school_1999

Table1
Where children played during recess yesterday

played on an athletic field or school playground, or in classrooms

	Played extensively	Played a little	Did not play much	Did not play at all
%
1. On an athletic field or school playground	41.7	18.0	8.5	31.8
2. In classrooms	18.3	37.2	20.6	23.9
3. In corridors or on the stairs	5.9	14.8	16.4	62.9
4. Behind or in school buildings	1.6	2.6	6.6	89.2
5. Around shoes lockers	0.9	1.1	6.4	91.6
6. In the rest rooms	0.2	1.8	2.3	95.7

Table2
What children did during recess yesterday

80% chatted with their friends

	Yes	No
%
1. Chatted with friends	83.2	16.8
2. Ran around	40.6	59.4
3. Played with balls or jumped rope	37.9	62.1
4. Played around with friends	29.4	70.6
5. Looked around at my friends and surroundings	16.6	83.4
6. Played with small toys and stationery	13.6	86.4
7. Drew cartoons and pictures	10.6	89.4

Table3
Did children play on school grounds after school yesterday?

%
1. Went straight home	60.4
2. Remained at school and played for a while	22.5
3. Played about half an hour	10.3
4. Played about an hour	5.2
5. Played about two hours	1.6

Table4
Did children play with their friends after school yesterday?

%
Yes	31.2
No	68.8

Table5
Where children played after they went home yesterday

%
1. Played inside their home	38.5
2. Played both inside and outside their home	12.9
3. Played only outside	8.2
4. Did not play	40.4

Table6
What children do at home after school

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Watch television	69.9	21.9	5.5	2.7
2. Read comic books and magazines	53.3	27.0	11.1	8.6
3. Loaf around and relax	41.3	27.0	20.6	11.1
4. Play video games	35.7	21.5	17.8	25.0
5. Talk with family members	28.7	23.5	27.0	20.8
6. Read books (other than comic books and magazines)	27.3	21.9	28.6	22.2
7. Listen to music	25.6	26.0	16.3	32.1
8. Eat sweets while playing	23.1	23.9	28.7	24.3
9. Play with pets	19.3	11.1	8.4	61.2
10. Look at one's collections (toys, stickers, stationery)	16.7	17.9	21.9	43.5
11. Draw cartoons and pictures	12.0	16.7	21.6	49.7
12. Play musical instruments	12.0	11.8	16.8	59.4
13. Think about different things	11.8	19.9	26.1	42.2
14. Play with toys	10.5	14.0	21.6	53.9
15. Run around and play around in the home	9.9	14.4	19.0	56.7
16. Play Shogi (Japanese Chess) or othello	8.1	13.8	26.4	51.7

Table7
What children do at home after school X gender

	Boys	Girls
%
1. Watch television	68.8	71.3
2. Read comic books and magazines	50.8	56.2
3. Relax	39.6	43.0
4. Play TV games	51.5	17.3
5. Talk with family members	21.0	37.5
6. Read books (other than comic books and magazines)	25.1	29.6
7. Listen to music	17.2	34.9
8. Eat sweets while playing	26.4	19.6
9. Play with pets	17.1	21.7
10. Look at one's collections (toys, stickers, stationery)	12.1	22.0
11. Draw cartoons and pictures	9.0	15.4
12. Play instruments	5.9	19.1
13. Think about different things	10.6	13.3
14. Play with toys	15.9	4.4
15. Run around and play around in the home	11.7	7.5
16. Play Shogi (Japanese Chess) or othello	11.4	4.4

percentage answering "often"

