According to a survey conducted in 2023 on gender equality in Japan, over 87 percent of respondents agreed to at least some extent that primary and junior high school students need to receive sufficient sex education. Just about one percent of survey participants fully disagreed that it is important to offer lessons on sex education to school children.
Opinion on whether children need to receive sufficient sex education in Japan as of April 2023
excluding high school students; single answer format
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
In the original question respondents were asked to which degree they agree with the following statement: "Primary and junior high school age students need to receive sufficient sex education".
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
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Dentsu Institute. (June 27, 2023). Opinion on whether children need to receive sufficient sex education in Japan as of April 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225669/japan-opinion-importance-sex-education-children/
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Dentsu Institute. (2023). Opinion on whether children need to receive sufficient sex education in Japan as of April 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225669/japan-opinion-importance-sex-education-children/
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