.7
Do not know how to study	12.2	30.2	27.8	29.8
Parents do not understand me	11.1	15.8	35.0	38.1
Do not understand my classes	7.9	26.1	31.6	34.4
Cannot get along with friends	7.0	21.8	31.3	39.9
Stressful home environment	6.3	9.7	28.7	55.3
Do not agree with parents about my future	5.8	10.9	35.9	47.4
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	4.2	12.7	29.7	53.4
Bullied by friends	3.3	8.6	25.4	62.7
Cannot get along with teachers	3.1	8.3	33.2	55.4
Cannot make friends	2.8	10.5	30.6	56.1

Table42
Problems after entering junior high school X gender

%
	Male	Female
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	55.0	65.7
Do not know what occupation is best for me	44.1	46.4
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	46.0	50.0
Do not know how to study	38.2	46.9
Parents do not understand me	24.8	29.1
Do not understand my classes	30.2	38.0
Cannot get along with friends	16.9	41.4
Stressful home environment	15.1	16.9
Do not agree with parents about my future	17.8	15.7
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	12.4	21.6
Bullied by friends	11.7	12.1
Cannot get along with teachers	11.0	12.0
Cannot make friends	9.1	18.0

Table43
Problems after entering junior high school X participation in club activities

%
	Sports clubs eagerly	Sports clubs not eagerly	Cultural clubs eagerly	Cultural clubs not eagerly	No participation in any clubs
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	59.7	58.7	64.0	62.2	62.5
Do not know what occupation is best for me	43.4	47.1	42.7	48.0	54.9
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	56.2	49.7	47.1	49.3	54.4
Do not know how to study	39.1	48.7	35.9	45.0	48.3
Parents do not understand me	25.1	27.1	29.3	25.8	36.9
Do not understand my classes	30.7	39.5	31.2	38.9	40.5
Cannot get along with friends	25.2	30.3	33.8	35.1	34.8
Stressful home environment	13.5	18.2	14.0	18.8	25.0
Do not agree with parents about my future	14.8	17.9	16.8	14.4	28.6
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	12.8	16.8	21.2	29.0	26.1
Bullied by friends	12.4	11.6	15.6	14.9	17.0
Cannot get along with teachers	9.4	12.3	11.2	16.9	16.1
Cannot make friends	9.5	13.2	18.3	26.2	21.6

Table44
Problems after entering junior high school X mother's employment

%
	Part-time	Full-time	Self-employed	Full-time housewife
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	60.1	57.1	65.0	61.2
Do not know what occupation is best for me	46.9	43.2	45.0	43.9
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	48.8	44.3	49.0	48.2
Do not know how to study	43.1	45.2	40.8	40.0
Parents do not understand me	26.8	29.1	24.2	26.8
Do not understand my classes	36.2	36.4	31.1	31.2
Cannot get along with friends	28.5	33.4	29.6	27.5
Stressful home environment	15.9	20.9	15.9	11.4
Do not agree with parents about my future	16.3	17.6	16.7	18.1
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	15.6	19.5	17.9	16.9
Bullied by friends	12.6	12.0	14.9	11.4
Cannot get along with teachers	10.8	12.9	11.7	11.9
Cannot make friends	12.1	16.3	12.7	11.5

Table45
Problems after entering junior high school x who do you have dinner with?

%
	Entire family	Family, excluding father	Family, excluding mother	Alone
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	59.8	60.4	61.9	60.8
Do not know what occupation is best for me	42.7	45.6	76.2	44.2
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	47.5	45.6	54.5	54.1
Do not know how to study	41.6	40.5	50.0	47.3
Parents do not understand me	23.8	27.9	23.8	34.0
Do not understand my classes	34.7	29.8	27.3	43.2
Cannot get along with friends	26.6	26.7	36.3	35.1
Stressful home environment	12.6	15.1	22.7	29.1
Do not agree with parents about my future	15.7	18.1	9.6	19.7
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	16.0	15.6	22.7	23.0
Bullied by friends	12.8	10.8	13.6	17.0
Cannot get along with teachers	11.2	9.4	9.1	21.7
Cannot make friends	11.9	14.0	18.1	18.9

Table46
Who do you seek advice? X problems

%
	Home- room teacher	Club counselor	School nurse	Other teachers	Friends	Family	Other	Nobody
Problems with studies	19.8	0.7	0.5	7.0	33.2	22.8	3.8	12.2
Problems concerning the future plans	22.1	1.6	0.6	3.9	13.9	42.9	4.0	11.0
Problems with personal relationships	3.0	0.6	2.9	0.6	47.7	13.7	4.7	26.8
Problems with family	4.2	0.5	3.7	1.1	27.4	9.9	5.9	47.3

Table47
Will the school nurse keep your secrets?

