 Questionnaires
| Self-administered Questionnaire |
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 |
2,700 |
| Sampling method |
Two-stage stratified random sampling; stratified by regional blocks and population size
No. of survey points:181
No. of subjects at each survey point: approximately 15 |
Administration
JGSS-2023D was conducted from January through February 2023, using placement (self-administered) method. The fieldwork was entrusted to the Central Research Services Inc. (Chuo-Chosa-sha).
The questionnaire includes questions on digital contact, the digital divide and democracy (including questions comparable to the European Social Survey), continuing questions from the JGSS and topical questions.
The Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS) is 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 MEXT) with support from the Osaka University of Commerce. JGSS-2023D was funded by MEXT Promotion of Distinctive Joint Research Center Program Grant Number JPMXP0620335833. The project was conducted in cooperation with the Division of Sociology of Education, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University.
Response Rate
| No. of respondents contacted |
2,700
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| No. of valid responses |
1,277 |
| No. of nonresponses or invalid responses |
1,423 (change of address:91, address unknown:15, death:10, long term absence:18, sickness:50, in hospital:27, other:10) |
| Response Rate |
51.5%
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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 |
61
(10.1) |
73
(12.0) |
102
(16.8) |
91
(15.0) |
107
(17.7) |
127
(21.0) |
45
(7.4) |
606
(100.0) |
| Femal |
74
(11.0) |
88
(13.1) |
120
(17.9) |
107
(15.9) |
114
(17.0) |
122
(18.2) |
46
(6.9) |
671
(100.0) |
| TTL |
135
(10.6) |
161
(12.6) |
222
(17.4) |
198
(15.5) |
221
(17.3) |
249
(19.5) |
91
(7.1) |
1,277
(100.0) |
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