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Profiles of Past Participants


From a Survey of Participants of the 14th International Conference for Women in Business (2009).

The Total Number of Participants 803
The Number of Survey Respondents 363

 

Motivation for Attending the 14th Conference

No. 1: To meet and have network with aspiring people
No. 2: Interested in conference for women in business

Most of participant’s motivation is to meet new people and learn together.

Average Age

The average age of the participants is 38.69.

43.5% are in their 30s, and 32.1% are in 40s. The rage of participant’s age was from teens to 70s.

 

Gender

Women comprised 94.4% of the participants while men 5.6% (among valid responses). Some participants attended with their wives or daughters.

 

Work

74.3% of participants work for corporations, 11.5% are CEOs, 5.3% are freelancers and business owners, 0.3% temporary staff and 1.8% are part timers. Students comprise 1.5% of the total participants.

 

Average Annual Income

The average annual income is 6.843 million yen.

(Classification by job category)
Company managers/owners: 8.816 million yen
Office workers: 6.759 million yen
Freelancers and business owners: 4.881 million yen
Temporary staff: 3.500 million yen
Part timers: 2.890 million yen

 

Corporations

24.4% of all participants work for foreign-owned corporations. More than half of the corporate employees work for Japanese companies.

 

Sizes of companies

64.6% work for companies with more than 100 employees while 42.5% work for companies with more than 1000 employees.

 

Position in Management

52.1% percent of all participants have job titles, including positions in management. 49.7% percent report that they have subordinates reporting to them. These numbers indicate that a significant portion of participants holds management positions.

 

Career Objectives

50.2% are eager to move up the corporate ladder and take on more responsibility. At the same time, 42.5% say they are planning to change workplaces or start their own businesses. 23.4% say they want to change jobs.

 

Ratio of Married to Single Women / Children

47.1% married, 45.0% single (of them, 7.2% divorced)

39.2% of the participants have a child/children.

 

Aspiring and love to study strenuously

63.7% have a four-year university degree, and 14.7% of all the participants have advanced degrees or higher.

 

Residency

Although 74.2% of them live in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, the participants came from all over Japan.

 

Language

Over 60.0% of the participants use English at work and/or say they are conversant in English.

 


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