World Values Survey 2005, Wave 5
Japan, 2005
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World Values Survey 2005
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Japan | JPN |
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World Values Survey Wave 5 2009-2005 covers 58 countries and societies around the world and more than 83,000 respondents. The series includes the following waves:
Wave 6 (2010-2014)
Wave 5 (2005-2009)
Wave 4 (1999-2004)
Wave 3 (1995-1998)
Wave 2 (1990-1994)
Wave 1 (1981-1984)
The World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org) is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars, with the WVS association and secretariat headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The survey, which started in 1981, seeks to use the most rigorous, high-quality research designs in each country. The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world’s population, using a common questionnaire. The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents. Moreover the WVS is the only academic study covering the full range of global variations, from very poor to very rich countries, in all of the world’s major cultural zones. The WVS seeks to help scientists and policy makers understand changes in the beliefs, values and motivations of people throughout the world. Thousands of political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists and economists have used these data to analyze such topics as economic development, democratization, religion, gender equality, social capital, and subjective well-being. These data have also been widely used by government officials, journalists and students, and groups at the World Bank have analyzed the linkages between cultural factors and economic development.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Individual
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution. All deposited data has been made anonymous at the PI side and the archive deposited files have no means to trace the respondents.
2018-09-12
Version history: -v2018-09-12: Current official release General revision, mostly of missing labels. Inclusion of region, town, interview date in some countries when missing and found. Old releases: 2014-04-29
Coverage
The survey covers Japan.
The WVS for Japan covern national population aged 18 and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Seiko Yamazaki |
Sampling
Stratified multi-stage sampling Quota sampling. Sampled from the NRC nationwide omnibus survey panel, the NOS panel (private individuals aged 18 to 79 living in areas throughout Japan) using gender combined with age-group quotas which are set based on the results of the 2000 national census.
The sample size for Japan is N=1096 and includes national population aged 18 years and over for both sexes.
2000 - Total issued
1000 - Total questionnaires received
Survey instrument
English and Japanese Questionnaires. Changes made vis-à-vis the original questionnaire in the Japanese version to facilitate local understanding. We hope that these modifications are acceptable. WVS question number or description of question: V34-43 , V125-130, V215-220, V222, V256, V258.
Reason(s) not included:
V34-43 : Japanese are not accustomed to being asked about what kind of neighbors they consider undersirable.
V125-130 : Japanese respondents are not familiar with the concepts of V127 and V128. We omitted the questions V125-V130 as they are only meaningful when asked as a set of questions.
V215-220 : Japanese respondents would have difficulty relating to this question because there are very few immigrants in Japan.
V222 : there is very little variety in language in Japan where Japanese is spoken practically everywhere.
V256 : As virtually 100% of respondents in Japan are Japanese, the entire sample can be coded 4 (East Asian). V258 : The survey will be conducted by mail only and in Japanese language only.
V11-A Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V11-B Added for the sake of continuity with last times questionnaire.
V47-A Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V49-A-K Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V56-A Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V57-A Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V60-A Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V60-B Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V123A-V123F Added for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V146 A local substitution: APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference)
V179-V183 Changed. Interest in corporate social responsibility has grown in recent years. Also added the response option NPO / NGO as these organizations are increasingly active:
- The government of the country / countries concerned
- A regional organization
- The United Nations
- An NPO / NGO
- A commercial enterprise
V185 A local substitution: Orthodox replaced by A Christian religion (other than the above)
V208 Changed. We would like to propose that the term domestic violence be used. This term is gender neutral and includes various forms of violence including inter-generational violence. (Includes violence committed by a wife against her husband, violence against children committed by parents, violence committed by a child against his/her
parent.)
V212-V213 Local substitutions: Japan and APEC inserted.
V229, A1-7, B1-7 Added V231-V233 A local substitution:
- The Liberal Democratic Party
- The Democratic Party of Japan
- New Komeito
- The Japanese Communist Party
- The Social Democratic Party of Japan
- The Liberal League
- Other political party
- Dont support any political party
- Dont know / cannot say
V233a Not to be asked as not relevant in Japan.
V238 Modified. Same response options as last time used.
V252 Modified. The word social class is not used. Response options that are typically used in Japan are used. The wording is the same as last time.
V253 Changed because we consider that it is easier to obtain accurate responses if specific amounts are used. This change was also made for the sake of continuity as compared with last times questionnaire.
V254 To be filled in by respondents.
V255 A local substitution:
- 13 major large cities
- Cities with populations of 150,000 or more
- Cities with populations from 50,000 to under 150,000
- Cities with populations less than 50,000
- Rural districts
V257 Local substitution:
- Hokkaido, Tohoku region
- Kanto region
- Chubu and Hokuriku regions
- Kinki region
- Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-07-07 | 2005-08-05 |
| Name |
|---|
| Nippon Research Center, Ltd. |
The main method of data collection in the WVS survey is face-to-face interview at respondent’s home / place of residence. Respondent’s answers could be recorded in a paper questionnaire (traditional way) or by CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview). The approval of the Scientific Advisory Committee in writing is necessary for application of any methods of data collection other than face-to-face interview. Following the sampling, each country is left with a representative national sample of its public. These persons are then interviewed during a limited time frame decided by the Executive Committee of the World Values Survey using the uniformly structured questionnaires. The survey is carried out by professional organizations using face-to-face interviews or phone interviews for remote areas. Each country has a Principal Investigator (social scientists working in academic institutions) who is responsible for conducting the survey in accordance with the fixed rules and procedures. During the field work, the agency has to report in writing according to a specific check-list. Internal consistency checks are made between the sampling design and the outcome and rigorous data cleaning procedures are followed at the WVS data archive. No country is included in a wave before full documentation has been delivered. This means a data set with the completed methodological questionnaire and a report of country-specific information (for example important political events during the fieldwork, problems particular to the country). Once all the surveys are completed, the Principal Investigator has access to all surveys and data. Non-response is an issue of increasing concern in sample surveys. Investigators are expected to make every reasonable effort to minimize non-response. In countries using a full probability design, no replacements are allowed. PIs should plan on as many call-backs as the funding will allow. In countries using some form of quota sampling, every effort should be made to interview the first contact.
Access policy
World Values Survey
World Values Survey http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp Cost: None
Data Access
Inglehart, R., C. Haerpfer, A. Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen et al. (eds.). 2014. World Values Survey: Round Five - Country-Pooled Datafile Version: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV5.jsp. Madrid: JD Systems Institute.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of the WVSA Archive | WVSA Data Archive | jdiezmed@jdsurvey.net | http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org |
Metadata production
DDI_JPN_2005_WVS-W5_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2020-02-19
Metadata version
Version 01 (February 2020)