| Abstract | ||
| Survey Number | 1466 | |
| Survey Title | Survey on Satisfaction and Quality of Life, 2021 | |
| Depositor | Cabinet Office | |
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| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. | |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year | |
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| Summary |
In recent years, international organizations such as the United Nations and the OECD have been active in their attempts to depict people's happiness and satisfaction, which cannot be captured by economic indicators such as GDP. In Japan, following a series of Basic Policies, the Cabinet Office has been studying the possibility of visualizing the structure of the economy and society not only through economic indicators but also from the qualitative and subjective perspective of satisfaction in order to use this information in policy management. Specifically, the Cabinet Office started the “Survey on Satisfaction and Quality of Life 2019” (the first survey), which is an internet survey, and conducted the second survey in 2020 to grasp the social and economic situation from various perspectives in terms of satisfaction and quality of life. In this survey conducted in 2021, approximately 2,900 of the approximately 5,000 respondents were from the previous surveys (2019 and 2020), providing data that can be used to analyze changes in satisfaction and living conditions before and after the spread of the new coronavirus infection. |
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| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data | |
| Universe | Residents of Japan between the ages of 15 and 89 | |
| Unit of Observation | Individual | |
| Sample Size | 5,234 cases | |
| Date of Collection | 2021/3/3-2021/3/11 | |
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| Sampling Procedure |
Non-probability quota extraction Allocations were made based on the composition of the total number of responses (pooled data) for the 2019 and 2020 surveys. The sample size for this survey was set at approximately 5,000, and the number of samples allocated was 5,234 as a result of fractional processing in the calculation of the number of samples allocated. (The composition of the total number of responses for the 2019 and 2020 surveys (i.e., the composition of monitor allocations across the two surveys) was determined by combining population-proportional and equal allocations. The allocation between the population-proportional and equal allocations was determined by combining unequal weighted effects and standard errors for the most minor population counties.) The third survey is a panel survey that includes 1,652 respondents from the first survey and 2,888 respondents from the second survey. |
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| Mode of Data Collection |
Internet survey The survey was conducted by sending invitations to registered Internet survey panels. |
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| 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 |
Life Satisfaction Overall life satisfaction, items that affect life satisfaction and life satisfaction in each domain, future concerns, and items that were important in judging overall life satisfaction (Each area is composed of 13 items: household finances and assets, employment environment and wages, housing, work-life balance, health, educational level and environment, friendships and community, politics and government, natural environments such as air and water, the safety of surroundings, ease of raising children, ease of caring and being cared for, and enjoyment and fun of life) Household finances and assets Annual household income as a whole, annual income from own work, financial assets of the household as a whole, debts of the household as a whole Employment environment and wages, work, and life (work-life balance) Current employment status, reasons for current employment status, presence or absence of a second job, industry Housing Whether the household owns or rents its current residence, the total floor space of the residence Health status Health status, things they do for their health on a daily basis Educational level and environment Terminal education record, status of recurrent education (re-learning to enter the workforce) Friendships and community Frequency of social contacts with friends, family and friends who can be relied on in times of trouble and the number of them, participation in volunteer activities and local community activities, frequency of participation in volunteer activities and local community activities in the past year, frequency of use of social media in the past year, whether the development of the Internet such as social media has increased social ties such as friendships and communities, and the number of friends with whom the respondent has social contacts on social media Politics and government Whether they voted in the most recent national and local elections Natural environments such as air and water Feelings about the natural environment in the area where they live (lack of greenery such as parks and green spaces, air pollution, pollution of rivers, waterways, water bodies, soil pollution, noise, vibration, bad smells) Safety of their surroundings Whether they feel safe walking alone at night in their neighborhood Ease of raising children The school stage and age of minors in the household, whether or not childcare leave is taken, the number of children who would like to be enrolled in an approved nursery school, kindergarten, or certified kindergarten but have not yet been admitted, whether there are people around them whom they feel comfortable asking to take care of their children, and how they feel about childrearing Ease of caring and being cared for The number of people in the household who are senior citizens, the presence or absence of family members in need of care, the situation of family members in need of care, and whether or not they have changed their employment status to take care of family members Enjoyment/interest of life Existence or non-existence of hobbies and purpose in life, reasons for lack of hobbies and purpose in life Changes from one year ago to the present Income, meals, interaction with friends and acquaintances, making new friends, interaction with relatives not living together, support in times of need, relationship with family members living together, anxiety and psychological stress from contracting the new coronavirus infection, ups, and downs in mood, accessibility of medical facilities, domestic and international travel and business trips Face items The prefecture of residence, gender, age, number of people in the household, household composition, reasons for not having a spouse, average allocation of time per day, experiences in the past year |
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| Date of Release | 2022/10/19 | |
| Topics in CESSDA |
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| Topics in SSJDA | Society/Culture | |
| Version | 1 ： 2022-10-19 2 ： 2024-01-16 | |
| Notes for Users |
Some of the respondents to this survey are also the respondents to the "1423 Survey on Satisfaction and Quality of Life, 2019-2020." The “sampleid” was reassigned to “panelid” in version 2. |