Asian Barometer
Principal Investigator(s):
Fu Hu, National Taiwan University. Department of Political Science;
Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica (Taiwan). Institute of Political Science
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Summary
The Asian Barometer survey program gathers public opinion data on political values, democracy, and governance throughout the region. The regional network includeds national research teams from Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews with randomly selected samples of respondents representing the adult population in each country. Topics addressed in each national survey concern economic conditions, social capital, political participation, partisanship, traditionalism, and trust in institutions.