Table8
What children do outside their home after school

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Chat with friends	35.7	26.8	16.7	20.8
2. Play with balls	25.9	24.1	17.5	32.5
3. Go around on a bicycle	17.1	17.7	22.4	42.8
4. Play with pets	14.3	9.8	8.5	67.4
5. Play tag or hide-and-seek	13.0	22.9	21.4	42.7
6. Play video games outdoors	12.9	17.0	14.1	56.0
7. Walk around	11.3	21.4	23.7	43.6
8. Go to convenience stores	10.8	15.3	15.9	58.0
9. Walk around the neighborhood reading comics or books	9.5	9.5	16.2	64.8
10. Play with empty cans or stones	6.0	10.4	16.2	67.4
11. Look at cars and people	5.7	6.7	14.9	72.7
12. Play jump rope or rubber bands	4.4	8.1	21.8	65.7
13. Draw pictures or letters on the grounds (scribble)	4.3	8.1	13.4	74.2
14. Look at insects or play with plants and flowers	4.3	6.4	16.9	72.4
15. Go to fast food shops	3.3	5.8	8.3	82.6
16. Play in trains or buses	1.5	3.4	7.5	87.6

Table9
What children do outside their home after school X gender

	Boys	Girls
%
1. Chat with friends	30.9	40.8
2. Play with balls	42.6	7.1
3. Ride around on a bicycle	24.4	8.8
4. Play with pets	10.9	17.9
5. Play tag or hide-and-seek	13.6	11.9
6. Play video games outdoors	16.7	8.1
7. Walk around	14.8	7.5
8. Go to convenience stores	12.8	8.5
9. Walk around the neighorhood reading comics or books	11.8	6.7
10. Play with empty cans or stones	9.4	2.2
11. Look at cars and people	8.2	2.7
12. Play jump rope or rubber bands	2.7	6.2
13. Draw pictures or letters on the grounds (scribble)	5.8	2.7
14. Look at insects or play with plants and flowers	4.7	3.6
15. Go to fast food shops	4.3	2.2
16. Play in trains or buses	2.4	0.5

ercentage answering "often"

Table10
Frequency of play after school

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
%
1. Have no time to play	9.8	10.0	26.0	54.2
2. Have to go to cram schools or private lessons	19.3	8.8	17.9	54.0
3. They are tired	24.3	21.0	24.9	29.8
4. They have homework or study	27.6	26.9	21.3	24.2
5. They do not feel like playing somehow	27.4	26.5	27.8	18.3
6. They have nobody to play with	28.7	29.4	25.2	16.7
7. They played a lot at school	53.6	26.2	11.9	8.3

Table11
Frequency of play after school X gender X school

	Total	Gender		School
%
	Total	Boys	Girls	A	B	C	D	E	F
1. Have no time to play	54.2	55.2	53.3	59.6	55.8	55.6	48.9	50.6	46.8
2. Have to go to cram schools or private lessons	54.0	48.6	60.1	67.5	59.6	62.0	56.5	30.4	37.2
3. They are tired	29.8	27.5	32.9	37.1	23.1	32.9	19.6	26.3	26.7
4. They have homework or study	24.2	21.6	26.9	39.9	21.6	20.3	19.6	8.8	15.8
5. They do not feel like playing somehow	18.3	15.9	21.2	15.6	15.4	19.7	17.4	20.0	23.4
6. They have nobody to play with	16.7	17.5	15.9	19.6	9.6	13.9	21.3	12.3	21.3
7. They played a lot at school	8.3	9.5	7.1	11.4	5.9	14.5	2.2	6.2	3.9

percentage answering "often"

Table12
Schedules after school

	Cram school	Sports activities	Cultural activities	No specific plans
%
Monday	31.0	3.4	11.3	54.3
Tuesday	24.9	10.5	13.0	51.6
Wednesday	26.5	10.1	12.3	51.1
Thursday	28.3	9.3	12.1	50.3
Friday	28.5	7.5	8.3	55.7
Saturday (school until lunch time)	22.1	16.2	11.5	50.2
Saturday (no school)	22.5	18.8	12.1	46.6
Sunday	18.8	16.0	2.4	62.8

