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Description & Citation--Study No. 4703

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4703
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04703
 
Title:Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), 2005
 
Principal Investigator(s):Ichiro Tanioka, Osaka University of Commerce
 
  Michio Nitta, University of Tokyo. Institute of Social Sciences
 
  Noriko Iwai, Osaka University of Commerce
 
  Tokio Yasuda, Osaka University of Commerce
 
Series:Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) Series
 
Funding Agency:Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
 
Bibliographic Citation:Tanioka, Ichiro, Michio Nitta, Noriko Iwai, and Tokio Yasuda. JAPANESE GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY (JGSS), 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR04703-v1. Osaka, Japan: Osaka University of Commerce, Institute of Regional Studies [producer], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-08-13. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04703
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This survey was designed to solicit political, sociological, and economic information from people living in Japan. The data were collected between August 25 and November 23, 2005, using face-to-face interviews and self-administered questionnaires. Respondents were asked to give employment information for themselves and their spouses, including industry, size of employer, number of hours worked, level of job satisfaction, and time spent commuting. Respondents were also queried regarding employment information and education level of their parents when the respondent was aged 15. Several questions were asked about household composition, the type of residence, the state of respondents' finances during the last few years and compared to other Japanese families both past and present, sources of financial support, the ease of improving one's standard of living in Japan, and the use of credit cards and consumer financing. Views were also sought on divorce, the roles of each spouse, issues involving children, the responsibility of the government, and taxation issues. In terms of health, questions were asked regarding the physical and mental health of respondents and their household members, the frequency of smoking and alcohol consumption, and their views on genetically modified foods. Quality of life questions addressed the amount of satisfaction respondents received from life, and how often they participated in sports, leisure, and volunteer activities. Additional topics covered were euthanasia, the use of technology, juvenile delinquency, car ownership and usage, their level of trust in various institutions, and whether respondents belonged to religious, trade, or social service organizations. Demographic variables include age, sex, education level, employment status, occupation, labor union membership, marital status, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), household income, perceived social status, political orientation, political party affiliation, and religious affiliation.
 
Subject Term(s):alcohol consumption, automobile expenses, automobile use, career history, charitable donations, children, commuting (travel), consumer behavior, credit card use, crime, demographic characteristics, divorce, domestic responsibilities, education, employment, euthanasia, family history, foreigners, gender roles, government, health status, household composition, income, job satisfaction, juvenile delinquency, labor unions, leisure, life satisfaction, living arrangements, marriage, mental health, newspapers, social status, taxes, technology, trust (psychology), work attitudes, workplaces
 
Smallest Geographic Unit:prefecture
 
Geographic Coverage:Japan, Global
 
Time Period:2005
 
Date(s) of Collection:August 25, 2005 - November 23, 2005
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Men and women aged 20-89 living in Japan with the right to vote.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The data available for download are not weighted, and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (2) Additional information about sampling, interviewing, and weighting may be found in the codebook. (3) JGSS data and the supporting documents are provided both in English and Japanese for the convenience of users of either language. The JGSS is conducted in the Japanese language. The English version of the questionnaires and datasets have been constructed for the convenience of researchers. This is to remind all users of the English version of the JGSS datasets and questionnaires that the nuanced meanings conveyed in the original language may not be contained in the English version of the questionnaires and datasets. (4) The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis. (5) The codebook for the Japanese data is the original codebook sent to ICPSR by the Japanese General Social Survey, 2005. (6) More information about Japanese General Social surveys can be found on the Japanese General Social Survey Web site (link).
 

Methodology

Sample:A two-stage stratified random sample was used. The population was stratified by region and size of city/district in 13 major cities, other cities, and suburban districts.
 
Weight:The data contain a weight variable (WEIGHT) that should be used in analyzing the data. Respondents were classified into 144 categories based on sex, age, region, and whether they lived in a city. The weight for each category was calculated by dividing the population for each category by the number of respondents for that category. The population for each category was obtained from the 2005 Population Census. Please refer to the codebook documentation for more information on weighting.
 
Mode of Data Collection:face-to-face interview
 
  self-enumerated questionnaire
 
Response Rates:The total response rate was 50.5 percent.
 
Presence of Common Scales:Several Likert-type scales were used.
 
Extent of Processing:CDBK.ICPSR/ DDEF.ICPSR/ FREQ.ICPSR/ REFORM.DATA/ REFORM.DOC
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:The data in this collection are to be used for secondary analysis for academic purposes and instructional purposes only. The data are to be provided only to researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students who are affiliated with a university, college, or research institute. Undergraduate students must be under the supervision of an instructor who teaches at the same university.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2007-08-13
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: English Data
  • DS2: Japanese Data
 

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