University of Tsukuba Pre-Strategic Initiatives Empirical Social Science Research Center
for Policy Solutions to Disparities and Inequalities

       

DATA

How People Think Digital Democracy?

The following is a summary of web surveys conducted in November to December in 2023 to find out how people think digital democracy.

Outline of Surveys

調査主体グループ KDDI財団「電子投票における法的・社会的課題の探究」プロジェクト(代表:山本英弘)
調査実施時期 2023年11-12月
サンプリング 楽天インサイト保有のウェブモニタから、性別、年齢を人口構成比に割り付けて抽出
サンプル数 4,765
調査方法 ウェブ調査

data

  1. What are people doing on the Internet?
  2. What do people think about the elections?
  3. What do people think about the Japanese elections?
  4. Do you favor Internet voting?
  5. Merits and demerits of Internet voting
  6. Do people favor political participation using digital technology?
  7. Obtained/not obtained my number card and its reason
  8. What do people think about administrative digitization?
  9. Do people provide personal information when asked to do so?
  10. What do people think about thechnology?

How People Evaluate COVID-19 Measures

The following is a summary of surveys conducted in January 2021 and February-March 2022 to find out how people evaluate government and municipal policies toward the new coronavirus epidemic.

Outline of Surveys

  2021年調査 2022年調査
調査主体グループ 科研費「機会と結果の政治的不平等に関する総合的実証研究」プロジェクト
(代表:山本英弘)
村田科学振興財団「COVID-19をめぐる国家と社会の相互関係」プロジェクト
(代表:山本英弘)
調査実施時期 2021年1月 2022年2~3月
サンプリング 楽天インサイト保有のウェブモニタから、性別、年齢を人口構成比に割り付けて抽出 ウェブモニタ1から、性別、年齢を人口構成比に割り付けて抽出
サンプル数 2,001 1,000
調査方法 ウェブ調査 ウェブ調査

data

  1. How likely is the respondent to infect himself/herself with corona within a year?
  2. How likely is the respondent to become seriously ill with corona himself/herself within one year?
  3. How has the COVID-19 epidemic affected the lives of people? (2021)
  4. How well do people rate each agency on COVID-19 measures? (2021)
  5. How much do people evaluate the COVID-19 measures taken by the Japanese government? (2021)
  6. What do people think about the way the government decides on COVID-19 measures? (2021)
  7. What do people think about the way their prefecture decides on COVID-19 measures? (2021)
  8. Where do people get their information about COVID-19? (2022)
  9. How reliable is the information on COVID-19? (2022)
  10. How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the economy? (2022)
  11. Is infection with COVID-19 your fault or bad luck?(2022)
  12. Infection control or economic recovery?
  13. Should freedom be restricted to control infection?
  14. Is infection control the responsibility of the individual or the government?
  15. How do people evaluate COVID-19 measures? (2022)
  16. What do people think about vaccination?(2022)
  17. How do you rate the government’s economic support measures? (2022)
  18. How well do people rate the government on COVID-19 measures? (2022)
  19. How much did people consider the COVID-19 issue in the House of Representatives elections? (2022)
  20. Is Japan contributing to international collaboration to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases? (2022)

Overview of the results of the Survey on Japanese Political Behavior and Attitudes (2021)

After the 2021 House of Representatives election (November-December), we conducted a survey on the voting and political behavior of Japanese citizens and their attitudes toward politics and society. Here is a summary of the results.

Outline of Surveys

調査主体 科研費「機会と結果の政治的不平等に関する総合的実証研究」プロジェクト
(代表:山本英弘)
調査業務委託 日本リサーチセンター
調査期間 2021年11~12月
サンプリング 日本リサーチセンター郵送パネルより、平成27年度国勢調査の
人口構成比に準じて割り当て、無作為に抽出。
調査方法 郵送による配布・回収
計画サンプル数 4,000
回収数 2,768(回収率69.2%)

data

  1. Where do people get their political information?
  2. Voter turnout in the 2021 House of Representatives election
  3. Political parties voted for in the 2021 House of Representatives election
  4. How much are people involved in politics?
  5. How much are people involved in social activities?
  6. What are the important social and political issues?
  7. Is the composition of parliamentarians appropriate?
  8. What should parliamentarians be like?
  9. Interest in and satisfaction with politics
  10. Views on politics in Japan
  11. What kind of society is desirable?
  12. Opinions on policy issues
  13. Evaluation of recent policies
  14. How is life with society as a whole and with each people?

Overview of the results of the survey on women’s policies in local governments

With the promulgation and enforcement of the Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace (September 2015) and the Act on Promotion of Gender Equality in the Political Field (May 2018), attention has been drawn to the formation of a gender-equal society and the promotion of policies related to women in local governments, and the working environment surrounding local government employees is also changing significantly.
In light of these circumstances, a questionnaire survey on the implementation status of women’s policies and the working environment of local governments was conducted among all local governments from November 2020 to January 2009

Outline of Surveys

調査主体グループ 旭硝子財団「女性議員が増えると何が変わるのか?
-市区町村議会における実証的検討-」プロジェクト(代表:山本英弘)
調査実施時期 2020年11月~21年1月
サンプリング 全市区町村の男女共同参画部署を対象とした全数調査
配布サンプル数 1,741
回収サンプル数 555(回収率31.9%)
調査方法 郵送調査

data

  1. 回答自治体の人口分布
  2. Status of enactment of ordinances related to women and daily life
  3. Status of formulation of plans related to women and daily life
  4. 男女共同参画計画に基づく取り組みの実施率と達成率
  5. Status of initiatives related to childcare and education
  6. Status of Efforts Related to Persons with Disabilities(1)
  7. Status of Efforts Related to Persons with Disabilities(2)
  8. Efforts stipulated in the Act on Promotion of Gender Equality in the Political Field
  9. Status of the use of support systems in local governments for balancing pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and nursing care with work
  10. Status of introduction of anti-harassment measures
  11. 女性団体との関係
  12. Balancing Parliamentary Activities with Pregnancy, Childbirth, Child Care, etc.

Elite and citizen’s view of equality

What do elites such as politicians, bureaucrats, interest group leaders, media executives, and professionals think about social equality? How do they differ from ordinary citizens?
Here is a part of a survey conducted on elites and ordinary citizens.

Outline of Surveys

  Elite Survey Citizen Survey
Research Group Research Group for the Equality of Society
(PI: Yoshihiko Takenaka)
Survey Period 2018-2019 11-12 in 2019
Sampling Drawing from lists of
elites in various fields
Stratified two-stage random sampling
(50 survey points, drawn from electoral rolls)
Designed Sample Size 10,071 2,500
N of Response 1,566(15.5%) 803(32.2%)
Survey Method Postal Survey Postal Survey

data

  1. 全体的に日本社会は平等か?
  2. 政治参加は平等か?
  3. 政治的結果は平等か?
  4. 収入は平等か?
  5. 雇用は平等か?
  6. 男女は平等か?
  7. 外国人に対する待遇は平等か?
  8. 都市と地方は平等か?
  9. 若者と高齢者は平等か?
  10. 在日米軍基地の負担は平等か?
  11. 社会保障は平等か?
  12. 教育は平等か?
  13. 競争か平等か
  14. 累進課税
  15. 女性の雇用割当制
  16. 機会の平等か結果の平等か