The eighth wave of the survey (8th wave)
- - Survey Date
- The survey was implemented on 31 January 2016.
- - Subjects for the Survey
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		The 2,211 individuals who were subjects of the JHPS seventh wave.
 (Valid respondents: 2,198 individuals, and 13 individuals who did not respond to JHPS Seventh Wave but who wished to participate in the survey.)
- - Survey Method
- The survey was implemented by the drop-off pick-up (DOPU) method
- - Types of Questionnaires
- Two types of questionnaires that differed according to whether there was a spouse or not were used. And another questionnaire for spouse who married with respondent in the past year.
- - Collection rate
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		Of 2,198 individuals who were surveyed, 2,039 individuals responded the survey, and then the collection rate was 92.8%.
 Nine respondents who did not respond to the survey last year cooperated in the re-survey this year.
JHPS eighth wave responses
| Number of samples | 2,211 | 
| Completed | 2,048 | 
| Of which last respondent | 2,039 | 
| Of which Revival | 9 | 
| Recovery rate* | 92.8% | 
| Married | 1,537 | 
| Single | 511 | 
| Newlywed | 7 | 
| Dropout | 163 | 
*Recovery rate = (Completed-Revival) / Completed in last year × 100
■ 8th wave (JHPS2016) questionnaire PDF
 
          