#9.1 Strong points of Japanese character (XI (2003))

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#9.1 Strong points of Japanese character

(Hand card) Which of the following adjectives do you think describes the character of the Japanese people? Choose as many as you like.

1	(A)	Rational
2	(B)	Diligent
3	(C)	Free
4	(D)	Open, frank
5	(E)	Persistent
6	(F)	Kind
7	(G)	Original
8	(H)	Polite
9	(I)	Cheerful
10	(J)	Idealistic
11		Other(Specify)
12		D.K.

Target : XI (2003)

	Ra- tio- nal	Dili- gent	Fr ee	Op en, fr ank	Per- sist- ent	Ki nd	Orig- inal	Po- lite	Ch eer- ful	Ide- al- is- tic	Oth- er	D. K.	Total (M.A.)
6 Metro cities	23	66	14	22	45	45	5	47	8	19	-	3	297	( 148)
Pop.:200K-	19	65	16	16	44	44	9	52	9	19	1	4	298	( 370)
Pop.:100K-	17	66	12	16	45	39	9	50	8	19	2	5	288	( 161)
Pop.:50K-	18	70	16	7	56	39	7	45	8	23	1	2	292	( 165)
Pop.:-50K	8	68	10	13	55	39	10	47	6	19	-	4	279	( 77)
Rural	14	62	14	9	40	39	10	44	7	20	1	4	264	( 271)
Hokkaido	16	68	11	7	42	51	7	49	5	14	2	4	276	( 57)
Tohoku	15	70	10	13	54	38	13	56	5	13	-	1	288	( 96)
Kanto	22	69	17	18	43	40	8	48	9	25	2	3	304	( 350)
Chubu(East)	8	66	11	14	41	39	6	46	11	20	-	6	268	( 102)
Chubu(West)	19	59	15	10	40	41	8	47	8	18	1	2	268	( 124)
Kinki	15	64	17	18	49	43	7	50	9	17	1	3	293	( 183)
Chugoku	22	62	19	14	45	44	10	45	7	28	-	2	298	( 86)
Shikoku	8	73	10	10	50	40	8	35	10	23	-	15	282	( 40)
Kyushu	16	64	9	8	51	41	12	48	8	14	2	5	278	( 154)
Grades 1-9	17	49	21	8	47	46	6	45	11	16	2	7	275	( 261)
Grades 10-12	18	71	13	11	48	38	10	46	8	19	1	3	286	( 574)
College/University	16	71	11	24	41	43	8	54	6	24	1	3	302	( 352)

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