15. How you feel about your life

15.1. Are you generally satisfied with your life?

  1. Very much

  2. Quite

  3. Moderately

  4. A little

  5. Not at all

15.2. Are you satisfied with your current society?

  1. Very much

  2. Quite

  3. Moderately

  4. A little

  5. Not at all

15.3. What is your general health like?

  1. Very good

  2. Good

  3. Fair

  4. Poor

  5. Very bad

15.4. Do you think you are in better shape physically than other people who are the same age as you?

  1. Younger

  2. A little younger

  3. Average

  4. A little older

  5. Older

15.5. Which class do you think your standard of living fall into?

  1. Upper

  2. Upper-middle

  3. Middle

  4. Lower-middle

  5. Bottom

15.6. How many times in the past month did you feel that your family doesn’t understand you?

  1. Many times

  2. Sometimes

  3. Rarely

  4. Never

15.7. How many times in the past month did you feel that there was too much to do in terms of household chores, childcare, and caring for the elderly?

  1. Many times

  2. Sometimes

  3. Rarely

  4. Never

15.8. Are you satisfied with your family’s current income?

  1. Very satisfied

  2. Almost satisfied

  3. A little dissatisfied

  4. Very dissatisfied

15.9. Are you satisfied with your family’s current expenses?

  1. Dissatisfied spending too much.

  2. Almost satisfied.

  3. Dissatisfied spending too little.

15.10. Are you satisfied with what your family is spending on?

  1. Quite satisfied

  2. Almost satisfied

  3. A little dissatisfied

  4. Quite dissatisfied

15.11. Do you keep your household accounts?

(Circle only one.)

  1. On a regular basis (every day or every week)

  2. Sometimes

  3. I kept them before but not anymore

  4. I have never kept my household accounts

15.12. Do you like to manage your family finances?

  1. Very much

  2. Somewhat

  3. Prefer no to

  4. Not at all

15.13. Do you feel that managing your family finances is your responsibility or obligation?

  1. Responsibility

  2. A kind of responsibility

  3. A kind of obligation

  4. obligation

15.14. What is your household’s spending this year compared with last year?

  1. Increased a lot

  2. Increased a little

  3. No change

  4. Decreased a little

  5. Decreased a lot

15.15. What do you think your household’s spending next year will be compared with this year?

  1. Increased a lot

  2. Increased a little

  3. No change

  4. Decreased a little

  5. Decreased a lot

15.16. How many times in the past month did you worry about your household’s finances?

  1. Many times

  2. Sometimes

  3. A very few times

  4. Never

15.17. What is your household’s income this year compared with last year?

  1. Increased a lot

  2. Increased a little

  3. No change

  4. Decreased a little

  5. Decreased a lot

15.18. What do you think your household’s income next year will be compared with this year?

  1. Increased a lot

  2. Increased a little

  3. No change

  4. Decreased a little

  5. Decreased a lot

15.19. How much do you think the Japanese economy will improve?

  1. It will improve a lot

  2. It will get somewhat better

  3. There will be no change

  4. It will get somewhat worse

  5. It will get much worse

15.20. Do you think you are happy or unhappy?

  1. I am very happy

  2. I am somewhat happy

  3. I am neither happy nor unhappy

  4. I am a little unhappy

  5. I am very unhappy

15.21. Were you satisfied with your life in general 10 years ago?

  1. Very much

  2. Quite

  3. Moderately

  4. A little

  5. Not at all

15.22. What standard of living did you have 10 years ago compared with that of the general public?

  1. Upper

  2. Upper-middle

  3. Middle

  4. Lower-middle

  5. Bottom

15.23. Please provide your thoughts on the following questions.

Agree

Somewhat agree

Somewhat disagree

Mostly disagree

Not sure

I can trust most people

1

2

3

4

5

I feel like I am left behind from what’s going on in society and the world

1

2

3

4

5

I willingly take on tasks that most people hate

1

2

3

4

5

Efforts are always rewarded someday

1

2

3

4

5

I try to enjoy my life now rather than think about the future

1

2

3

4

5

Do you think Japan is a society with large income inequality?

1

2

3

4

5

Do you think Japan is country that is easy to live in?

1

2

3

4

5

Do you think the Japanese government and the administration work hard to address new as well as difficult problems?

1

2

3

4

5

Saving plans often don’t work.

1

2

3

4

5

If there is something I want, I can’t resist purchasing it.

1

2

3

4

5

I want to save as much as I can in case of an emergency.

1

2

3

4

5

I am worried that I am saving less money than those around me.

1

2

3

4

5

I’m worried that I have less savings than I used to.

1

2

3

4

5

I think it would be better to have never had 100,000 yen than to unexpectedly lose 100,000 yen.

1

2

3

4

5

I was at risk of losing 10,000 yen for an unexpected reason, and I’m happy to say that I did not end up losing it after all.

1

2

3

4

5

I was supposed to receive 10,000 yen for an unexpected reason, and I’m sad to say that I did not receive it after all.

1

2

3

4

5

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