Mar 2023

EASSDA Newsletter
What is the EASS / EASSDA► What is the EASS?

► EASSDA (East Asian Social Survey Data Archive)

The East Asian Social Survey (EASS, http://www.eassda.org) is a biennialsocial survey project that aims to produce and disseminate academic survey
data sets in East Asia. As a cross-national network of the four General Social
Survey (GSS) type surveys in East Asia — the Chinese General Social Survey(CGSS), the Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), the Korean GeneralSocial Survey (KGSS), and the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS)— the EASS is dedicated to the promotion of comparative studies on diverse
aspects of social lives in East Asia. Launched in 2003, the EASS is one of the
few internationally coordinated social survey data collection efforts, and is truly
unique in its East Asian-focus.

In the 2008 General Meeting held in Tokyo, unanimous agreement was reachedagain to establish the East Asian Social Survey Data Archive (EASSDA), EASS’scentral data archive, at the Academy of East Asian Studies at the Sungkyunkwan
University, Seoul, Korea. The mission of EASSDA isto integrate, harmonize, andarchive data sets and related documentation of EASSmodule surveys so as todistribute and disseminate them to the social science
community all over the world. There was a total of 5,147 data applications and use
until 2022.

► FOCUS of the EASSThe EASS focuses on questions and issues that are commonly relevant to East
Asian societies, bringing them together into culturally and theoretically meaningful
topics for comparative research. Reliable data production is the key to meet suchends. The EASS emphasizes scientific rigor and cultural comparability in its datacollection.
The current institutions participating in the EASS, representing four East Asiansocieties (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), are all experienced in their largescale, GSS-type nationally representative sample surveys, and most of them arealso involved in other international collaborative social survey projects, notably theInternational Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
One of the most important methodological features of the EASS is that, insteadof being conducted as an independent survey, its topical modules are ordinarily
integrated into the preexisting survey framework of each country (i.e., CGSS,JGSS, KGSS, and TSCS), just like the ISSP module surveys are normallyconducted by their member countries. We believe that such a method greatly
widens the scope of data collection and analysis both within and across the East
Asian boundaries.

► BIRTH of the EASS
Principal investigators of GSS-type surveys in East Asia convened together for
the first time in Seoul in Nov. 2003 to discuss the possibility of establishing the
EASS. A unanimous agreement was reached to launch the EASS, a networkof survey research committed to facilitating the understanding of East Asia bymeans of standardized social surveys in the region. Since its inception, principal
investigators have worked very closely together to mold the ideas for the EASS,
resulting in the generation of working principles, modular topics and questionnaires,and finally data collection.

► OBJECTIVE of the EASSDAThe EASSDA intends to provide students and scholars in the social science
community with integrated EASS data sets. In doing so, the EASSDA endeavors
to enable and promote as many comparative studies as possible on diverse topics
and issues unique to East Asian society.

► ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)2013 could be recorded as one of the most significant and successful years in
the history of EASS as cumulative data sets for the EASS began to be depositedand archived, with full citations, for the first time in the ICPSR (Inter-University
Consortium for Political & Social Research; http:// www.icpsr.umich.edu), the oldest
and most recognized social-science data archive all around the world. Having
EASS datasets archived in the ICPSR means that EASS data usage and analysis
has extended significantly all over the world. Along with EASS datasets, GSStype survey datasets in each EASS-participating country (i.e., CGSS, JGSS, and
KGSS) were deposited and archived in 2013.

EASS MODULES (2006 / 2008 / 2010 / 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2018 / 2020)
As of March 2023, the EASS has conducted eight module surveys in

The fifth module was ‘Work Life in East Asia’ and the <Work> module

2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 respectively,

includes topics like work orientation, work-family balance, global

and now working on the harmonization of data in the 2020 modules.

economic crisis, social disparity and mobility, and entrepreneurship.

