Abstract / Excerpt:

Objectives: (1) to find out the socio-economic background of the Japayuki; (2) to find out the process of recruitment of the Japayuki; (3) to find out the problems encountered by the Japayukis and how they cope with it; (4) to find out the aspirations of the Japayuki.
Methodology: This study is descriptive and used the interview schedule as instrument.
Summary: Family size. Of the 22 respondents, 10 or 5.5 percent constituted those who have 4 to 7 siblings while 36.4 percent belonged to the 8 to 11 bracket. Only 4 or 18.2 percent have 0 to 3 number of siblings. The mean number of siblings is 7.7. Educational Attainment. Of the 33 respondents 9.1 percent were elementary graduates, 54.6 percent constituted those who were high school graduates, 4.6 percent was in high school level. College graduates constituted 13.6 percent and only 18.2 percent of the respondents were in college level. Average Income of Parents Before Employed in Japan. When asked about their parent's monthly income however, 18.2 percent refused to answer. On the other hand 40.9 percent confided that their income fell between P1,500 to P2,00 range while 22.7 percent received P2,600 to P3,600 per month. the remaining 18.2 percent were those who had a monthly income of P3,700 to P4,700. Age When First Employed in Japan. A large proportion of them said that they started working at the age ranges 19 to 20 while only about one fourth claimed that they were first employed when ages between 18 to 19 years. Those who belonged to the 21 to 22 age range when first employed constituted 27.3 percent and only 9.1 percent said that their age when first employed in Japan was between 23 to 24. Current Income Per Month. OF the Japayukis interviewed, 36.4 percent had an income averaging to $250-450 per month while 22.7 percent earned $1,,456 and over. From the highest family income of P4,700 when still working in the Philippines, Japayukis earned, at least, about 6,500 pesos per month. Recruitment Strategy. When asked what recruitment strategy was used by the recruiter 59.1 percent said they approached by the recruiter. Reason For Going to Japan. As predicted 59.1 percent considered their financial difficulty like poverty as prime reason for going out. Curiousity and peer influence were considered by 22.7 percent of the respondents as reasons for their choice of entering in Japan.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Social Science and Education
Authors	Seballos, Jennifer M., Quijada, George., Ibañez, Madeliene.
Page Count	52
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 1994
Tags	Case Study, Japan, Japayuki, Sociology

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