Survey data collected by the 21st Century COE Program and its successor the Global COE Program are now available for research. Compiled data items are listed on the program webpage.
Available data
Japan Preference Parameters Study
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
U.S. Preference Parameters Study
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
China Preference Parameters Study
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
India Preference Parameters Study
2008, 2009
Japan Happiness Study-Monthly Basis will be available soon.
How to request the data
Please send the following three items by mail in an envelope labeled "Application for Dataset Enclosed" addressed to the Global COE Program, ISER, Osaka University, as shown below. When your application is approved, we will send the data via mail.
- Completed application form
- Blank CD-R
We will return your submitted CD-R with the data included. Please make sure the CD-R is safely packaged. We are not responsible for improper CD-R handling.
- For requests from within Japan, a self-addressed, stamped (\140), CD-R return-mail envelope.) Please make sure the address is correct.
Send all to:
- Global COE Program
ISER, Osaka University
6-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi
Osaka, 567-0047
JAPAN
Qualifications and requirements
These micro datasets are available for academic research only. Applications to use the data for business or other purposes will not be approved.
In the application form, applicants are requested to fill in a research title and abstract (about 200 words).
The data may only be used by the applicant.
Please include acknowledgement in your research papers that use the data. The precise wording of the acknowledgement is detailed in the Written Pledge which is a part of the application form.
Permission to use the data, when granted, is for a period of two years. After the two-year period of authorized use comes to an end, applicants must submit a report to the Global COE Program, ISER Osaka University. If at that time, an extension in the period of use is needed, an application for two-year extension may be submitted along with the report on use of the data up until then.
Confidentiality
To maintain the confidentiality of the Micro Data survey respondents, only ten regional codes (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Koshinetsu, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyusyu) are supplied with the provided data. Codes for prefectures and municipalities are deleted.
If your proposed research requires the codes for prefectures and municipalities, please submit a completed form "Application for Geographic Codes" detailing the specifics.
Applicant eligibility
Applicants must be researchers or graduate students at universities or research institutes.
Downloads
- Application for the use of Micro Data
Japanese [WORD] / [PDF]
English [WORD] / [PDF]
- Report on the use of Micro Data
You must complete and submit this at the end of the two-year period of authorized use
Japanese [WORD] / [PDF]
English [WORD] / [PDF]
- Application for Two-Year Extension in Authorized Period of Use of Micro Data
You must complete and submit this if you need an extension in the authorized period of use. Submit it after the initial two-year period along with the completed “Report on the use of Micro Data.”
Japanese [WORD] / [PDF]
English [WORD] / [PDF]
Social Research Database on Questionnaires
Our Japan Preference Parameters Study is registered with the Social Research Database on Questionnaires (SRDQ) of the Graduate school of Human Sciences, Osaka University. It is a searchable database of survey questions.
Graduate school of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Social Research Database on Questionnaires.
http://srdq.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/en
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