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Description & Citation--Study No. 20420

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:20420
 
Title:AsiaBarometer, 2004
 
Principal Investigator(s):Takashi Inoguchi, Chuo University
 
Funding Agency:Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
 
Bibliographic Citation:Inoguchi, Takashi. ASIABAROMETER, 2004 [Computer file]. Conducted by Shin Joho Center, Tokyo, Japan. ICPSR20420-v1. Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture [producer], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-09-14.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The AsiaBarometer, 2004 represents a cross-national effort to study the lives of the peoples of East and Southeast Asia on physical, psychological, and sociological dimensions. The project was designed to capture the extent to which respondents experience the affective and cognitive qualities of life, focusing on their assessments of their own lives as well as their relationships to family, neighborhood, workplace, social institutions, political institutions, and the marketplace. Attitudes toward development, democracy, and regionalization were examined, as were the types of goods and services desired and consumer habits. Respondents were queried on their overall personal satisfaction as well as their satisfaction with their friendships, family life, marriage, standard of living, housing, household income, health, education, neighbors, job, leisure time, public safety, the condition of the environment, the social welfare system, and the political system. Data were gathered on the respondents' personal priorities and those they had for their children, as well as their level of trust in others, their inclination to help others, and what characteristics and affiliations they used to identify themselves. Respondents were asked to rate the efficacy of their national governments in handling the economy, political corruption, human rights, unemployment, crime, public services, immigration, ethnic conflict, religious conflict, and environmental problems. Additional questions asked whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, what type of political systems respondents favored, and the extent to which the national government, the local government, the army, the legal system, the police, the national legislative branch (e.g., Parliament, Congress), the public education system, large domestic companies, multinational companies, trade/labor unions, the media, and other nongovernmental organizations (e.g., environmental, social advocacy groups, and nonprofit organizations) could be trusted to operate in the best interests of society. Participants were asked which macro-socioeconomic issues they were most concerned with and what matters they believed the government should spend more or less on. Respondents were polled on their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, the inclusiveness of the government, and their perspectives on the importance of political and electoral participation. Additional questions addressed respondent exposure to and opinions of foreign companies, peoples, governments, and cultures. Market analysis inquiries included what products respondents owned, planned to own in the near future, or desired to own, as well as what consumer services they had used or would like to use. Respondents were asked about their modes of transportation, their current types of residence, whether or not they planned to own their own residences, and the availability of public utilities. Respondents were surveyed on what foreign and domestic companies they were familiar with and which forms of media they used to obtain consumer and political information. Background information includes age, sex, occupation, employment status, household income, family structure, number of people in household, number of children, education, marital status, English proficiency, religious affiliation, and religious participation.
 
Subject Term(s):adoption, consumer attitudes, cultural identity, democracy, economic conditions, economic development, family life, family relationships, government corruption, government performance, job satisfaction, life plans, markets, national identity, national interests, neighborhoods, political attitudes, political participation, political systems, pollution, public confidence, public opinion, public utilities, quality of life, religious attitudes, social attitudes, standard of living, trust in government
 
Smallest Geographic Unit:county
 
Geographic Coverage:Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Global
 
Time Period:October 11, 2004 - April 28, 2005
 
Date(s) of Collection:October 11, 2004 - April 28, 2005
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Citizens between the ages of 20 and 59 in ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and three countries in Northeast Asia: Japan, South Korea, and China.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Due to the size of the variable names (greater than eight characters), several variables have been renamed. Please refer to the "Processing Notes" section in the ICPSR codebook for more information. (2) Special collaborator: Nippon Research Center, Tokyo, Japan (responsible for data cleaning).
 

Methodology

Sample:For each country, various forms of sampling (multistage, stratified, clustered, national probability) were used. Please review the "Fieldwork Report" section in the ICPSR codebook for further details about sampling by country.
 
Mode of Data Collection:face-to-face interview
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2007-09-14
 

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