%
	Total	Male	Female
Yes, absolutely.	24.3	23.1	25.7
Yes, probably.	54.9	53.8	55.9
No, probably not.	12.6	12.5	12.7
No, not at all.	8.2	10.6	5.7

Table48
Is it good to have a school counselor? X gender X grade

%
Total		Very good	Somewhat good	Not so good	Not at all
		13.1	27.0	39.1	20.8
Gender	Male	11.4	23.7	37.3	27.6
	Female	14.8	30.5	41.1	13.6
Grade	7th	14.0	25.8	37.7	22.5
	8th	13.4	25.0	40.5	21.1
	9th	11.9	30.3	39.2	18.6

Table49
Problems after entering junior high school X frequency of visits to the school nurse

%
	Do not visit	Once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week/ more
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	57.3	63.0	65.8	65.8
Do not know what occupation is best for me	43.2	46.8	49.1	51.3
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	44.1	54.7	51.5	50.4
Do not know how to study	38.6	48.8	48.1	41.2
Parents do not understand me	23.1	30.3	29.9	43.5
Do not understand my classes	29.8	39.3	39.4	42.6
Cannot get along with friends	26.7	30.9	32.3	35.7
Stressful home environment	13.5	16.9	21.1	28.1
Do not agree with parents about my future	13.4	19.8	20.9	26.3
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	16.5	17.1	17.3	20.9
Bullied by friends	10.2	11.9	14.6	22.6
Cannot get along with teachers	10.1	12.8	10.8	20.0
Cannot make friends	13.0	15.0	13.0	11.3

Table50
Will the school nurse keep your secrets? X frequency of visits

%
	Yes, absolutely	Yes, probably	No, probably not	No, not at all
Do not visit	21.3	56.2	14.2	8.3
	77.5
About once a month	22.1	58.0	11.4	8.5
	80.1
2-3 times a month	32.3	50.0	10.8	6.9
	82.3
Once a week/more	47.0	39.1	7.8	6.1
	86.1

Table51
Is it good to have a school counselor? X frequency of visits

%
	Very good	Somewhat good	Not so good	Not at all
Do not visit	11.0	26.6	40.0	22.4
About once a month	13.6	28.5	40.2	17.7
2-3 times a month	15.0	28.2	37.4	19.4
Once a week/more	27.2	21.9	32.5	18.4

Table52
Attitude towards problems

%
	Agree	Somewhat agree	Do not agree	Do not agree at all
It is better not to dwell on problems	22.8	46.9	24.5	5.8
	69.7
I think that someone might tell my secrets if I seek advice	21.3	40.2	29.3	9.2
	61.5
I do not want anyone to know I have a problem	16.8	35.9	35.7	11.6
	52.7
Seeking advice will not solve my problems	11.3	23.6	51.5	13.6
	34.9
I am ashamed that I have problems	3.9	6.9	45.8	43.4
	10.8

Table53
Attitude towards problems X gender

%
		Agree	Somewhat agree	Do not agree	Do not agree at all
It is better not to dwell on problems	Male	28.6	43.9	21.1	6.4
	Female	16.7	50.1	28.0	5.2
I think that someone might tell my secrets if I seek advice	Male	23.0	36.9	28.6	11.5
	Female	19.4	43.8	30.0	6.8
I do not want anyone to know I have a problem	Male	19.6	38.2	29.7	12.5
	Female	13.7	33.5	42.1	10.7
Seeking advice will not solve my problems	Male	13.5	26.7	47.6	12.2
	Female	9.0	20.4	55.4	15.2
I am ashamed that I have problems	Male	5.8	9.8	44.3	40.1
	Female	2.0	3.8	47.4	46.8

