| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0145 |
| Survey Title | Social Networks and Voting Behavior, 1993 |
| Depositor | The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) Japanese Team |
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| Summary | Today's media trends in a multi-media age and changes in social networks--called "intermediary" when combined--constitute crucial parameters regulating people's consciousness and behavior. The Cross-National Election Project (CNEP) began in 1987 with the emergence of the political culture approach to the study of voting behavior--a new current emphasizing sociological intervening variables as opposed to the conventional Michigan School approach emphasizing psychological ones. The project is large on scale and encompasses more than a decade in duration. Its essential features lie in (1) the measurement and comparison of voting behavior in Japan, the United States, Britain, and Germany by using a common questionnaire as well as a common theoretical framework; (2) the adoption of the "intermediary" theory as the common theoretical framework; and (3) the through discussion among the project members from the four countries in an effort to bring about the closest comparison possible. This Japanese survey project, a part of the broader cross-national project, consists of three surveys: a Tokushima City's mayoral election survey, a Chiba Prefecture's gubernatorial election survey, and a national survey of a House of Representatives election. The first two are preliminary. The three surveys used a common questionnaire and more or less the same methods. For the locals ones, however, the questionnaire was also applied to the respondents' spouses. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe |
[Nationwide Survey] Men and women 20 years of age and over. [Tokushima and Chiba Surveys] Men and women 20 years of age and over, and their spouses. |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
[National Survey] 1,333 returned valid responses. [Tokushima Survey] A sample of 800, of whom 578 (72.3%) returned valid responses. A sample of 456 spouses, of whom 362 (67.1%) did the same. [Chiba Survey] A sample of 800, of whom 537 (67.1%) returned valid responses. A sample of 456 spouses, of whom 320 (72.4%) did the same. |
| Date of Collection |
1993-07-15 ~ 1993-07-17 [National Survey] July 15-17, 1993 (or a 3 day period preceding the July 18 Lower House election). [Tokushima Survey] February 14-20, 1993 (or a week period preceding the February 21 mayoral election). [Chiba Survey] March 5-13, 1993 (or a week period preceding the March 14 gubernatorial election). |
| Time Period |
1993 ~ 1993 |
| Spatial Unit |
chiba
[National Survey] Nationwide [Tokushima Survey] Tokushima City [Chiba Survey] Chiba Prefecture |
| Sampling Procedure |
Probability: Simple random
Non-probability: Quota
[National Survey] Quota method. 200 localities were selected and about 10 respondents were allocated to each. [Tokushima Survey] Random sampling [Chiba Survey] Random sampling |
| Mode of Data Collection |
[National Survey] Face-to-face interview [Tokushima and Chiba Surveys] Face-to-face interviews for respondents and self-administered questionnaires for their spouses. |
| Investigator | CNEP Japanese Team (Hiroshi AKUTO and 10 others) |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0145 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Hiroshi Akuto (January 2000) Sosharu nettowaku to tohyo kodo (Social Networks and Voting Behavior), Mokutakusha. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Zenkoku Chosa-hyo][Tokushima Chosa-hyo][Chiba Chosa-hyo] |
| Major Survey Items |
[Demographic items] Sex; marital status; age; occupation; education; number of household members; number of years in current dwelling place; annual household income; self-evaluation of living standard; type of dwelling. [Questionnaire items] Number of network partners and their relations; parties Respondent expects personal network partners to vote for; amount of political conversation and conversation partners; relationship between frequency of contact and political conversations; evaluation of political knowledge; degree of political opinion disagreement; five types by voting consciousness; newspaper R reads most frequently and its favorite parties; access to TV news programs and their favorite candidates' parties; social and personal networks (most important group/organization and its voting request to R, voting intentions of people R talked with about important issues in past 6 months); expectations about the election result to come; political regime desired, etc. |
| Date of Release | 2000/04/26 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Elections Social behaviour and attitudes |
| Topics in SSJDA | Politics/Administration/Election Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 2000-04-26 |
| Notes for Users | Data Sets are written in Japanese. |