The first topical module was <Family in East Asia> (2006). In this

EASS members talked about this module as early as Nov. 2011 at themodule, the EASS paid special attention to several aspects of changing

Taipei General Meeting and finalized it in 2013 at the Beijing Generalfamilies, including fertility, aging, intergenerational support exchanges.

Meeting.

The module was developed by the collective endeavor of family

The first EASS module <Family>, was replicated in 2016 so thatspecialists in the societies during both 2004 and 2005. Finalized after

scholars can understand the continuity and changes of familial attitudes

repeated conferences, drafting meetings, and pretests in each country,

in these countries. As well, the second module <Globalization andthe topics for the <Family> module included marriage, divorce, gender-

Culture in East Asia > was replicated on 2018. And on 2020, the <roles, family lineage, intergenerational support relationships, familism,

Health> module had been replicated, and data generation is underway.

inheritance, gender preference, filial duty, family solidarity, conjugal

In particular, conferences and international conferences were held in

relations and power, division of labor in the family, work-family balance,

Seoul in February 2023 for the upcoming EASS <Social Networks >and so on. The integrated and harmonized <Family> module data has

module. The MOU between ESS and KGSS will also be concluded here

already been made readily available in the EASSDA and ICPSR websites, and it is expected that more countries will be able to conduct

and is now completely open to the public. Scholars whoparticipated in thecomparative research.

development of the module have presented a numberof cross-national
analysis results in a series of EASS conferences and meetings held inseveral different cities in East Asia (Osaka, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, andBeijing).
The second topical module was <Globalization and Culture in East
Asia> (2008). The <Culture> module contained numerous topics
including culture consumption, cultural perception, Confucian virtue,social identification, preference for culture and arts, social distance,
attitudetowards

foreignworkers

andinternational-marriage,

ethnocentrism, social network, and so forth. The data from the societies
was harmonized, archived, and released globally by the end of 2010.
The third module was named <Health in East Asia> (2010). The EASS
was intentionally linked to the <Environment> module of the 2010 ISSP
in order to maximize the synergy of fielding two modules at the same time
(Note that most EASS members are also ISSP members). Fielding for themodule was finished in all societies and the data was harmonized,
archived, and released globally by the end of 2012.
Included in the <Health> module is health status (self-rated health,hopelessness, symptoms, chronic illness, etc.), health-related behaviors(smoking, drinking, physical exercise, health checkup, etc.), care-giving
and taking, health and social security insurance, alternative medicine,social support and trust, environment, epidemiology, family care needand care management, mental breakdown, and so forth.
The topic for the EASS’s fourth module was decided as <Network Social
Capital in East Asia> (2012) during the Seoul meeting held in May 2010.
Experts on the module deliberated about the questionnaires both on- andoff-line in several meetings. The module was finalized at the General
Meeting in Taipei in Nov., 2011. Topics included in the module are social
capital (potential and mobilized), group and interpersonal connections,mobilization of social capital, social tolerance, social participation,
voluntaryactivities, collective efficacy, political participation, politicalinterest and efficacy, and social trust. The module was subsequently
fielded in 2012 and the data were archived by the end of 2014.

On EASS the homepage, there are questionnaires, the desired structureof the integrated file, variable names, variable labels, code numbers, valuelabels, definitions of missing values, and so on. http://www.eassda.org

GREETINGS FROM THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS► Greeting from the International Representative of the CGSS► Greeting from the Principal Investigator of the KGSS

Since its birth in 2003, the CGSS has been committed to the goals of

It is remarkable that the EASS has continued for more than 15 years sinceconducting high-quality household surveys with a nationally representative

the first EASS in 2006. It is not a small achievement at least for the KGSS as

sample and building a public data archive in China. Meanwhile, we are

there have been both funding difficulties and a transition in leadership. Fromprivileged in being able to collaborate via the EASS and will continue to2016 to 2018, the EASS in Korea was co-sponsored by Sungkyunkwan

contribute to this cross-society scholarly program in East Asia.

University and Seoul National University (Co-PI, Seok-ho Kim). From 2020,

On behalf of the CGSS, I extend my warmest greetings to the KGSS team for

Survey Research Center at Sungkyunkwan University solely conducted thetheir invaluable service to the EASS Data Archive. This archive will help

EASS as it from 2006 to 2014. Despite the KGSS could not conduct the 2014

sociologists and other social scientists around the globe to pursue a data- based

EASS module on “Work Life in East Asia,” Weidong Wang (China), Noriko Iwai

scientific analysis of social and cultural life of East Asia, a region of increasing(Japan), and Yang-chih Fu (Taiwan) generously understood the situation andstrategic importance to the world in the twenty-first century.

fully supported the KGSS in overcoming that difficult period of time. I am thankful
for their friendship and willingness to work together to sustain the EASS for the
global social science community that uses the data to learn more about East

Weidong Wang

Asian countries. As I write this, there are more than 5,000 requests from all over
the world for the EASS data. I thank all the users of the EASS. I genuinely hopeInternational Representative, CGSS
Executive Director, National Survey Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Renmin University of China

the social science community enjoys using the EASS as much as I enjoy
working with the EASS colleagues.
.

Jibum Kim

► Greeting from the Principal Investigator of the JGSS

PI, KGSS Director, Survey Research Center at the
Academy of East Asian Studies

Back in 1986 when I was studying at Stanford University, my supervisor

Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology

sighed about the lack of open data sources in Japan. More than 10 years later,

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

the JGSS project was launched at the initiative of Japanese researchers who
benefited from GSS data while studying abroad in the 1980s. We advocatedthe necessity of conducting General Social Surveys regularly in Japan andmaking the survey data available publicly, so that researchers who are unable
to participate in nationwide surveys can access the data for research andeducational purposes. We have carried out twenty nationwide surveys involving
nearly a hundred thousand respondents and published more than fifty
collections of research papers, academic books, and statistical textbooks so far.
The motto of the JGSS Research Center at Osaka University of Commerce is“openness,” “continuity,” “internationality,” and “innovation.” This motto reflects
the background behind the establishment of the JGSS project and the efforts
we have made. With this motto it was natural for the JGSS project to join the► Greeting from the Principal Investigator of the TSCS
We have conducted the TSCS project for more than 35 years, accumulatingnearly 130,000 successful face-to-face interviews in 62 surveys. The TSCS firstbecame a member of the International Social Survey Programme in 2002 and thenco-founded the East Asian Social Survey in 2003 together with three other teams.
As a member of these two international survey programs, we anticipate that we can
improve our surveys through exchanging experiences with other team members in
the EASS. For years to come we will continue to make efforts toward promoting
cross-cultural studies by engaging in various activities of the EASS.

EASS project. We sincerely hope that many scholars in the world utilize EASS
data and conduct comparative studies on diverse aspects of lives in East Asia.

Noriko Iwai

Yang-chih Fu

Director, JGSS Research Center

PI, TSCS, Distinguished Research Fellow,

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration,

Institute of Sociology,

Osaka University of Commerce, Japan

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS► Introduction and History of the CGSSThe CGSS was born in 2003. After three annual surveys, in 2006 it began incorporating EASS modules in its biennial surveys. The
researchers at CGSS have been very pleased with the collaboration among the four East Asian societies—China, Japan, Korea, andTaiwan—and have learned a great deal from their EASS friends. In the first three EASS modules (2006 <family>, 2008 <culture>, 2010
<health>), CGSS colleagues did not contribute as much as they should have due to the lack of scholarly expertise, though including China inthese modules has been of tremendous importance to the comparative value of the EASS data archive. In the 2012 module on network social
capital, however, the CGSS took the lead and wanted to make the highest contribution possible. For this module, a dozen nationally-known
CGSS Co-PI: Li, Lulu

experts on social networks and social capital teamed up to produce a module draft of scholarly and comparative significance.
For a research platform and a public data archive of less than ten years, the CGSS has gained ample scholarly fruits in its first wave (2003-

2008). The first wave was characterized by a close collaboration between the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the National Survey ResearchCenter of the Renmin University of China. Colleagues from both institutions recognized the long-term value of a CGSS project, combining their separate resources andpersonnel in conducting five surveys together (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008). Methodologically, we gained valuable experiences in national sampling, comparativeadvantages and disadvantages of different systems of survey implementation (through scholarly networks, government organizations, and marketing survey
companies), questionnaire design, and quality control measures and exercises. These experiences have been reported and analyzed in a widely circulated Chineselanguage book, Social Survey Research in Practice: Chinese Experiences and Analyses (Oxford [HK]), or the Chinese mainland version Social Survey Methods andTechniques: Chinese Experiences (Beijing: Social Science Academic Press), co-edited by Yanjie Bian, Lulu Li, and He Cai. Substantively, we have published numerous
journal articles on various issues based the CGSS surveys, which have been reflected in a research monograph and three edited books. Finally, the CGSS becamea public data archive in 2007, and so far 2003, 2005, and 2006 CGSS datasets have been available online. Since its inauguration of the website, we received 50 data
downloading requests aday, with 87% domestic and 13% international.
In 2010 the CGSS entered its second wave, of which our expectation became evenhigher. We have redrawn the sample, maintained the sample size of 10,000 households,
standardized our background variables, and established an international advisory committee
to oversee the quality of the CGSS. One persistent feature of future CGSS surveys will be toincorporate both EASS and ISSP modules in its biennial surveys. To our EASS colleagues,
we are truly looking forward to the mutually rewarding years ahead.

► Introduction and History of the JGSSThe Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS) research project started in the fall of 1998, and was designated as a “Key institute on the frontiers of academic
projects” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (hereafter MEXT) through 2 phases for 10 years. The JGSS Research Center at
Osaka University of Commerce was accredited by the Minister of MEXT as a Joint Usage/Research Center in October 2008, and renewed in April 2013 as wellas in April 2019. The designation of “Joint Usage/Research Center” is given to research institutions attached to universities that are recognized as being able to
make a meaningful contribution to academic development by sharing their resources with external researchers. At the JGSS Research Center, we invite social
scientists to submit research topics and conduct social surveys to collect data necessary to explore and investigate the selected topics.
The Center conducts the Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) on a nationwide basis
every two years to assist our research collaborators in analyzing the data obtained through thesurveys, and reporting research findings to the public. Additionally, we deposit the collected
data to data archives in Japan and overseas in order to share the data with researchers aroundthe world. Through these activities, the JGSS Research Center aims to promote researchcollaborations, both in Japan and overseas, deepen understanding of changes and the current
state of affairs in Japanese society, and to identify the position of Japanese society in the world.
JGSS developed the JGSS Data Download System as part of a research programcommissioned by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); JSPS Program forConstructing Data Infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences. JGSS data can be
downloaded at JGSS Data Download System (nii.ac.jp)

► Introduction and History of the KGSSThe Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) is a nationally representative academic social survey of Korean adults living in non-institutions. The
KGSS is the Korean version of the General Social Survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. The Survey Research Center (SRC)at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) conducts the KGSS annually (20032014) or biennially (2016 and after). Funded by the National Research
Foundation of Korea (NRF) from 2003 to 2014 and from 2020 to present andthe Academy of East Asian Studies at SKKU from 2003 to present, the
KGSS has interviewed 20,841 respondents and has collected 3,215
variables. Like the GSS-type surveys worldwide, the KGSS integrates thereplicating core questions and three cross-national research modules, suchas the International Social Survey Program (from 2003), the East AsianSocial Survey (from 2006), and the European Social Survey (from 2023).
The KGSS has become the most widely used social science data in Korea
to understand the stability and changes in Korean society in the 21st century.

