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Abstract
Survey Number 0020
Survey Title Individual Survey on Social Security and Life Insurance, 1987
Depositor Japan Institute of Life Insurance
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Summary As people's needs diversified, life insurance shifted its emphasis from products primarily designed to secure a family life to those intended for different individuals. Now we need to cover not only households but individuals in our research. This survey is the first of a series of surveys to be conducted to study the latter. Specifically, it analyzes the consciousness and reality of insurance among male and female individuals in the three dimensions of medicine, old age, and death, and grasps their current state of and feelings about security preparation in each dimension. At the same time, the survey investigates and analyzes their use of means of security preparation including life insurance.
Data Type quantitative research
quantitative research: micro data
Universe Male and female individuals aged between 18 and 69.
Unit of Observation Individual
Sample Size 4,249 effective responses from a sample of 6,000 such individuals (Rate of effective return: 70.8%)
Date of Collection 1987-11-18 ~ 1987-12-13
November 18- December 12, 1987
Time Period 1987 ~ 1987
Spatial Unit Japan
All over Japan (400 localities)
Sampling Procedure Probability: Stratified
Probability: Multistage
Stratified two-stage random sampling
Mode of Data Collection Face-to-face interview
Self-administered questionnaire
Face-to-face interview system (partially combined with record system, for questions seeking the state of life insurance coverage)
Investigator Japan Institute of Life Insurance The field work was performed by Chuo Chosasha.
DOI 10.34500/SSJDA.0020
Sponsors (Funds)
Related Publications (by the Investigator) Japan Institute of Life Insurance (April, 1988) Seikatsu hosho to seimei hoken ni kansuru kojin chosa [Security of Life and Life Insurance: survey of individuals]
Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis)
Documentation [Chosa-hyo]
Major Survey Items Demographic items:
Sex, age, household head or not, occupation, size of firm's workforce, last school attended, marital status, age of last-born child, spouse's occupation, size of workforce at spouse's firm, annual income, annual household income, type of dwelling, plans for homeownership, housing loan obligations, financial assets, and assets including real estate.
Questionnaire items:
(1) Medical insurance: medical expenses individually paid in past year; medical expenses covered by private insurance; individual preparation of medical insurance; feeling of sufficiency; and amount necessary for private medical insurance (amount paid for hospitalization per day).
(2) Old-age insurance: individual preparation of old-age insurance; feeling of sufficiency; amount necessary for senior life (monthly amount for a married couple), and self-generated amount necessary for senior life.
(3) Death insurance: individual preparation of death insurance; feeling of sufficiency; necessary life insurance money; and affordable premiums per year.
(4) Individual coverage by life insurance: type and number of life insurance, mutual-aid, and pension policies; period held; insurer; pension v.s. life insurance; annual amount of premium payment; amount of insurance for ordinary death; and availability of benefits for hospitalization from sickness, and daily amount of such benefits.
Date of Release 1998/04/01
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Income, property and investment/saving
Specific social services: use and availability
Topics in SSJDA Economy/Industry/Management
Social Security/Welfare
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