Table13
Schedules after school X gender

	Boys				Girls
%
	Cram school	Sports activities	Cultural activities	No specific plans	Cram school	Sports activities	Cultural activities	No specific plans
Monday	29.1	3.4	5.7	61.8	33.3	3.5	17.7	45.5
Tuesday	24.1	14.2	6.5	55.2	26.0	6.5	19.9	47.6
Wednesday	25.7	11.1	8.4	54.8	27.7	9.1	16.9	46.3
Thursday	28.0	11.1	5.4	55.5	29.0	7.4	19.9	43.7
Friday	26.1	7.3	5.4	61.2	31.2	7.8	11.7	49.3
Saturday (school until lunch time)	20.3	23.0	6.5	50.2	24.2	8.7	17.3	49.8
Saturday (no school)	21.1	27.2	6.5	45.2	24.2	9.1	18.6	48.1
Sunday	18.8	23.4	1.5	56.3	19.0	6.9	3.5	70.6

Table14
Schedules after school X school

		School
%
		A	B	C	D	E	F
Cram school	Monday	44.7	34.6	30.7	29.8	6.2	26.9
	Tuesday	45.3	26.9	20.0	17.0	7.4	9.0
	Wednesday	44.0	38.5	30.7	19.1	2.5	7.7
	Thursday	41.0	26.9	21.3	31.9	11.1	25.6
	Friday	45.9	48.1	26.7	19.1	2.5	14.1
	Saturday (school until lunch time)	38.5	30.8	21.3	12.8	7.4	3.8
	Saturday (no school)	38.5	30.8	21.3	12.8	7.4	6.4
	Sunday	39.1	30.8	10.7	12.8	0.0	0.0
Sports activities	Monday	4.3	7.7	1.3	4.3	2.5	1.3
	Tuesday	5.0	1.9	1.3	17.0	37.0	5.1
	Wednesday	7.5	3.8	9.3	8.5	19.8	11.5
	Thursday	3.1	15.4	4.0	10.6	24.7	6.4
	Friday	8.7	5.8	8.0	12.8	9.9	0.0
	Saturday (school until lunch time)	3.7	9.6	22.7	19.1	32.1	21.8
	Saturday (no school)	9.9	7.7	28.0	21.3	28.4	24.4
	Sunday	11.8	15.4	28.0	17.0	21.0	7.7
Cultural activities	Monday	4.3	9.6	21.3	14.9	22.2	3.8
	Tuesday	7.5	11.5	13.3	19.1	23.5	10.3
	Wednesday	8.7	15.4	20.0	21.3	6.2	11.5
	Thursday	7.5	3.8	12.0	10.6	32.1	7.7
	Friday	5.0	11.5	17.3	12.8	4.9	5.1
	Saturday (school until lunch time)	7.5	11.5	6.7	4.5	27.2	12.8
	Saturday (no school)	7.5	13.5	8.0	6.4	27.2	12.8
	Sunday	1.9	0.0	6.7	0.0	4.9	0.0
No specific plans	Monday	46.7	48.1	46.7	51.0	69.1	68.0
	Tuesday	42.2	59.7	65.4	46.9	32.1	75.6
	Wednesday	39.8	42.3	40.0	51.1	71.5	69.3
	Thursday	48.4	53.9	62.7	46.9	32.1	60.3
	Friday	40.4	34.6	48.0	55.3	82.7	80.8
	Saturday (school until lunch time)	50.3	48.1	49.3	63.6	33.3	61.6
	Saturday (no school)	44.1	48.0	42.7	59.5	37.0	56.4
	Sunday	47.2	53.8	54.6	70.2	74.1	92.3

Table15
Do children enjoy cram schools or private lessons? X gender X school

		Very enjoyable	Fairly enjoyable	A little enjoyable	Not very enjoyable	Not at all enjoyable	Do not go to cram schools nor private lessons
%
Total		29.7	28.3	20.1	11.5	10.4	12.1
Gender	Boys	27.1	24.3	21.0	14.0	13.6	16.7
Gender	Girls	32.3	32.3	19.3	9.0	7.1	7.0
School	A	27.4	25.3	21.9	15.1	10.3	8.8
	B	32.0	19.1	23.4	17.0	8.5	4.1
	C	36.8	22.1	17.6	10.3	13.2	6.8
	D	34.1	41.6	14.6	2.4	7.3	12.8
	E	26.5	38.2	22.1	5.9	7.3	16.0
	F	26.3	29.9	17.5	12.3	14.0	25.0

