Table 1 About the Japanese general social surveys
From: The impacts of recent smoking control policies on individual smoking choice: the case of Japan
Year | Month | Form | Number of respondents | Number of valid responses | Response rate 3) | Smoking rates 4) | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Total 1) | Regular respondents 2) | Â | Â | Total | Male | Female |
1999 | March | (Pilot survey, Tokyo) |  380 | 380 | 159 | 43.8% | 37.0%5) |  |  |
|  |  | (Pilot survey, Osaka) |  374 | 374 | 151 | 43.3% |  |  |  |
1999 | October -November | (Pilot survey) | 1,277 | 1,200 | 790 | 65.0% |  34.0% | 56.6% | 14.6% |
2000 | October -November |  | 4,719 | 4,498 | 2,893 | 64.9% |  31.5% | 50.0% | 15.9% |
2001 | October -November |  | 4,822 | 4,498 | 2,790 | 63.1% |  29.5% | 47.3% | 14.0% |
2002 | October -November |  | 5,354 | 5,000 | 2,953 | 62.3% |  28.7% | 47.3% | 12.8% |
2003 | October -November | A | 4,039 | 3,578 | 1,957 | 55.0% |  25.8% | 42.9% | 12.1% |
| Â | October -November | B | 4,044 | 3,622 | 1,706 | 48.0% | Â | Â | Â |
2005 | August -November |  | 4,500 | 4,500 | 2,023 | 50.5% |  26.4% | 41.6% | 13.8% |
2006 | October -December | A | 4,002 | 4,002 | 2,124 | 59.8% |  25.1% | 39.0% | 12.2% |
| Â | October -December | B | 3,998 | 3,998 | 2,130 | 59.8% | Â | Â | Â |
2008 | October -December | A | 3,997 | 3,997 | 2,060 | 58.2% |  24.5% | 39.3% | 11.0% |
| Â | October -December | B | 4,003 | 4,003 | 2,160 | 60.6% | Â | Â | Â |
2009 | January -March | (Special survey) | 6,000 | 6,000 | 2,727 | 51.1% | Unpublished | ||
2010 | February -April | A | 4,500 | 4,500 | 2,507 | 62.2% | Unpublished | ||
| Â | February -April | B | 4,500 | 4,500 | 2,496 | 62.1% | Unpublished | ||