According to a survey conducted in 2023 on gender equality in Japan, around 70 percent of respondents were at least to some extent in support of making emergency contraceptives available at pharmacies. Only 1.5 percent of survey participants fully disagreed with allowing pharmacies to sell the morning-after pill in Japan.
Opinion on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies 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 concepts that have not yet been accepted in Japan: "Sale of emergency contraceptives (morning-after pill) at pharmacies".
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 emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/
Dentsu Institute. "Opinion on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023." Chart. June 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/
Dentsu Institute. (2023). Opinion on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/
Dentsu Institute. "Opinion on Whether Emergency Contraceptives Should Be Sold at Pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/
Dentsu Institute, Opinion on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Opinion on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold at pharmacies in Japan as of April 2023 [Graph], Dentsu Institute, June 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225716/japan-opinion-pharmacies-selling-morning-after-pill/