#9.1 Strong points of Japanese character (VIII (1988))

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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	Rational	2	Diligent	3	Free
4	Open, frank	5	Persistent	6	Kind
7	Original	8	Polite	9	Cheerful
10	Idealistic
11	Other(Specify)			12	D.K.

Target : VIII (1988)

	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	19	79	8	21	56	34	9	49	9	22	0	2	308	( 224)
Pop.:200K-	20	76	12	13	46	35	9	50	8	24	0	3	296	( 534)
Pop.:100K-	22	69	18	12	51	40	12	55	8	25	1	2	315	( 204)
Pop.:50K-	25	75	13	13	52	41	9	55	12	31	1	3	330	( 277)
Pop.:-50K	23	66	18	13	53	44	9	50	13	29	-	4	322	( 133)
Rural	22	64	19	9	49	38	11	45	9	29	1	3	299	( 486)
Hokkaido	16	63	11	8	41	36	8	53	9	28	-	6	279	( 100)
Tohoku	20	67	21	7	54	35	14	53	9	33	-	5	318	( 153)
Kanto	23	74	14	17	52	39	8	49	10	23	0	2	311	( 494)
Chubu(East)	25	72	10	12	50	37	9	51	12	24	2	2	306	( 187)
Chubu(West)	16	73	11	9	54	43	10	53	10	28	1	2	310	( 182)
Kinki	21	74	12	12	48	36	7	52	6	28	0	2	298	( 311)
Chugoku	26	71	22	14	47	34	14	48	11	27	1	8	323	( 134)
Shikoku	27	63	22	15	46	30	13	40	7	27	-	2	292	( 82)
Kyushu	20	72	15	12	49	41	13	47	10	28	1	2	310	( 215)
Grades 1-9	20	54	21	8	53	50	9	51	17	30	1	5	319	( 584)
Grades 10-12	23	77	14	13	50	32	11	48	7	29	0	2	306	( 825)
College/University	20	84	6	19	46	33	8	52	5	17	1	2	293	( 434)

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