percentage going to cram schools or private lessons

Table16
Where children play X school

	School
%
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1. One's own home	65.0	26.9	42.3	56.8	76.5	52.7
2. A friend's home	29.9	44.2	58.1	40.4	61.7	57.3
3. School grounds after school	27.0	11.8	5.7	31.9	18.5	5.2
4. Parks	10.9	19.2	7.4	15.9	4.9	5.3
5. Roadside	8.3	4.0	7.5	9.1	3.7	5.3
6. Children's center	13.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.2	9.7
7. Ponds, rivers and forests	8.4	2.0	2.9	0.0	0.0	13.3
8. Vacant lot	9.6	2.0	1.5	2.4	1.3	7.9
9. Supermarkets and convenience stores	5.8	2.0	1.5	6.8	0.0	8.3

percentage answering "often"

Table17
Children's indoor and outdoor play

Indoors		Like both	Outdoors
%
Absolutely	Slightly	Like both	Slightly	Absolutely
9.3	27.0	44.6	12.3	6.8
36.3		44.6	19.1

Table18
Children's indoor and outdoor play X school

		Indoors	Outdoors
%
School	A	30.6	27.4
	B	36.5	17.3
	C	38.4	16.4
	D	32.6	21.7
	E	35.8	9.7
	F	48.1	13.0

Table19
Who do children often play with?

%
By themselves	11.8
With the same friends	59.5
With different friends	28.7

Table20
Who do children often play with? X school

		By themselves	Play with the same friends	Play with different friends
%
School	A	22.2	59.7	18.1
	B	15.5	64.8	19.7
	C	13.0	39.2	47.8
	D	10.3	62.8	26.9
	E	7.4	60.4	32.2
	F	4.0	64.0	32.0

Table21
What kind of friends do children play with?

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Classmates	75.5	17.7	3.7	3.1
2. School mates in the same grade	39.3	31.9	14.8	14.0
3. Childhood friends in the neighborhood	14.6	14.4	15.2	55.8
4. Friends at cram schools or private lessons	10.7	16.7	18.6	54.0
5. Friends at sports classes	10.0	10.0	6.9	73.1
6. Male friends (girls only)	5.9	23.2	22.3	48.6
7. Female friends (boys only)	5.3	12.6	23.5	58.6
8. Friends at children's centers	4.2	4.6	6.4	84.8

Table22
Do children make appointments to play?

	Always	Often	Rarely	Never
%
1. Make appointments at school	34.6	39.9	12.1	13.4
2. Make appointments by telephone	20.1	37.3	26.2	16.4
3. Friends come over to play without any appointments	4.8	27.2	34.9	33.1
4. Make no appointments, but go to places where they think their friends are playing	1.7	8.6	22.9	66.8

Table23
Do children make appointments to play? X gender

	Boys	Girls
%
Make appointments at school	75.5	73.3
Make appointments by telephone	53.8	61.7
Friends come over to play without any appointments	30.4	33.6
Make no appointments, but go to places where they think their friends are playing	15.4	4.1

percentage answering "always" or "often"

Table24
When children play by themselves

%
1. When they do not have much time	48.4
2. When they want to play alone	47.6
3. When they have no appointments to play with their friends	46.4
4. When there are no friends to play with	35.4

Table25
Do children belong to cliques?

	Yes	No
%
1. At school	83.8	16.2
2. After school	57.1	42.9

Table26
Do children belong to cliques? X who do children often play with

	By themselves	With the same friends	With different friends
%
1. Belong to cliques	5.8	59.5	34.7
2. Do not belong to cliques	20.7	59.1	20.2

Table27
What kind of friends do children play with? X do they belong to cliques?

	Belong to cliques	Do not belong to cliques
%
1. Classmates	96.7	88.3
2. School mates in the same grade	76.0	64.0
3. Male friends (girls only)	34.2	24.0
4. Friends at cram schools or private lessons	31.0	23.5
5. Childhood friends in the neighborhood	29.6	27.5
6. Friends in sports classes	22.6	15.8
7. Female friends (boys only)	16.4	18.4
8. Friends at children's centers	10.4	6.3

Table28
Do children make appointments to play? X do they belong to cliques?

