 Data Availability
JGSS data are released approximately three years after a survey was conducted. The data sets below have already been deposited to data archives and are available for educational and academic purposes.
JGSS is conducted in Japanese, but for the convenience of researchers abroad, data files and survey information after JGSS-2000 have been compiled both in English and in Japanese since April 2005.
Besides data, codes and variables, frequency tables, information on weighting data and questionnaires is also available in English.
JGSS Data sets deposited (As of April 18, 2025)
| Survey |
Schedule |
JGSSDDS |
Data Archive |
| ICPSR |
GESIS |
JGSS-2021H/2022H
Integrated Data |
Jan to Mar 2021 /
Jan to Feb 2022 |
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JGSS-2019LCS
(JGSS-2009LCS wave3) |
Feb to Apr 2019 |
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JGSS-2017G/2018G
Integrated Data |
Nov to Dec 2017 /
Nov to Dec 2018 |
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JGSS-2017/2018
Integrated Data |
Jan to Mar 2017 /
Feb to Apr 2018 |
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| JGSS-2016 |
Feb to Apr 2016 |
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| JGSS-2015 |
Feb to May 2015 |
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JGSS-2013LCS
(JGSS-2009LCS wave2) |
Feb to Apr 2013 |
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| JGSS-2009LCS |
Jan to Mar 2009 |
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| JGSS-2012 |
Feb to Apr 2012 |
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| JGSS-2010 |
Feb to Apr 2010 |
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| JGSS-2008 |
Oct to Dec 2008 |
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| JGSS-2006 |
Oct to Dec 2006 |
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| JGSS-2005 |
Aug to Nov 2005 |
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JGSS cumulative data 2000-2003
(Integrated data set of JGSS from 2000 to 2003) |
- |
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| JGSS-2003 |
Oct to Nov 2003 |
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| JGSS-2002 |
Oct to Nov 2002 |
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| JGSS-2001 |
Oct to Nov 2001 |
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| JGSS-2000 |
Oct to Nov 2000 |
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| Japanese General Social Surveys 2nd pilot |
Nov 1999 |
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| Japanese General Social Surveys 1st pilot |
Mar 1999 |
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For those who require respondent’s prefectures, please refer to “Data on Regional Blocks and Prefectures.”
EASS Data sets deposited
EASS data can be downloaded from JGSSDDS from the end of May 2022.
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JGSSDDS |
Data Archive |
| EASSDA |
ICPSR |
| EASS 2018 Culture and Globalization Module |
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| EASS 2016 Family Module |
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| EASS 2015 Work Life Module |
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| EASS 2012 Network Social Capital Module |
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| EASS 2010 Health Module |
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| EASS 2008 Culture and Globalization Module |
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| EASS 2006 Family Module |
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Download data files from JGSS Data Download System (JGSSDDS)
JGSS data listed above is available via JGSSDDS.
Archives where JGSS data sets are deposited
JGSS data sets are deposited to the following data archives.
ICPSR (University of Michigan, USA)
GESIS (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Germany)
The data sets of the first and second pilot surveys (Japanese only) can be obtained from SSJDA. The data sets after JGSS-2000 are available both in Japanese and English from every archive. Please refer to the respective websites for data application procedure
Restrictions
Academics and researchers affiliated with a university, college, or a recognized research institutes, graduate students, and undergraduate students under supervision may use JGSS data sets for academic purposes. JGSS data sets are also available to instructors affiliated with a university or a college for educational purposes.
For academic purposes, indefinite use of the data set is. When applied and used for “educational purposes”, permission for data use is granted for one year. If you wish to continue to use the data, please re-apply to the respective data archive.
Notice
1.Quote the proper acknowledgement:
If you are publishing the results of analyses using the JGSS datasets, please quote the acknowledgment. If not, the following data usage might be restricted thereafter.
Please refer to the page of [Acknowledgments] for further details.
2.Forwarding a copy of publication:
Please submit research outputs such as journal articles, books and conference proceedings to JGSS Research Center: jgssdds@daishodai.ac.jp
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