Survey

The General Public's Awareness and Interest in the Paralympics in Japan and in Some Selected Countries after the Rio 2016 Games: A Summary of Results of a Second Survey Conducted by The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Research Group 

In 2014, The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Research Group conducted its first social survey on "The General Public's Awareness and Interest in the Paralympics in Japan and in Some Selected Countries ," covering as its main topics awareness and interest in the Paralympics, interest in participating in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as volunteers, and expectations for the Tokyo Games.

Based on this, a second survey was carried out to address how awareness and interest in the Paralympics had changed subsequent to the Rio 2016 Games, and in order to promote education on the Paralympics, find out the current status in each country of education for understanding disabilities, including how the Paralympics affected education for understanding disabilities. The objectives of the second survey were to understand changes after 2014, particularly after the Rio 2016 Games, in national and international general public conditions and awareness with respect to the Paralympics and disability sports, and to identify issues based on chronological changes and international comparison to compile basic materials for future public awareness and educational activities.

In addition to the six countries targeted in the first survey - Japan, the U.S., Australia, South Korea, Germany, and France - coverage for this public opinion survey was expanded to a total of 13 countries including China, the UK, and Brazil, who had hosted the Paralympic Games subsequent to the first survey, and the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, who have been strengthening their disability sports initiatives in recent years.

Answers were obtained via the internet from male and female questionnaire respondents aged between 20 and 69, registered with a major research company in Japan and its overseas affiliates. Responses were collected from 7,500 respondents (1,560 in Japan and approximately 500 from each other country).

Outline (Japanese only)
Summary (Japanese only)
Country-wise Comparison (Japanese only)
Questionnaire (Japanese only)