	Belong to cliques	Do not belong cliques
%
1. Make appointments at school	78.7	67.3
2. Make appointments by telephone	58.1	56.5
3. Friends come over to play without any appointments	36.0	23.5
4. Make no appointments, but go to where they think their friends are playing	13.1	6.1

Table29
How girls play

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Collect Print Club stickers or other stickers	32.7	34.6	17.9	14.8
2. Collect character goods	27.9	27.6	22.7	21.8
3. Gather information on celebrities	27.8	19.3	17.0	35.9
4. Ride a unicycle	9.5	23.5	23.1	43.9
5. Dress up	11.1	17.3	23.0	48.6
6. Roller blade	6.7	16.4	12.4	64.5
7. Play with a yo-yo	0.9	6.3	11.7	81.1
8. Play games with pencils and erasers	0.9	2.7	4.5	91.9
9. Play with model cars	0.0	2.7	3.6	93.7
10. Lure fishing	0.0	2.3	4.1	93.6
11. Play with Beedaman	0.0	0.0	2.3	97.7

Table30
How boys play

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Play with a yo-yo	5.1	23.1	21.4	50.4
2. Play with Beedaman	8.3	19.3	13.0	59.4
3. Lure fishing	10.0	11.6	9.6	68.8
4. Collect character goods	9.5	11.5	13.1	65.9
5. Roller blade	3.6	13.6	12.8	70.0
6. Play games with pencils and erasers	6.3	7.5	19.4	66.8
7. Play with model cars	6.0	6.8	14.4	72.8
8. Ride a unicycle	2.4	4.4	8.4	84.8
9. Collect Print Club stickers or other stickers	3.6	2.8	9.2	84.4
10. Gather information on celebrities	4.0	2.0	3.6	90.4
11. Dress up	1.6	1.2	4.8	92.4

Table31
Play experiences

	Many times	Often	Once or twice	Never
%
1. Join festivals	40.3	34.4	18.9	6.4
2. Cook and make sweets	21.4	29.1	26.9	22.6
3. Go to game centers	15.1	28.4	31.6	24.9
4. Use saws and hammers	16.4	25.1	24.2	34.3
5. Play outdoors until dark	13.5	23.3	36.1	27.1
6. Climb trees	14.2	20.1	33.7	32.0
7. Go to department stores or movie theaters alone	12.5	21.5	26.4	39.6
8. Have secret hide-outs among themselves	14.3	16.8	32.3	36.6
9. Catch beetles and frogs	9.6	14.8	26.6	49.0
10. Go out and play with a boyfriend or girlfriend	9.1	10.1	18.4	62.4
11. Play with mud	6.6	11.3	31.8	50.3
12. Make a bonfire	6.1	7.8	22.1	64.0
13. Learn games from adults in the neighborhood	5.4	6.8	28.9	58.9

Table32
Play experiences X gender

	Total	Boys		Girls
%
1. Join festivals	74.7	74.1		75.6
2. Cook and make sweets	50.5	35.9	<	66.9
3. Go to game centers	43.5	49.8		36.8
4. Use saws and hammers	41.5	52.9	>	28.3
5. Play outdoors until dark	36.8	44.6	>	27.6
6. Climb trees	34.3	43.0	>	23.8
7. Go to department stores or movie theaters by children themselves	34.0	32.1		35.6
8. Have secret places among children themselves	31.1	35.0		26.1
9. Catch beetles and frogs	24.4	35.1	>	11.9
10. Go out and play with a boyfriend or girlfriend	19.2	14.8	<	24.1
11. Play with mud	17.9	20.9		14.1
12. Make a bonfire	13.9	18.9		7.9
13. Learn games from adults in the neighborhood	12.2	15.9		7.5

percentage answering "many times" or "often"

