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Profiles of Past Participants


From a Survey of Participants of the 10th International Conference for Women in Business

The Total Number of Participants 1000
The Number of Survey Respondents 819

 

Average Age

37.4

Working women of all ages participants in the conference, ranging from teenage students to 70s. The age group predominant is 25-44.

 

Gender

Women comprised 91.2% of the participants while men 3.7% (among valid responses). Some participate attended with their wives or daughters.

 

Work

Approximately 88.1% of the participants hold jobs. Among them, 67.0% work for corporations, 9.3% are freelancers and business owners, 9.3% are CEOs, 1.3% temporary staff and 1.1% part timers. Students comprise 0.6% of the total participants.

 

Average Annual Income

6.34 million yen

(Classification by job category)
Average for CEOs: 10.25 million yen
Those work for corporations: 6.16 million yen
Freelancers and business owners: 4.81 million yen
Temporary staff: 3.5 million yen

 

Corporations

18.4% of all participants work for foreign-owned corporations. More than half of the corporate employees work for Japanese companies.

 

Sizes of companies

54% work for companies with more than 100 employees while 33.2% work for companies with more than 1000 employees.

 

Position in Management

44.0% percent of all participants have job titles, including positions in management. 38.7% percent report that they have subordinates reporting to them. These numbers indicate that a significant portion of participants holds management positions.

 

Career Objectives

37.4% are eager to move up the corporate ladder and take on more responsibility. At the same time, 12.2% say they are planning to change workplaces or start their own businesses. 23.6% say they want change jobs.

 

Ratio of Married to Single Women

38.2 % married, 48.7 % single (of them, 5.7% divorced)

 

Educational Background

53.7% have a four-year university degree or higher, and 120% of all the participants have advanced degrees.

 

Residency

Although 74.7% of them live in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, the participants came from 29 different prefectures.

 

Language

Over 59.7% of the participants use English at work and/or say they are conversant in English.

 

PC Use

91.8% percent of all participants use a computer either at home or at work.

 


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