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(To those who are employed (answers 1, 2, or 3 in Q18)) Q21 How many times have you changed your job? - I have never changed jobs
- Once (current job is the second)
- Twice (current job is the third)
- Three times (current job is the fourth)
- Four times or more
- Don't know/no answer
In Japan, the percentage of respondents who 'have never changed jobs' (54.2%) exceeded the percentage of those who 'have changed jobs' (43.1%). Among those who have changed jobs, the number of respondents who have changed jobs 'Once (current job is the second)' ranked first at 20.8%, followed by 'twice (current job is the third)' at 12.4%.
In comparison with other countries, the respondents of the U.S., Sweden and Korea indicated high rate of changing jobs. More than half of the German and Japanese respondents have never changed jobs. (Figure 3-1)
Figure 3-1 Job Change (Country Comparison) 
Figure 3-1 (Reference) Job Change
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(To those who are employed (answers 1,2, or 3 in Q18)) Q22 Are you satisfied with your life at work? - Satisfied
- Somewhat satisfied
- Somewhat dissatisfied
- Dissatisfied
- Don't know/no answer
When being asked about satisfaction at work, 26.3% of the Japanese respondents said that they were 'satisfied' with their life at work, and 45.0% said that they were 'somewhat satisfied,' meaning that 71.3% were satisfied with their life at work to some extent. This figure largely exceeded the dissatisfaction figure of 25.5% (a combined figure of 'somewhat dissatisfied' (18.7%) and 'dissatisfied' (6.5%)).
In comparison with other countries, more than 80% of the respondents said that they were either 'satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied' in Germany, Sweden and the U.S. About 70% of the Korean and Japanese respondents said that they were either 'satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied.' (Figure 3-2)
Figure 3-2 Satisfaction with Life at Work (Country Comparison) 
Figure 3-2 (Reference) Satisfaction with Life at Work
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Q24 There are a variety of opinions about changing jobs. Please give one item that most closely matches your feelings about changing jobs. - Even if life at work is really tough, a person shouldn't change jobs. A person should work for the same company for all his/her working life
- If a person is very dissatisfied with his/her place of work, he/she has no choice but to change jobs
- If a person is dissatisfied with his/her place of work, it is better to change jobs.
- Even if a person is not dissatisfied, it is better to change jobs to make the most of his/her individual abilities
- Don't know/no answer
When being asked about changing jobs, in Japan, about 70% of respondents said they would tolerate or accept a job change when a person was dissatisfied with their work. To be more specific, 53% of them agreed to the idea that 'if a person is very dissatisfied with his/her place of work, he/she has no choice but to change jobs' and 17.9% of them agreed to the idea that 'if a person is dissatisfied with his/her place of work, it is better to change jobs.' The supporters of the two extreme views were about 10% each: 'even if a person is not dissatisfied, it is better to change jobs to make the most of his/her individual abilities,' (14.2%) and 'even if life at work is really tough, a person shouldn't change jobs' (10.3%).
When compared with the previous survey, the percentage of respondents agreeing with the idea that 'if a person is very dissatisfied with his/her place of work, he/she has no choice but to change jobs' increased from 45.7% to 53.0%. And, the percentage of those agreeing with the idea 'even if a person is not dissatisfied, it is better to change jobs to make the most of his/her individual abilities' decreased from 22.0% to 14.2%.
In comparison with other countries, the view to tolerate the job change, 'if a person is very dissatisfied with the place of work, he/she has no choice but to change jobs,' was ranked top of the list in Japan and Korea. Whereas in the U.S., Sweden and Germany, the view to accept the job change, 'if a person is dissatisfied with his/her place of work, it is better to change jobs,' was ranked first. In Sweden, the view to actively support a job change, 'even if a person is not dissatisfied, it is better to change jobs to make the most of his/her individual abilities,' was rather frequently cited. (Figure 3-3)
Figure 3-3 Changing Jobs (Country Comparison) 
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