Table33
Play experiences X school X gender

		School
%
		A	B	C	D	E	F
1. Climb trees	Boys	50.6	24.0	34.2	36.0	31.7	62.5
1. Climb trees	Girls	29.6	23.1	20.0	5.3	17.5	33.3
2. Make a bonfire	Boys	25.8	12.0	12.8	8.0	9.8	20.0
2. Make a bonfire	Girls	11.3	0.0	5.7	5.3	5.0	13.9
3. Go out and play with a boyfriend or girlfriend	Boys	20.5	8.0	15.4	12.5	2.4	20.0
3. Go out and play with a boyfriend or girlfriend	Girls	32.9	28.0	17.6	36.8	12.5	16.7
4. Go to game centers	Boys	54.6	56.0	47.5	24.0	48.8	55.0
4. Go to game centers	Girls	31.0	26.9	45.7	26.3	40.0	48.7
5. Join festivals	Boys	80.0	76.0	75.0	68.0	78.1	60.0
5. Join festivals	Girls	78.9	88.0	61.8	68.4	82.5	69.5

percentage answering "many times" or "often"

Table34
Various types of play and difficult play experiences

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Think up new games	17.7	23.7	29.3	29.3
2. Argue with friends	17.0	31.1	35.3	16.6
3. Play with other children one even doesn't know by name	9.8	19.1	22.1	49.0
4. Quarrel with friends	7.9	12.8	22.1	57.2
5. Do not know what to play	16.8	21.9	25.6	35.7
6. Cannot find friends to play with	12.7	23.6	35.0	28.7
7. Ostracized by friends	7.2	13.6	33.9	45.3

Table35
Factors that interrupt or limit play

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Must tell their parents when they will be home or where they are going	27.8	25.5	22.6	24.1
2. Told not to play in a certain way	10.1	16.6	33.1	40.2
3. Told not to get themselves or their clothes dirty	10.1	15.2	23.4	51.3
4. Told to stop playing to do other things	19.6	38.3	26.2	15.9
5. Time passes quickly when they are absorbed in playing	63.3	20.9	8.6	7.2

Table36
Inclination to play outdoors X inclination to play inside or in small groups

	Strong inclination to play inside	Strong inclination to play in small groups
%
Weak inclination to play outdoors	37.9	16.5
Moderate inclination to play outdoors	19.3	22.6
Strong inclination to play outdoors	22.2	21.3

Table37
Have children argued with their friends? X inclination to play

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Inclination to play inside	34.6	30.0	16.7	22.8
Inclination to play outside	41.3	25.7	24.9	17.9
Inclination to play in small groups	32.5	20.8	17.1	11.4

Table38
Have children been ostracized by friends? X inclination to play

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Inclination to play inside	54.3	30.3	24.1	19.8
Inclination to play outside	36.4	19.7	26.4	26.9
Inclination to play in small groups	32.4	26.6	18.3	18.3

Table39
Inclination to play inside X do children belong to a clique after school?

	Belong to a clique	Do not belong to a clique
%
Total	18.6	35.0
Ostracized by friends	25.0	48.2

Table40
Inclination to play in small groups X do children belong to a clique after school?

	Belong to cliques	Do not belong to cliques
%
Total	20.0	20.1
Ostracized by friends	30.8	25.5

Table41
How play changes according to their different inclinations

inclination to play outdoors	inclination to play inside	inclination to play in small groups
%
indoors
read comics and magazines	watch TV	watch TV
play Japanese chess and "Othello" games	read comics and magazines	read comics and magazines
run around the house	read books	play TV games
talk with family members	play with toys	play with toys
think about various things	draw cartoons and pictures	draw cartoons and pictures
play while eating snacks	listen to music play musical instruments sit back and relax look at one's collections play while eating snacks	sit back and relax look at one's collection
outdoors
play with balls	play with ball _	write letters or draw pictures on the ground
tag, hide-and-seek	tag, hide-and-seek	stroll around
jump rope	stroll around	ride a bicycle
play with empty cans and stones		play Game Boy outside
stroll around		chat with friends
ride a bicycle
walk reading comics and books
play "Game Boy" outside
chat with friends
go to convenience stores (e.g., "7-eleven")

Note:

shows fewer activities as inclination rises
Underlined activities are related to inclination