Table54
Attitude towards problems X number of siblings in the family

%
	Only child	2 siblings		3 siblings
		Older	Younger	Oldest	Middle	Youngest
It is better not to dwell on problems	80.7	70.3	71.4	68.8	65.3	69.6
I think that someone might tell my secrets if I seek advice	62.8	74.2	62.1	55.4	60.4	66.6
I do not want anyone to know I have a problem	48.6	58.1	52.0	46.4	46.8	55.0
Seeking advice will not solve my problems	44.9	34.9	35.0	31.5	36.1	38.2
I am ashamed that I have problems	11.2	13.9	9.5	12.1	8.7	9.0

Table55
Attitude towards problems X who do you have dinner with?

%
	Entire family	Family, excluding father	Family, excluding mother	Alone
It is better not to dwell on problems	25.3	19.2	22.7	27.4
I think that someone might tell my secrets if I seek advice	20.3	18.3	22.7	30.8
I do not want anyone to know I have a problem	16.3	15.0	9.1	26.0
Seeking advice will not solve my problems	11.0	8.0	13.6	22.4
I am ashamed that I have problems	4.6	3.1	0.0	7.5

Table56
Attitude towards problems x frequency of visits to the school nurse

%
	Do not visit	About once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week/more
It is better not to dwell on problems	70.2	70.6	66.4	65.8
I think that someone might tell my secrets if I seek advice	60.4	64.1	64.6	54.4
I do not want anyone to know I have a problem	53.8	51.7	51.2	51.8
Seeking advice will not solve my problems	35.7	33.2	32.8	39.5
I am ashamed that I have problems	10.5	9.6	8.8	23.0

Table57
Profiles of each school

%
		School A	School B	School C	School D	School E
School	Number of classes	9	12	14	18	9
	Number of students	300	450	500	650	300
School nurse, nurse's office	Age	Early 30's	Early 30's	Late 40's	Early 40's	Early 40's
	Years of experience (in this school)	7(5)	12(7)	23(9)	11(4)	14(4)
	Educational background	nursing school	college	junior college	junior college	junior college
	Involvement with grades	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Open hours	Generally open from time students arrive to end of school day	Generally open from time students arrive to morning assembly, always open other times	Generally open lunch time and after school, always open other times	Always open from time students arrive to end of school day	Always open from time students arrive to end of school day
	Newsletter	3 times a month	none	once a month	3 times a month	4 times a month
	Health instruction (during class)	none	none	3 times a year	once a year	twice a year
	Students who visit daily instead of attending class	none	none	none	one	none
	Experience on studying counseling methods	none	elementary	elementary	advanced	intermediate

Table58
Characteristics of each sample X schools

%
		A	B	C	D	E
Number of samples (N)		285	420	482	212	293
Gender (male/female) (%)		46.3/ 53.7	50.7/ 49.3	51.5/ 48.5	52.4/ 47.6	50.9/ 49.1
Grade (1/2/3) (%)		30.5/ 35.5/ 34.0	33.6/ 35.2/ 31.2	36.3/ 33.6/ 30.1	32.5/ 32.1/ 35.4	36.2/ 33.8/ 30.0
Mother's employment (%)	Part-time	37.9	29.9	33.6	38.2	30.6
	Full-time	17.3	18.1	21.3	15.8	13.1
	Self-employed	9.9	10.8	9.3	10.4	13.7
	Full-time housewife	22.8	31.1	27.4	26.7	31.3
	Other	12.1	10.1	8.4	8.9	11.3

Table59
Health condition X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Cannot get up easily in the morning	4.2	8.6	6.9	7.1	8.9
Lack of adequate sleep hours	7.0	14.0	13.1	11.4	13.7
Cannot concentrate	11.0	16.4	13.2	16.7	14.5
Have poor appetite	26.2	37.6	32.5	29.4	33.1
Feel irritated	27.0	31.6	25.6	25.8	27.0
Have stiff shoulders	37.5	39.9	36.0	33.2	31.8

(percentage of those who answered "Not so much" and "Not at all")

