| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0774 |
| Survey Title | Waseda and Yomiuri Joint-Survey on Social Expectations and the Upper-House Election in Japan (Waseda-CASI2010), 2010 |
| Depositor | W-CASI (Waseda Computer-Assisted Self-administered Interview) Research Project 2010 (Former Name:W-CASI Research Project 2010) |
| 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 |
The purpose of this survey is to clarify the political behavior, social consciousness, and political attitude of voters in the Upper House election through a two-wave national opinion poll (panel survey, CASI system) using laptop computers during the 2010 Upper House election. The main feature of this survey is that it adopted a public opinion poll method using laptop computers called CASI (Computer Assisted Self-Administered Interview). One of the advantages of respondents directly inputting their responses into laptop computers is the ability to more accurately investigate “socially desirable” questions such as on voting and privacy. As principal survey items, we set up “voting and political participation,” “expectations for society and politics,” “attitude toward political party supported and policy issues in the election,” “knowledge and evaluation of politics,” and “respondent’s attributes.” *There are survey items that are common to the pre-election survey and the post-election survey, as well as survey items that are different. In addition, this research group has been conducting national opinion polls on a continuous basis, mainly during national elections, since 2003. The survey period of each survey and survey names are as described below. Survey name Public Opinion Survey on Open Society in Japan (JSS-GLOPE2003-04) Survey period 1st and 2nd wave: October - November 2003 3rd and 4th wave: June - July 2004 Survey name Survey on Japanese Social and Political Attitudes 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: micro data |
| Universe | Men and women aged 20 years and older in Japan |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size |
[Pre-election] Target sample size: 3,200, number of valid responses: 1,433, response rate: 44.8% [Post-election] Target sample size: 1,433, number of valid response: 1,160, response rate: 80.9% |
| Date of Collection |
2010-06-19 ~ 2010-07-10 Pre-election and post-election surveys on the 2010 Upper House election (Public announcement: June 24, 2010; election day: July 10, 2010 ) ［Pre-election survey］ 2010/06/19 – 07/10 ［Post-election survey］ 2010/07/18 – 08/16 |
| Time Period |
2010 ~ 2010 |
| 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) ［Pre-election survey］ 160 sites ［Post-election survey］ 160 sites |
| Mode of Data Collection |
Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI)
CASI system ( A public opinion poll method which respondents input their responses into laptops provided by interviewers ) for both pre-election and post-election surveys The CASI survey program is published at the following URL: http://www.waseda-pse.jp/gse/jp/gcoe/w-casi.html http://www.cinaic.jp/survey |
| Investigator | 2010 W-CASI Study Group, survey carried out by Nippon Research Center Ltd. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0774 |
| 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 |
――――――――――――――――――― Pre-election survey (June-July 2010) ――――――――――――――――――― (1) Access to information/political interest - Watching TV news and subscribing to newspapers, Internet use, political interest (2) Recognition and support of candidates and political parties - Recognition of candidates and political parties of the Upper House election in 2010, emotional temperature (candidates, political parties, nonpartisans, party leaders), support for parties, support for the Cabinet, satisfaction with politics (3) Expectations for society and politics - Current and future living conditions, current and future Japanese economy, impact of Government’s policies on living conditions and Japanese economy (4) Knowledge and evaluation of politics - Knowledge about justice/public administration/legislation, perception of individual politicians and cabinet ministers (5) Attitudes toward political party supported and policy issues in the election - Opinion about politics, desirable distribution of power (Upper House and Lower House), the whole concept of coalition government when the Liberal Democratic Party or Democratic Party is in office, recognition and evaluation of the importance of the government’s individual policies (defense, diplomacy, economy, status/social advancement of women, local autonomy, etc.) (6) Political position - The political position of the respondent and each political party (whether conservative or progressive), the importance and approval/disapproval of each political issue (strengthening of the Japan-U.S. Alliance, consumption tax increase, voting rights for foreigners) (7) Thoughts and evaluation of the Democratic Party and Liberal Democratic Party - Expectation level, disappointment level, evaluation of ability to hold the reins of government, evaluation of the Cabinet (8) Voting and political participation - Perspective on elections, opinion on the relationship between citizens and elections/politics, plan for voting in the 2010 Upper House election (whether or not respondent will vote, single-member district and proportional-representation district), whether voted in the previous 2009 Upper House election (9) Attributes of the subject - Gender, birth month and year, current type of residence/years at residence, highest level of educational attainment, income, occupation and work status of respondent and household head ――――――――――――――――――― Post-election survey (July-August 2010) ――――――――――――――――――― (1) Access to information/political interest - Newspaper subscriptions, Internet use (2) Attitudes toward political party supported and policy issues in the election - Whether or not respondent voted in the Upper House election, candidate/party respondent voted for (candidate in the electoral district and proportional representation district), timing for deciding whom to vote for, canvassing from candidates/parties (whether or not approached, method) (3) Attitudes and expectations for politics and society - Emotional temperature for each party, trust in various organizations/groups/institutions, trust in others, goals of Japan in the next ten years, party respondent feels close to (4) Political participation - Voting/running as a candidate/assisting a campaign during election, political party activities, contacts and communications with national Diet members/local assembly members, participation in protests and rallies, referendums, etc. (5) Affiliation to organizations/groups - Whether or not affiliated with organizations/groups (residents’ associations/neighborhood associations, PTAs, fellow trading member association, labor unions, Co-ops/consumer organizations, volunteer organizations, resident movement organizations, religious organizations, etc.), encouragement to vote by organizations/groups (6) Elections and the media - Media watched and subscribed to in regard to elections and their types (newspapers, TV news, tabloid talk show, manifestos/election bulletins), TV programs (by program, by time slot) watched in relation to the Upper House election, watching status and image of variety programs (7) Perspective on the pension system and taxes - Desirable pension system/format, forecast for the Japanese economy in 50 years, trust in the pension system, relationship between the service offered by the country and taxes (8) Respondent’s attributes - Gender, birth month and year *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 available from the following website.http://www.waseda-pse.jp/gse/jp/gcoe/w-casi.htmlDatasets are to be deposited to the ICPSR data archive. Data presented as follows: - wC10-Main_Ver1 (Pre and post-election data) - wC10-Time_Ver1 (Time data: response time, interrupted time) - wC10-Sequence_Ver1 (Responding order data: order to randomly represent alternatives, selection order of questions with multiple answers) - wC10-Error_Ver1 (Error data) |