Table42
How children feel looking back on the day

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
1. Tired	35.5	28.5	17.8	9.1	9.1
2. It was a happy day	15.9	30.1	27.8	13.6	12.6
3. It was a busy day	15.9	24.8	25.3	20.0	14.0
4. Played a lot	21.2	19.3	20.1	20.7	18.7
5. Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow	17.4	14.1	16.6	20.5	31.4
6. Was happy	8.5	15.4	22.2	29.2	24.7
7. Studied hard	8.3	15.0	25.2	24.3	27.2

Table43
How children feel looking back on the day X school grade
(1)　It was a happy day

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
5th graders	20.7	30.7	22.3	13.9	12.4
6th graders	10.7	29.5	33.8	13.2	12.8

(2)　Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
5th graders	22.1	13.3	17.3	16.5	30.8
6th graders	12.4	15.0	15.8	24.8	32.0

(3)　Tired

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
5th graders	31.9	27.8	16.5	11.3	12.5
6th graders	39.4	29.2	19.1	6.8	5.5

Table44
How children feel looking back on the day X how many days they went to cram school or lessons in a week

	Not going		1-2days		3-4days		more 5days
%
It was a happy day	31.0	<	39.8	<	52.4		49.7
Played a lot	39.7	<	43.6		43.6	>	35.0
Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow	27.6		31.6		32.1		32.2
Was happy	24.1		17.1		30.5		21.7
It was a busy day	17.2	<	33.3	<	46.4	<	49.7
Tired	56.9		54.2	<	63.6	<	75.5
Studied hard	8.6	<	10.3	<	25.0	<	38.0

percentage answering "always " or "often"

Table45
Do children enjoy cram schools or private lessons? X how children feel looking back on the day
(1) It was a happy day

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Very or fairly enjoyable	21.1	35.2	24.7	9.7	9.3
Not very or not at all enjoyable	9.8	21.7	27.2	18.5	22.8

(2) Was happy

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Very or fairly enjoyable	10.2	18.0	25.0	28.8	18.0
Not very or not at all enjoyable	7.6	9.8	14.1	30.4	38.1

(3) Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Very or fairly enjoyable	20.8	14.7	17.6	18.8	28.1
Not very or not at all enjoyable	10.9	12.0	13.0	20.7	43.4

(4) Tired

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
%
Very or fairly enjoyable	33.2	26.2	18.0	11.1	11.5
Not very or not at all enjoyable	51.5	26.9	14.0	5.4	2.2

Table46
Who do children often play with? X how they feel looking back on the day

	Play by themselves	Play with the same friends	Play with different friends
%
It was a happy day	16.7	49.6	51.5
Played a lot	7.4	44.8	48.9
Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow	16.7	33.9	29.0
Was happy	5.6	28.1	22.9
It was a busy day	20.4	45.6	41.2
Tired	57.4	68.0	61.1
Studied hard	24.1	22.9	23.6

percentage answering "always" or "fairly"

Table47
How children play at home X how they feel looking back on the day

		Play with balls			Tag play, hide-and-seek			Read comics and magazines			Sit back and relax
%
		OftenSometimes		RarelyNever	OftenSometimes		RarelyNever	OftenSometimes		RarelyNever	OftenSometimes		RarelyNever
How they feel looking back on the day	It was a happy day	57.1	>	34.5	59.8	>	37.7	46.9		40.4	44.3		48.3
	Played a lot	48.7	>	31.9	55.0	>	32.1	43.5	>	27.7	41.1		38.4
	Believe something good is going to happen tomorrow	36.8	>	26.1	41.5	>	25.6	33.0	>	24.5	33.0		28.5
	Was happy	27.7		20.2	32.5	>	18.8	26.0	>	13.8	26.1	>	18.5
	It was a busy day	41.3		39.9	43.2		39.2	42.0		36.2	40.5		41.1
	Tired	60.5		67.4	60.1		66.1	65.4		58.9	67.2		57.9
	Studied hard	26.2		21.0	28.4	>	20.8	21.9		30.1	17.5	<	36.4

percentage answering "always" or "fairly"