The response rate of the census did not reach 40%, and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda called for cooperation October 2, 13:30
The response rate of the census, which is less than one week before the response deadline, is 36.2% as of 1st, which is about 7 points lower than the same period of the previous survey and 5 years ago.
At a press conference, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda repeatedly called for cooperation in the investigation.
The census, which is conducted once every five years for all people living in Japan, began accepting responses by mail from the 1st, following the responses on the Internet from the 14th of last month.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the response rate as of 1st was 36.2%, which is 7.3 points lower than the same period in the previous survey and 5 years ago.
The deadline for reply is 7th of this month, 5 days after both internet and mail.
At a press conference, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda said, "The response rate of the census tends to increase at the final stage every time, so I would like to make efforts to have as many people as possible respond until the end." I did.
In addition, he said, "I would like to increase the response rate on the Internet especially from the aspect of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus," and repeatedly called for cooperation in the survey.