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JGSS-2016

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Sampling

Sample area Nationwide
Sample population Men and women 25-49 years of age living in Japan
Sample size 2,100
Sampling method Two-stage stratified random sampling;stratified by regional block and population size
No. of survey points:140
No. of subjects at each survey point:12-17

Administration
JGSS-2016 was conducted from the beginning of February through April 2016. The fieldwork was entrusted to the Central Research Services Inc. (Chuo-Chosa-sha).
As for JGSS conducted before, JGSS-2016 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.

JGSS-2016 was conducted in collaboration with the Division of Sociology of Education, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University. The project is financially assisted by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 15H03485 (PI: Hachiro Iwai), JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26245060 (PI: Noriko Iwai), Research Grant on Labor Issues (PI: Hachiro Iwai), and Osaka University of Commerce.


No. of Responses(%)
Interview >>>
Self-administered
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Interview
No answer TTL
805 (83.2) 161 (16.6) 2 (0.2) 968 (100.0)

 

Response Rate

No. of respondents contacted 2,100
No. of valid responses 968
No. of nonresponses or invalid responses 1,132 (change of address:117, address unknown:14, death:1, long term absence:31, sickness:18, in hospital:7, other:6)
Response Rate 50.8%

 

Responses by Sex and Age

No. of Responses(%)
Age 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 TTL
Male 67
(15.2)
82
(18.6)
83
(18.8)
102
(23.1)
108
(24.4)
442
(100.0)
Femal 57
(10.8)
78
(14.8)
114
(21.7)
130
(24.7)
147
(27.9)
526
(100.0)
TTL 124
(12.8)
160
(16.5)
197
(20.4)
232
(24.0)
255
(26.3)
968
(100.0)
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