A national survey on the use of uniforms for local government clerical workers and their clothing habits

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  • 行政事務職員の制服の着用ならびに衣生活に関する全国調査
  • ギョウセイ ジム ショクイン ノ セイフク ノ チャクヨウ ナラビニ コロモ セイカツ ニ カンスル ゼンコク チョウサ

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<p>As a step toward the realization of a recycling society, a national survey on the use of uniforms for local government clerical workers, as well as their clothing habits and attitudes toward environmental issues, was conducted. Responses were obtained from 942 clerical workers, only 7.7% of whom wore uniforms, revealing that a large number of local governments did not use such clothing for their staff. The respondents were divided into 2 groups: those wearing uniforms and those wearing normal clothes in their workplaces, and their impressions of working while wearing a uniform and normal clothes were compared. The tendency to regard uniforms as ““enhancing the senses of unity in and belonging to the workplace, making it unnecessary to choose clothes, and reducing personal expenses”” was more marked among the former. Furthermore, on comparing the time needed to get ready to leave home for work after waking up in the morning and monthly clothing cost, the possibility of uniforms reducing such a time and cost was suggested. The rate of implementing environment-friendly clothing approaches based on the 3 principles (reduce, reuse, and recycle) was lower than that for environment-friendly PET bottle use.</p>

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