| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0772 |
| Survey Title | Waseda and Yomiuri Joint-Survey on Social Expectations in Japan (Waseda-PAPI2009), 2009 |
| Depositor | W-CASI (Waseda Computer-Assisted Self-administered Interview) Research Project 2009 (Former Name:W-CASI Research Project 2009) |
| Restriction of Use |
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| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| SSJDA Data Analysis | Not available |
| Summary |
This survey comprises a national opinion poll conducted by the 2009 W-CASI Study Group (representative: Aiji Tanaka) from February 7 to March 1, 2009 with the cooperation of the public opinion poll department of Yomiuri Shimbun. The purpose of this survey was to clarify the political behavior, social consciousness, and political attitude of voters in normal times by preparing a wide range of question items on topics such as elections and politics, life circumstances, Japan’s economy, support for political parties, affiliation to organizations, etc. In addition, this study group has been conducting national opinion polls on a continuous basis, mainly during national elections, since 2003. The survey time and survey names of each survey are as follows: Survey name Survey of Attitudes toward the Open Society (JSS-GLOPE2003-04) Survey period 1st and 2nd wave: October - November 2003 3rd and 4th wave: June - July 2004 Survey name Survey on the social and political consciousness of Japanese people in the 21st century (GLOPE2005-07) Survey period 1st wave: November 2005 2nd wave: February 2007 Survey name Survey on Social Attitudes and the Upper House Election in Japan (Waseda-CASI&PAPI 2007) Survey period 1st wave: June - July 2007 2nd wave: August - September 2007 Survey name Waseda and Yomiuri Joint-Survey on Social Expectations in Japan (Waseda-PAPI2009) Survey period February - March 2009 Survey name Waseda and Yomiuri Joint-Survey on Social Expectations and the General Election in Japan (Waseda-CASI&PAPI 2009) Survey period 1st wave: August 2009 2nd wave: September 2009 Survey name “Waseda and Yomiuri Joint-Survey on Social Expectations and the Upper-House Election in Japan (Waseda-CASI2010) Survey period 1st wave: June - July 2010 2nd wave: July - August 2010 |
| Data Type | quantitative research quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Men and women aged 20 years and older in Japan |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
Target sample size: 2,280 Substantial sample size: 2,276 Number of valid responses: 1,078 Valid response rate: 47.4％ (the ratio of the number of valid responses to substantial sample size) |
| Date of Collection |
2009-02-07 ~ 2009-03-01 2009/02/07 – 03/01 |
| Time Period |
2009 ~ 2009 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan Japan |
| Sampling Procedure |
Probability: Stratified
Probability: Multistage
Two-stage stratified random sampling (Mainly from the voter registration lists, partly from the Basic Resident Register) |
| Mode of Data Collection | PAPI (Paper and pencil interview) |
| Investigator | 2009 W-CASI Study Group, survey carried out by Nippon Research Center Ltd. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0772 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | 【 Questionnaire |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Voting and political participation: political activity experience (voting/candidacy/electoral campaign support, etc.), affiliation to organizations/groups, party to vote for in the proportional-representation constituency (2) Expectations for society and politics: interest in politics, satisfaction level with politics, important policy items and evaluation of government’s efforts in addressing them, opinion on the relationship between citizens and elections/politics (3) Attitudes toward a political party supported and policy issues in the elections: emotional temperature in relation to political parties/nonpartisans, political party supported, support for the current administration (Aso Cabinet), political position (conservative or progressive), position on the amendment to the constitution, evaluation of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party, opinion on political events (liberalization of import of agricultural products, expansion of income inequality due to globalization, etc.) (4) Knowledge and evaluation of politics: subscription to newspapers, Internet use, current life circumstances and government’s responsibility, evaluation on the economic conditions and government’s responsibility, knowledge of justice/public administration, current duties of politicians, utility of political parties/elections/the Diet. (5) Respondent’s attributes: gender, age, residence, highest level of educational attainment, income, occupation/work status (of respondent/main provider of the household) *For details of survey items, please refer to the questionnaire |
| Date of Release | 2014/05/13 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Elections Political behaviour and attitudes Social behaviour and attitudes |
| Topics in SSJDA | Politics/Administration/Election Society/Culture |
| Version | 1 ： 2014-05-13 |
| Notes for Users |
Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. Codebooks in English are to be available from the following website. http://www.waseda-pse.jp/gse/jp/gcoe/w-casi.html"> Datasets are to be deposited to the ICPSR data archive. |