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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers JP18KK0371 and JP17H00947)
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Sage Open
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Population Census -- Data collection
Abstract
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of “unreported” cases in the Population Census of Japan caused by nonresponses to the survey. Subsequently, this has led to data reliability challenges. In light of this problem, the factors related to the low response rate of the 2015 Population Census in the central Tokyo area are examined in the present study. An online survey was conducted among individuals residing in the three Special Wards of Tokyo to inquire about their responses (submitted or not submitted) to the previous census. The statistical analyses demonstrated that particularly in central Tokyo, middle-aged (35–49 years) people and those who did not own a single-family residence were more likely to be nonrespondents, while most of the other characteristics were similar to the results reported in a previous nationwide study. However, further studies are required to fully understand the high rates of unreported cases in central Tokyo.
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DOI
10.1177/2158244020963080
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34648
Citation Details
Hanibuchi, T., & Yamauchi, M. (2020). Central Tokyo’s Low Response Rate to the 2015 Population Census and Its Related Factors. SAGE Open, 10(3), 2158244020963080.