Data Application

Data Availability

JGSS data is 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 researches abroad, data file 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 are also available in English.

Data sets deposited (as of April, 2021)

* The data files will be available to download once the JGSS Data Downloading System starts to operate this summer.

Variables on respondent’s prefectures are not included in the archived data from JGSS-2008. In addition, variables on regional blocks are not included in JGSS-2012. For those who require the above variables, please refer to “Data on Regional Blocks and Prefectures”.

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:
When you use the JGSS data and write a book, an article or other kinds of publication, please send a copy of the publication. to the following address:

If you obtain JGSS dataset from JGSSDDS, please upload the publication file to JGSSDDS. When uploading the file is not possible (e.g. books), please send a copy to:

If you obtain JGSS dataset from other data archive, please send one copy of the publication to: