Table 1 Participation of schools

Hokkaido

3/8

4/9

5/9

Shiga

0/3

2/3

2/2

Aomori

0/2

1/2

1/2

Kyoto

2/4

1/4

0/5

Iwate

3/4

3/4

4/4

Osaka

5/15

3/16

4/15

Miyagi

2/4

2/4

4/4

Hyogo

2/10

4/10

7/9

Akita

0/2

0/2

1/2

Nara

1/2

2/3

0/2

Yamagata

1/2

1/2

0/2

Wakayama

0/2

1/2

0/2

Fukushima

1/4

4/4

4/4

Tottori

1/1

0/1

0/1

Ibaraki

3/5

4/5

3/5

Shimane

0/1

1/1

0/1

Tochigi

3/3

2/3

3/3

Okayama

1/3

0/3

1/3

Gunma

3/4

4/4

3/3

Hiroshima

3/5

3/5

3/5

Saitama

6/12

2/12

8/11

Yamaguchi

1/2

1/2

1/2

Chiba

7/10

8/10

8/9

Tokushima

0/1

1/1

0/1

Tokyo

5/18

9/19

8/19

Kagawa

0/2

2/2

2/2

Kanagawa

7/15

3/15

4/12

Ehime

1/2

2/2

1/2

Niigata

2/4

4/4

2/4

Kochi

0/1

1/1

1/1

Toyama

1/2

0/2

1/2

Fukuoka

1/9

6/9

5/8

Ishikawa

2/2

0/2

0/2

Saga

0/2

0/2

1/2

Fukui

0/1

1/2

1/1

Nagasaki

2/2

1/3

3/3

Yamanashi

1/1

1/2

2/2

Kumamoto

1/3

2/3

2/3

Nagano

4/4

2/4

1/4

Oita

0/2

0/2

1/2

Gifu

1/4

1/4

2/4

Miyazaki

0/2

0/2

1/2

Shizuoka

2/6

2/7

3/6

Kagoshima

3/3

1/3

1/3

Aichi

8/13

5/14

5/12

Okinawa

2/3

2/3

2/3

Mie

2/3

1/3

1/3

Unknown

1/–

3/–

4/–

Total approached (n)

Total participated (n)

Response rate (%)