Table60
Problems after entering junior high school

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Cannot get along with friends	24.0	29.1	30.8	29.8	30.1
Cannot get along with teachers	10.3	9.2	14.0	17.0	10.0
Cannot get accustomed to the class atmosphere	15.6	14.5	20.2	19.2	15.9
Do not understand my classes	40.0	38.0	31.3	33.2	31.7
Do not know how to study	50.0	45.3	44.2	40.9	38.4
Grades do not improve no matter how hard I study	47.3	51.0	49.5	44.7	45.3
Anxious about entering the school of my choice	64.6	65.6	61.1	56.6	57.5
Parents do not understand me	22.6	23.5	27.4	24.0	31.3
Stressful home environment	14.1	12.9	19.7	12.1	14.3

Table61
Frequency of visits to the nurse's office X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Do not visit	46.1	76.8	55.4	51.8	65.5
About once a month	32.3	18.2	26.2	26.7	26.0
2-3 times a month	16.5	4.8	11.3	12.9	7.5
About once a week	2.9	0.2	4.8	5.7	0.7
More than once a week	2.2	0.0	2.3	2.9	0.3

Table62
Reasons for visiting the nurse's office X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Have problems with personal relationships	0.8	0.7	4.6	5.6	0.4
Do not want to attend class for some reason	2.5	2.1	3.6	4.5	1.2
Want to seek advice on health matters	3.3	2.4	11.8	6.7	3.6
Lack of adequate sleep hours	8.8	1.7	6.5	10.1	4.4
Dislike classes	9.6	1.4	5.1	11.7	1.6
Have problems on studying	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.8	0.4
Have minor problems	2.1	0.7	6.3	7.3	1.2
Have serious problems	0.8	0.7	4.1	5.6	0.8
Feel irritable	3.8	2.4	4.1	3.4	1.6
Hurt and ill	96.2	99.0	96.4	97.2	99.6

Table63
Recognition of the students by the school nurse X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Probably knows my name	31.6	34.8	57.8	58.0	52.8
Probably knows my grade and class	3.9	3.4	3.3	1.4	3.8
Probably knows my grade	24.1	29.6	16.8	20.8	17.2
Probably knows my face	20.9	23.1	14.8	14.0	18.6
Probably do not know me	19.5	9.1	7.3	5.8	7.6

Table64
Will the school nurse keep your secrets? X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Yes, absolutely	15.9	13.8	31.7	34.0	17.5
Yes, probably	55.5	59.1	54.1	51.0	60.0
No, probably not	15.6	16.7	9.4	9.2	15.1
No, not at all	13.0	10.4	4.8	5.8	7.4

Table65
Reasons for visiting the nurse's office X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Have serious problems	8.2	9.9	20.2	23.6	9.3
Have minor problems	8.5	8.6	20.0	25.2	5.8
Have problems on studying	9.2	9.6	14.4	13.8	7.2
Have problems with personal relationships	9.2	10.9	21.0	23.4	9.2
Feel irritable	11.7	12.5	17.3	19.3	10.6
Want to seek advice on health matters	15.6	17.6	37.6	35.7	19.9
Do not want to attend class for some reason	18.0	14.6	24.3	25.9	14.8
Dislike classes	32.9	20.7	31.1	35.1	17.8
Lack of adequate sleep hours	40.7	32.4	42.4	42.1	32.4
Hurt and ill	82.0	76.1	88.0	85.7	83.2

Table66
Types of school nurses X schools

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Like a mother	15.3	15.6	39.9	45.3	14.7
Knows a lot about studies	22.0	31.0	49.9	47.1	50.5
Good at listening to problems	37.4	28.8	77.4	87.7	58.4
Easy to talk to	59.3	35.8	83.6	93.7	71.8
Does not scold about my grades	73.1	60.7	87.3	91.7	85.8
Cheerful	78.1	65.8	95.5	99.0	91.3
Knows a lot about health	81.6	83.5	96.8	96.1	96.1

Table67
Image of the nurse's office

%
	A	B	C	D	E
Similar to a hospital	31.9	41.1	32.6	29.3	29.4
Cheerful	38.0	35.9	55.7	77.9	41.1
Comfortable	61.2	49.1	60.5	72.4	51.6
Tranquil	80.1	86.4	75.3	56.2	91.1
Clean	85.6	88.0	90.4	91.4	86.0