Results of the 84th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (December 2020 Survey)
January 12, 2021
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan
Survey Outline
- Survey period : From November 6 to December 2, 2020.
- Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
- Sample size : 4,000 people (2,244 people [i.e., 56.1 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
- Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
- Survey methodology : Questionnaire survey (mail survey method).
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Have improved (A) | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
Have remained the same | 56.0 | 26.0 | 22.4 | 27.2 |
Have worsened (B) | 39.6 | 72.1 | 76.2 | 71.3 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) | -36.3 | -71.2 | -75.6 | -70.2 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Will improve (A) | 5.8 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 |
Will remain the same | 45.4 | 32.9 | 43.5 | 47.7 |
Will worsen (B) | 48.0 | 47.0 | 40.9 | 37.5 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) | -42.2 | -27.7 | -26.6 | -23.1 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Have become better off (A) | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
Difficult to say | 50.8 | 51.3 | 54.9 | 56.7 |
Have become worse off (B) | 42.2 | 42.6 | 38.8 | 38.1 |
D.I. (A) minus (B) | -36.1 | -37.6 | -33.3 | -33.9 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Have gone up significantly | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 9.2 |
Have gone up slightly | 53.2 | 52.1 | 55.8 | 51.3 |
Have remained almost unchanged | 32.4 | 32.4 | 29.2 | 34.6 |
Have gone down slightly | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
Have gone down significantly | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Will go up significantly | 6.1 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 6.3 |
Will go up slightly | 62.3 | 57.0 | 54.8 | 53.7 |
Will remain almost unchanged | 26.6 | 23.0 | 28.7 | 31.2 |
Will go down slightly | 3.5 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 7.2 |
Will go down significantly | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Know about it | - | 27.8 | - | 27.6 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | - | 46.4 | - | 43.9 |
Have never heard of it | - | 25.2 | - | 28.1 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Know about it | 20.7 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 20.2 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | 35.6 | 31.0 | 37.3 | 30.9 |
Have never heard of it | 42.9 | 48.9 | 42.8 | 48.4 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Know about it | 22.9 | 35.3 | 24.4 | 34.8 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | 37.6 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 38.7 |
Have never heard of it | 38.3 | 24.2 | 35.0 | 26.1 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Know about it | 14.2 | 19.1 | 14.3 | 17.6 |
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | 30.4 | 35.6 | 34.2 | 34.7 |
Have never heard of it | 54.1 | 44.5 | 50.7 | 47.1 |
81st survey (Mar 2020) |
82nd survey (Jun 2020) |
83rd survey (Sep 2020) |
84th survey (Dec 2020) |
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Confident | - | 13.7 | - | 14.7 |
Somewhat confident | - | 28.5 | - | 30.2 |
Difficult to say | - | 47.3 | - | 46.9 |
Not particularly confident | - | 6.9 | - | 5.3 |
Not confident | - | 2.1 | - | 2.0 |
Inquiries
Planning and Analysis Group, Public Relations Department
E-mail : prdmail@boj.or.jp