 Questionnaires
| Interview Questionnaire |
Japanese
English
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| Self-administered Questionnaire |
Japanese
English
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Codebook
Sampling
| Sample area |
Nationwide |
| Sample population |
Men and women 20-89 years of age living in Japan |
| Sample size |
4,500 |
| Sampling method |
Two-stage stratified random sampling; stratified by regional block and population size
No. of survey points:307
No. of subjects at each survey point:15 |
Administration
JGSS-2005 was conducted from late August through the beginning of November 2005. The fieldwork was entrusted to the Central Research Services Inc. (Chuo-Chosa-sha).
As for JGSS conducted before, JGSS-2005 used both interview and placement (self-administered) method for each respondent. For practical reasons the administrative order (i.e., whether to conduct the face-to-face interview before or after the questionnaire) was determined by the interviewer/administrator depending on the circumstances of each case. In any case the administrative order was recorded for each respondent.
| No. of Responses(%) |
Interview >>>
Self-administered |
Self-administered >>>
Interview |
No answer |
TTL |
| 1,688(83.4) |
284(14.0) |
51(2.5) |
2,023(100.0) |
The supplement samples were used only when the sample was unavailable due to either "death," "change of address," or "address unknown".
Response Rate
| No. of respondents contacted |
4,500 |
| No. of valid responses |
2,023 |
| No. of nonresponses or invalid responses |
2,477(change of address:190, address unknown:79, death:11, long term absence:53, sickness:96, in hospital:54, other:15) |
| Response Rate |
50.5% |
Responses by Sex and Age
| No. of Responses(%) |
| Age |
20-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-69 |
70-79 |
80-89 |
TTL |
| Male |
90
(9.8) |
125
(13.6) |
136
(14.8) |
187
(20.3) |
206
(22.4) |
137
(14.9) |
39
(4.2) |
920
(100.0) |
| Female |
132
(12.0) |
167
(15.1) |
168
(15.2) |
214
(19.4) |
224
(20.3) |
146
(13.2) |
52
(4.7) |
1,103
(100.0) |
| TTL |
222
(11.0) |
292
(14.4) |
304
(15.0) |
401
(19.8) |
430
(21.3) |
283
(14.0) |
91
(4.5) |
2,023
(100.0) |
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