Table 1 Basic socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents
HUI-M Population (N = 774) | HUI-D Population (N = 263) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Male | 390 | 50.4% | 129 | 49.0% |
Female | 384 | 49.6% | 134 | 51.0% |
Age | ||||
20 < = < =29 | 127 | 16.4% | 44 | 16.7% |
30 < = < =39 | 128 | 16.5% | 46 | 17.5% |
40 < = < =49 | 127 | 16.4% | 43 | 16.3% |
50 < = < =59 | 130 | 16.8% | 45 | 17.1% |
60 < = < =69 | 130 | 16.8% | 42 | 16.0% |
70 < = < =79 | 132 | 17.1% | 43 | 16.3% |
Location | ||||
Sapporo | 156 | 20.2% | 51 | 19.4% |
Tokyo | 154 | 19.9% | 54 | 20.5% |
Nagoya | 153 | 19.8% | 54 | 20.5% |
Osaka | 155 | 20.0% | 53 | 20.2% |
Fukuoka | 156 | 20.2% | 51 | 19.4% |
Employment | ||||
Employed or self-employed | 468 | 60.5% | 179 | 68.1% |
Retired | 50 | 6.5% | 18 | 6.8% |
Student | 41 | 5.3% | 6 | 2.3% |
Homemaker | 155 | 20.3% | 41 | 15.6% |
Leave | 13 | 1.7% | 4 | 1.5% |
Others | 47 | 6.1% | 15 | 5.7% |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 505 | 65.2% | 163 | 62.0% |
Unmarried | 191 | 24.7% | 63 | 24.0% |
Divorced | 47 | 6.1% | 24 | 9.1% |
Bereaved | 29 | 3.7% | 13 | 4.9% |
Others | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
Education | ||||
Junior Highschool | 19 | 2.5% | 10 | 3.8% |
Highschool | 292 | 37.7% | 88 | 33.5% |
College etc. | 205 | 26.5% | 74 | 28.1% |
University | 248 | 32.0% | 88 | 33.5% |
Graduate school | 10 | 1.3% | 3 | 1.1% |
Household income | ||||
<JPY 2mil | 59 | 7.6% | 27 | 10.3% |
JPY 2 mil<= < 4 mil | 170 | 22.0% | 60 | 22.8% |
JPY 4 mil<= < 6 mil | 216 | 27.9% | 61 | 23.2% |
JPY 6 mil<= < 10 mil | 194 | 25.1% | 63 | 24.0% |
JPY 10 mil<= < 15 mil | 62 | 8.0% | 26 | 9.9% |
JPY 15 mil <= | 15 | 1.9% | 5 | 1.9% |
Refused, Unknown | 58 | 7.5% | 21 | 8.0% |