 Questionnaires
| Self-administered Questionnaire Form A |
Japanese
English
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| Self-administered Questionnaire Form B |
Japanese
English
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Sampling
| Sample area |
Nationwide |
| Sample population |
Men and women 20-89 years of age living in Japan |
| Sample size |
6,600 |
| Sampling method |
Two-stage stratified random sampling;stratified by regional block and population size
No. of survey points: 440
No. of subjects at each survey point: approximately 15 |
Administration
JGSS-2021H used self-administered questionnaire and was conducted from January through February 2021. The fieldwork was entrusted to the Central Research Services Inc. (Chuo-Chosa-sha).
The Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) are designed and carried out by the JGSS Research Center at Osaka University of Commerce (Joint Usage / Research Center for Japanese General Social Surveys accredited by Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology). JGSS-2021H is financially assisted by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Promotion of Distinctive Joint Research Center Program, Grant Number JPMXP0620335833, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20H00089 (PI: Noriko Iwai), and JSPS Program for Constructing Data Infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences Grant Number JPJS00218077184.
Response Rate
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Form A |
Form B |
| No. of respondents contacted |
3,300 |
3,300 |
| No. of valid responses |
1,722 |
1,800 |
| No. of nonresponses or invalid responses |
1,578 (change of address:111, address unknown:37, death:9, long term absence:50, sickness:45, in hospital:38, other:13) |
1,500 (change of address:103, address unknown:24, death:3, long term absence:28, sickness:53, in hospital:39, other:11) |
| Response Rate |
57.5% |
59.2% |
Responses by Sex and Age:Form A
| No. of Responses(%) |
| Age |
20-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-69 |
70-79 |
80-89 |
TTL |
| Male |
70
(8.4) |
111
(13.3) |
149
(17.9) |
137
(16.4) |
154
(18.5) |
154
(18.5) |
59
(7.1) |
834
(100.0) |
| Female |
76
(8.6) |
113
(12.7) |
162
(18.2) |
161
(18.1) |
154
(17.3) |
150
(16.9) |
72
(8.1) |
888
(100.0) |
| TTL |
146
(8.5) |
224
(13.0) |
311
(18.1) |
298
(17.3) |
308
(17.9) |
304
(17.7) |
131
(7.6) |
1,722
(100.0) |
Responses by Sex and Age:Form B
| No. of Responses(%) |
| Age |
20-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-69 |
70-79 |
80-89 |
TTL |
| Male |
80
(9.0) |
104
(11.7) |
185
(20.8) |
145
(16.3) |
126
(14.1) |
182
(20.4) |
69
(7.7) |
891
(100.0) |
| Female |
89
(9.8) |
123
(13.5) |
164
(18.0) |
137
(15.1) |
138
(15.2) |
185
(20.4) |
73
(8.0) |
909
(100.0) |
| TTL |
169
(9.4) |
227
(12.6) |
349
(19.4) |
282
(15.7) |
264
(14.7) |
367
(20.4) |
142
(7.9) |
1,800
(100.0) |
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