| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0760 |
| Survey Title | Social Stratification and Social Mobility Survey, 1965 |
| Depositor | 2015 SSM Survey Management Committee |
| Restriction of Use |
For detailed information, please refer to 'For Data Users' on the SSJDA website.
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| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
| Access to Datasets | Download |
| SSJDA Data Analysis | Not available |
| Summary |
The nationwide survey on Social Stratification and Social Mobility, also known as the SSM Survey, is one of the most traditional large-scale social surveys in Japan, and it has been carried out every ten years since the first survey in 1955 (by The Japan Sociological Society). This 1965 survey is the second of its series. In 1980-81, the SSM Trend Analysis Research Group recoded specific survey items from the original questionnaires used in the Social Stratification and Social Mobility Survey for 1955 and 1965. Recoded items included occupation, level of educational attainment, income, and other status variables, as well as region and occupational aspirations. In addition, respondents aged 70 years and older were originally included. To facilitate comparative analysis, resampling was carried out and those aged 70 years and older were excluded. The data available from the SSJ Data Archive is the resampled and recoded data. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe |
Males aged 20 years and older (After resampling: males aged 20 to 69 years) |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
Sample size: 3,000, number of responses: 2,158 (response rate: 71.93%) *Sample size of data after resampling: 2,077 |
| Date of Collection |
1965-07-01 ~ 1965-07-01 1965/07/01 |
| Time Period |
1965 ~ 1965 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan Japan |
| Sampling Procedure |
Probability: Systematic random
Probability: Stratified
Probability: Multistage
Sampling method: two-stage stratified sampling/equal interval sampling Sampling roster: voter registration list |
| Mode of Data Collection | Face-to-face interview |
| Investigator | |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0760 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items |
<Note: (*) represents (industry, company size/landlord or landed tenant, occupation, position title, employment related status)> - Desired occupation - Work and leisure - View on changing jobs - Level of job satisfaction - Awareness of working class and capitalist class (labor relations) - Denomination/religion - Political party supported - Age, place of birth - Highest level of educational attainment, graduated/dropped out/currently enrolled - Current occupation - (*), age at the time of employment - First occupation, employment history - (*), age at the time of employment, age at the time of leaving the job - Year of marriage, age at the time of marriage, age difference of spouses - Wife’s highest level of educational attainment - Main occupation of wife’s father - (*) - Stratum identification, class identification - Means of reforming the oppressed class - Whether there are more subordinates or superiors - Image of the middle class - Minimum annual income, highest annual income, size of farmland, acreage of mountain and forest area - Size of cultivated area respondent owns - Whether children are biological or adopted - Age of father - Father’s highest level of educational attainment - Father’s occupation at the time of respondent’s first job, father’s main occupation - (*) - Main occupation of grandfather - (*) - Status of the family - Number of siblings, relationship, birth order - About first and second son - Age differences between respondent and sons, highest level of educational attainment, occupation (*), marital status, alive or deceased, age of death, place of residence - Timing of property inheritance, heirs - Siblings living with parents, siblings supporting parents - Whether the head of the family - Household income, personal income - Property held (durable consumer goods, etc.) |
| Date of Release | 2011/08/31 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Equality, inequality and social exclusion Social and occupational mobility Social behaviour and attitudes |
| Topics in SSJDA | Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 2011-08-31 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |