Open Survey Data
Japan Household Panel Survey on Consumer Preferences and Satisfaction (JHPS-CPS)
We will suspend the survey 'Consumer Preferences and Satisfaction in Daily Life' after the 2024 survey. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the respondents and stakeholders who have cooperated with us over the years. Regarding the management of data and the provision of individual response data, we will continue to handle them at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University. However, please note that we may not be able to answer questions regarding the survey forms or data, so please understand in advance.
Overview
Objectives
Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University is conducted mainly with an aim to calculate parameters of preferences defining utility function; time preference, risk aversion, habit formation, externality, carrying out the following research projects.
- (2003-2007) the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program "Behavioral Macro-Dynamics Based on Surveys and Experiments"
- (2008-2012) The Global Center of Excellence Program "Human Behavior and Socioeconomic Dynamics"
- (2015-2019) JSPS KAKENHI ‘Behavioral-Economic Analysis of Long-Run Stagnation(15H05728)'
- (2020-) JSPS KAKENHI ‘Economic stagnation and widening wealth inequality: Crises of the world economy and a construction of a unified macroeconomic theory(20H05631)’
Survey items
- Questions regarding risk aversion, time preference, habit formation, externality
- Quesitions regarding comprehensive nad basic attributes such as houshold composition, consumption, and income of respondents in addition to their sociodemographic characterisitics.
Survey method
Japan
The panel survey has been conducted annually since 2003 using a random sample drawn from men and women aged 20-69 years old by a self-administered placement method.
Fresh samples were selected and added in respondents to the survey for wave 2004, 2006 and 2009.
The survey has been conducted by mail survey method since 2021.
USA
The panel survey has been conducted annually since 2005 using a random sample drawn from men and women aged 18-99 years old by a self-administered placement method. Fresh samples were selected and added in respondents to the survey for wave 2007, 2008 and 2009.
China
For the survey in the urban area, cross-sectional survey and panel survey are carried out. Regarding the cross-sectional survey, it was conducted in six cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenyang) in 2006 using a sample drawn from men and women aged 20-69 years old by an interview method. Regarding the panel survey, it has been conducted in six cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenyang) since 2009 using drawn from men and women aged 20-69 years old by an interview method. For the survey in the rural area, corss-sectional survey is carried out. Surveys were conducted in 2007 and 2010. Regarding the survey in 2007, samples of men and women aged 20-69 living in rural areas of two provinces are selected, and the interview method is employed. Regarding the sruvey in 2010, samples of men and women aged 20-69 living in rural areas of four provinces are selected, and the interview method is employed.
India
Urban area
For the sirvey in the urban area, panel survey has been conducted annually since 2009. Samples of men and women aged 20-69 living in urban areas of six cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Hyderabad) are selected, and the interview method is employed.
Rural area
For the survey in the rural area, it was first conducted in 2012. Sample of men and women aged 20-69 living in rural area of four cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta) are selected, and the interview method was employed. The survey has been conducted in 2013.
Waves of survey
panel survey
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cross-sectional survey
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Data Application
Qualifications and Requirements
- Data obtained from the Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University is provided only to researchers and graduate students affiliated with national, public, and private universities and research institutions only for nonprofit and academic purposes.
- Micro datasets are available for academic research only. Applications to use the data for business or other purposes will not be approved.
- Applicants are requested to fill in a research title and abstract (about 200 words) in the application form.
- 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 Secretariat for Preference Parameters Study, 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.
Procedures
Please send the completed application form either by e-mail or by postal mail in an envelope labeled "Application for Dataset Enclosed" addressed to the Secretariat for Preference Parameters Study, ISER, Osaka University, as shown below. When your application is approved, we will send you the URL which links to the data download site via e-mail.
6-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
The University of Osaka Institute of Social and Economic Research The Secretariat for Preference Parameters Study
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Disclaimer
The US, China, and India Survey data
The US, China, and India Survey data are available for replicating and verifying the results reported in the papers written and published based on these data. Please note that we are unable to answer any inquiries regarding these survey data due to the absence of the person in charge. We assume no responsibility for any adverse consequences arising out of the use of the data.
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, please submit a completed form "Application for Geographic Codes" detailing the specifics.
Application form
For the use
Japanese (Research)
Japanese (Instruction)
English
For report
You must complete and submit this form at the end of the two-year period of authorized use
Japanese
English
For two-year extension
You must complete and submit this form 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
English
Papers
Association between financial literacy perception and exercise behavior
Manaka Yamaguchi, Yu Kuramoto, Yuzuha Himeno, Kosei Asada, Aoi Tanaka, Asahi Shiku, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan & Yoshihiko Kadoya
Discover Public Health,
(2026) Volume 23, article number 119
Does the Source of Inheritance Matter in Bequest Attitudes? Evidence from Japan
Mengyuan Zhou
Journal of Family and Economic Issues,
(2022)
Investigating how inflation expectations affect precautionary wealth
Tomohide Mineyama, Kiichi Tokuoka
Japan and the World Economy,
(2025)
Economic Rationality and Health Behavior: Investigating the Link Between Financial Literacy and the BMI
Kota Ogura, Honoka Nabeshima, Tomoka Kiba, Sakiho Aizawa, Hibiki Nagahama, Haruka Izumi, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Behavioral Sciences,
(2025)
Financial Literacy and Impulsivity: Evidence from Japan
Takuya Katauke, Sayaka Fukuda, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2023)
Time Discounting and Hand-Sanitization Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Abdul-Salam Sulemana, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2023)
Pandemic Fatigue in Japan: Factors Affecting the Declining COVID-19 Preventive Measures
Abdul-Salam Sulemana, Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2023)
Impact of Changing Socioeconomic Conditions on Family Caregiving Norms: Evidence from Japan
Sayaka Fukuda, Sumeet Lal, Takuya Katauke, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Behavioral Sciences,
(2022)
Does Financial Literacy Influence Preventive Health Check-up Behavior in Japan?
Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Abdul-Salam Sulemana, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
BMC Public Health,
(2022)
Early childhood education and care: effects after half a century and their mechanisms
Hikaru Kawarazaki
Journal of Population Economics,
(2022)
Financial Literacy, Financial Education, and Cancer Screening Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen, Sumeet Lal, Sulemana Abdul-Salam, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Health Economics,
(2022) Financial Literacy Financial Education and Cancer Screening Behavior: Evidence from Japan 19(8)
Time preferences over the life cycle and household saving puzzles
Wataru Kureishi, Hannah Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hitoshi Tsujiyama, Midori Wakabayashi
Journal of Monetary Economics,
(2021) Volume 124 November 2021 Pages 123-139
Can Financial Literacy Explain Lack of Investment in Risky Assets in Japan?
Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Naheed Rabbani, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2021) Vol. 13 Issue 22
Unhappy and Happy Obesity: A Comparative Study on the United States and China
Kazuma Sato
Journal of Happiness Studies,
(2021) 22 1259–1285
Family caregiving attitudes: Implications for post-pandemic eldercare in Japan
Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Somtip Watanapongvanich, Yoshihiko Kadoya
(2021) Gérontologie et société
Financial Literacy and Exercise Behavior in the United States
Pattaphol Yuktadatta, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2021) Vol. 13 Issue 16
Financial Literacy and Alcohol Drinking Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Pongpat Putthinun, Somtip Watanapongvanich, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2021) Vol. 13 Issue 16
Household Inflation Expectation and Consumption －－Evidence from Japan－－
Ryo Jinnai, Tomoaki Mikami, Tatsushi Okuda, Jouchi Nakajima
(2021) 一橋大学経済研究所 経済研究 第72巻 No. 3
Financial Literacy and Gambling Behavior in the United States
Somtip Watanapongvanich, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Pongpat Putthinun, Shunsuke Ono, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Journal of Gambling Studies,
(2021)
Financial Literacy and Exercise Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Shunsuke Ono, Pattaphol Yuktadatta, Takafumi Taniguchi, Tomoe Iitsuka, Masafumi Noguchi, Sawa Tanaka, Haruka Ito, Kousei Nakamura, Nanako Yasuhara, Chihiro Miyawaki, Katsumi Mikura, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2021)
Do Financial Literacy and Financial Education Influence Smoking Behavior in the United States?
Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Pongpat Putthinun, Somtip Watanapongvanich, Pattaphol Yuktadatta, Md. Azad Uddin, Yoshihiko Kadoya
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
(2021) March 2021.
Financial Literacy, Financial Education, and Smoking Behavior: Evidence From Japan
Somtip Watanapongvanich, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Pongpat Putthinun, Shunsuke Ono, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Frontiers in Public Health: Health Economics,
(2021) Financial Literacy Financial Education and Smoking Behavior: Evidence From Japan January 2021.
Time-inconsistent discounting and the Friedman rule: roles of non-unitary discounting
Takeo Hori, Koichi Futagami, Shoko Morimoto
Oxford Economic Papers,
(2020) gpaa045 2020.
Is financial literacy associated with investment in financial markets
in the United States?
Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Naheed Rabbani, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Sustainability,
(2020)
Financial Literacy and Gambling Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Somtip Watanapongvanich, Punjapol Binnagan, Pongpat Putthinun, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Jornal of Gambling Studies,
(2020)
Cash demand and financial literacy: A case study using Japanese survey data
Hiroshi Fujiki
Japan and the World Economy,
(2020) Vol. 54 June 2020 100998
The role of household debt heterogeneity on consumption:
Evidence from Japanese household data
Jouchi Nakajima
Economic Analysis and Policy,
(2020) Vol. 65 pp. 186-197.
COMMITMENT DEVICES IN MARRIAGE FOR SAVINGS: EVIDENCE FROM JAPAN
Wataru Kureishi, Midori Wakabayashi
The Singapore Economic Review,
(2019) pp. 1950038 Published: 22 August 2019.
Smokers Are Extraverted in Japan: Smoking Habit and The Big Five Personality Traits
Shingo Abe, Atsushi Oshio, Tetsuya Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Taro Hirashima, Yuki Tsubota, Iori Tani
SAGE Open,
(2019) Vol. 9 issue 3 July 2019
Households' Liquidity Constraint, Optimal Attention Allocation, and Inflation Expectations
Hibiki Ichiue, Maiko Koga, Tatsushi Okuda, Tatsuya Ozaki
(2019) Households' Liquidity Constraint Optimal Attention Allocation and Inflation Expectations 日本銀行ワーキングペーパーシリーズ No.19-E-8 June 2019
What determines financial literacy in Japan?
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan
Journal of Pension Economics & Finance,
(2019) Published online: 22 January 2019
Do Borrowing Constraints Matter for Intergenerational Educational Mobility? Evidence from Japan
Yoko Niimi
Journal of the Aisa Pacific Economy,
(2019) pp. 628-656 Published online: 13 Nov 2018
The wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan: The relative importance of precautionary saving and bequest motives
Yoko Niimi, Charles Yuji Horioka
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
(2019) Vol. 51 March 2019 Pages 52-63
Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decisions
Gahramanov, E., Kh. Gaibulloev, J. Younas
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy,
(2019) Parental Transfers Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decisions Volume 19 Issue 1.
Factors affecting participation in health checkups_Evidence from Japanese survey data
Riko Noguchi, Junyi Shen
Health Policy,
(2018) published online: October 2018
The role of household debt heterogeneity on consumption: Evidence from Japanese household data
Jouchi Nakajima
BIS Working Papers,
(2018) No 736
Financial literacy and anxiety about life in old age: Evidence from the USA
Kadoya, Y., Khan, M.S.R., Hamada, T., Dominguez, A.
Review of Economics of the Household,
(2018) September 2018 Volume 16 Issue 3 pp 859–878
Does Providing Informal Elderly Care Hasten Retirement? Evidence from Japan
Yoko Niimi
Review of Development Economics,
(2018)
Why Do Children Take Care of Their Elderly Parents? Are the Japanese Any Different?
Charles Yuji Horioka, Emin Gahramanov, Aziz Hayat, Xueli Tang
International Economic Review,
(2018) Vol. 59 No. 1 pp. 113-136 Feb. 2018
Effects of China’s One-Child Policy on Group Cooperation: Survey Evidence
Kadoya, Y., Khan, M.S.R., Sano, Y
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy,
(2017)
The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States
Yoko Niimi, Charles Yuji Horioka
World Economy,
(2017)
Does everyone exhibit loss aversion? Evidence from a panel quantile regression analysis of subjective well-being in Japan
Zheng Fang, Yoko Niimi
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
(2017) 46 (2017): 79-90
Do Risk Preferences Change? Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Chie Hanaoka, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
(2017) vol. 10 no. 2 April 2018
Can financial literacy reduce anxiety about
life in old age?
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan
Journal of Risk Research,
(2017)
Gender differences in the long-term care of older parents: Evidence from India
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Khan, M.
Journal of Family Studies,
(2017)
Pappa Ante Portas: The effect of the husband's retirement on the wife's mental health in Japan
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello
Social Science & Medicine,
(2017) Vol. 175 pp. 135–142
What Affects Happiness Inequality? Evidence from Japan
Yoko Niimi
Journal of Happiness Studies,
(2016) Published online:27 Dec 2016
The “Costs” of informal care: an analysis of the impact of elderly care on caregivers’ subjective well-being in Japan
Yoko Niimi
Review of Economics of the Household,
(2016) 14: 779-810
The five-factor model of personality and physical inactivity: A meta-analysis of 16 samples
Angelina R. Sutin, Yannick Stephan, Martina Luchetti, Ashley Artese, Atsushi Oshio, Antonio Terracciano
Journal of Research in Personality,
(2016) Vol. 63 pp. 22–28 August 2016
Can concern for the long-term care of older parents explain son preference at birth in India?
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan
Journal of Women & Aging,
(2016) Published online: 30 Mar 2016.
RATIONAL CONSUMERS
Kohei Kubota, Mototsugu Fukushige
International Economic Review,
(2016) Vol. 57 No. 1 pp. 231–254
What makes people anxious about life after the age
of 65? Evidence from international survey research in Japan, the United States, China, and India
Yoshihiko Kadoya
Review of Economics of the Household,
(2015) What makes people anxious about life after the age
of 65? Evidence from international survey research in Japan the United States China and India Vol. 14 No. 2 pp 443-461 2016.
ビッグ・ファイブ・パーソナリティ特性の年齢差と性差 : 大規模横断調査こよる検討 Age and Gender Differences of Big Five Personality Traits in a Cross-Sectional Japanese Sample
川本 哲也, 小塩 真司, 阿部 晋吾, 坪田 祐基, 平島 太郎, 伊藤 大幸, 谷 伊織
(2015) 『発達心理学研究』 Vol. 26 pp. 107-122
Widow Discrimination and Family Caregiving in India: Evidence from Microdata Collected From Six Major Cities
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Ting Yin
Journal of Women and Aging,
(2015) Vol. 27 No. 1 pp. 59-67
Do Risk Preferences Change? Evidence from Panel Data before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Chie Hanaoka, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe
NBER Working Paper,
(2015) No. 21400
Are Americans and Indians more Altruistic than the Japanese and Chinese?
Charles Yuji Horioka
Review of Economics of the Household,
(2014) Vol. 12 No. 3 pp. 411-437
Procrastinators and hyperbolic discounters: Transition probabilities of moving from temporary into regular employment
Sun Youn Lee, Fumio Ohtake
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
(2014) Vol. 34 December 2014 pp. 291–314
Performance-pay and the gender wage gap in Japan
Hui-Yu Chiang, Fumio Ohtake
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
(2014) Vol. 34 December 2014 pp. 71–88
The Effects of Personality Traits and Behavioral Characteristics on Schooling, Earnings, and Career Promotion
SunYoun LEE, Fumio Ohtake
RIETI Discussion Paper,
(2014) The Effects of Personality Traits and Behavioral Characteristics on Schooling Earnings and Career Promotion 14-E-023 May 2014
Who will care for older people in China? Exploring the implications of gender imbalance at birth
Yoshihiko Kadoya, Ting Yin
Working with Older People,
(2014) Vol. 18 No. 2 pp.97-105
Caste Comparisons in India: Evidence From Subjective Well-Being Data
Xavier Fontaine, Katsunori Yamada
World Development,
(2014) Vol. 64 pp. 407–419 2014.
Time Discounting and Smoking Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey
Shinsuke Ikeda, Myong-II Kang
Health Economics,
(2014) Vol. 23 No. 12 pp. 1443-1464
Socio-Emotional Status, Education, and Time-Discounting in Japanese Non-Smoking Population: A Multi-Generational Study
Shoko Yamane, Taiki Takahashi, Akiko Kamesaka, Yoshiro Tsutsui, Fumio Ohtake
Psychology,
(2013) Socio-Emotional Status Education and Time-Discounting in Japanese Non-Smoking Population: A Multi-Generational Study Vol. 4 No. 2 pp. 124-132
The causal effects of working time on mental health: The effectiveness of the law reform raising the overtime wage penalty
Miki Kohara, Taisei Noda
Pacific Economic Review,
(2023) 28(5) pp.638-664
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Japan
Shizuka Sekita
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance,
(2011) Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 637-656
Noblesse Oblige? Preferences for Redistribution among Urban Residents in India
Takahiro Ito, Kohei Kubota, Fumio Ohtake
GCOE Discussion Paper, Osaka University, No. 183,
(2011) GCOE Discussion Paper Osaka University No. 183 March 2011
Worldviews and Tough Love (世界観とタフ·ラブ)
Kohei Kubota, Charles Yuji Horioka, Akiko Kamesaka, Masao Ogaki, Fumio Ohtake
Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance,
(2010) 『行動経済学』 Vol. 3 pp. 235-238『行動経済学会』掲載、2011年 行動経済学会第4回大会（於 上智大学）報告（共著者による報告)、2010年12月4日
Hyperbolic Discounting, the Sign Effect, and the Body Mass Index
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(2010) Hyperbolic Discounting the Sign Effect and the Body Mass Index Journal of Health Economics Vol. 29 No. 2 pp. 268-284
Tough Love and Discounting: Empirical Evidence
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(2009) 『行動経済学』 Vol. 3 pp. 153-155 2010
Middle aged beautiful women don’t like their futures? - A Finding of “Komachi”-effects ? / effects of the measure of the beauty on the temporal discount rates -
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Impulsivity and Alcohol-Drinking Behavior: Evidence from Japan
Takuya Katauke, Saki Hattori, Soma Tanaka, Yu Kurushima, Yoichi Arakawa, Nao Ikeda, Haruka Kinoshita, Mikito Urayama, Ryota Shimizu, Tomohide Anan, Shinya Ifuku, Yuta Shiwaku, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Behavioral Sciences: Behavioral Economics,
(2023)
The Association of Caregivers’ Socio-Economic Conditions with Family Caregiving Norms: Evidence from China
Yu Kuramoto, Honoka Nabeshima, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya
Behavioral Sciences,
(2023)
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