East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Families in East Asia, 2006

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Label

East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Families in East Asia, 2006

Creator

• Kim, Sang-Wook
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• Iwai, Noriko
• Chang, Ying-Hwa
• Li, Lulu

Author

• Chang, Ying-Hwa
• Li, Lulu
• Kim, Sang-Wook
• Iwai, Noriko

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• demographic characteristics
• economic conditions
• education
• employment
• family background
• family life
• family relations
• financial support
• health care
• income
• life satisfaction
• living arrangements
• marriage
• parents
• siblings
• spouses
• survey
• Brothers and sisters
• Economic history
• Families
• Medical care
• children
• class identity
• cultural values

Genre

• survey

Summary

The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is a biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of the following four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia: Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and comparatively examines diverse aspects of social life in these regions. Survey information in this module focuses on family dynamics and includes demographic variables such as the number of family members, the number of younger and older siblings, the number of sons and daughters, and whether family members are alive or deceased. Respondents were also queried about specific information pertaining to family members and children not co-residing with them, such as, sex and birth order, age, marital status, residence status, contact frequency, employment status, and relation to the respondent. Other information collected includes attitudes toward financial support from family members and how frequently financial and personal support was provided. Questions also include opinions regarding household chores, lifestyle preferences, health of respondent and parents, as well as family obligations. Quality of life questions addressed how satisfied respondents were as well as overall marital happiness. Demographic information specific to the respondent and their spouse includes age, sex, marital status, education, employment status and hours worked, occupation, earnings and income, religion, class, size of community, and region