► Introduction and History of the TSCS
The Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS) tracks the long-term trends of these changes and provides insight into them through national
representative survey data on various topics. Since the first nation-wide survey completed in 1985, this long-term, cross- sectional survey project
has followed 5-year cycles that rotate selective modules in order to capture the time-seriesof social changes. As of 2018, the TSCS has

accumulated 62 surveys. Many of these surveys carry repetitive modules that have run through up to six cycles of survey operations
The TSCS has been based at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. All survey data have been archived and are available for free andinstant download to the general public. Through this generous policy of data release, scholars and students have been able to employ thedata for their research and have made significant contributions to the scholarly world. In addition to following the data release policy and an opendoor policy that asks for survey modules and items from domestic scholars, the TSCS team also cooperates with the international community indesigning international comparative surveys. In 1996, the TSCS first participated in a three-society, comparative survey

projectwith China

and South Korea. Since the early 2000’s, the TSCS has been an active member in the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and theEast Asian Social Survey (EASS).

East Asian Social Survey Conference► 2023 East Asian Social Survey Conference

Successfully Held

Furthermore, there was a meaningful ceremony at the end of the first day. An
academic research exchange agreement (MOU) between Korea's KGSS and

The Survey Research Center of Sungkyunkwan University's East Asian

Europe's ESS was signed. Through this agreement, the KGSS is going to

Academy (Director Kim Ji-beom) held the 2023 East Asian Social Survey

cooperate with social survey organizations in Europe. As East Asian \andConference at Sungkyunkwan University's Suseon Hall on February 7-8. East

European ESS researchers pondered together on social research methods during

Asian Social Survey (EASS), the most prestigious social research association

the conference, cooperative research is expected to proceed positively.

in East Asia, marks its 21st anniversary this year. Researchers from societies
are participating: KGSS at Sungkyunkwan University's Survey Research Centerin Korea, CGSS at Renmin University of China, JGSS at Osaka Sangyo
University in Japan, and TSCS at Academy Sinica in Taiwan.

On the second day, the conference participants focused on the future
direction of EASS. There were various opinions on improvement of the EASS
questionnaire and operation policies. Professor Kim Ji-beom of Sungkyunkwan

A special guest – an ESS (European Social Survey) team led by Professor

University said, "I'm glad the conference went well. We will continue to strive

Rory Fitzgerald attended, as well as a CGSS team led by Professor Yuhong Zhu

for the development of EASS, and we hope that this conference will playof Renmin University, a JGSS team led by Professor Noriko Iwai of Osakaa key role that can promote such development." Professor Rory Fitzgerald ofSangyo University, and a TSCS team led by Professor Chyi-in Wu of Academy

the University of London, who led the ESS research team, said, "I’m pleased to

Sinica. More than 20 scholars in Korea attended and had enthusiastic academic

receive this much hospitality. Through the MOU with the KGSS,I hope thatexchange, including Professor Shim Jae-man, Professor Lee Yoon-seok,

academic exchanges get more activated in the future.”

Professor Choi Seul-ki, and Researcher Kwon Da-eun.

The first day of the conference had presentations by researchers participating
in EASS. The CGSS research team performed presentations such as "aDecade-long Shift in Chinese Psychological Distance from the Outside World,""Anxiety Related to Aging and Age Discrimination," and "Change in Family's
Fertility Attitude in China." The JGSS research team then presented topics suchas " Perspectives on the Government Policy and Fear of Infection on COVID-19
in Japan," "Social Isolation and Loneliness Felt by Japanese during the COVID19 Pandemic," "General Trust and Organizational Trust Changed in the COVID19 Epidemic," and "a Brief Introduction to the Nationality Survey in Japan."

Later, the Taiwan TSCS team presented "The Relationship between Social
Networks and Stock Investors in Taiwan," followed by the European ESS team's
presentation on "Introduction to European Social Survey and ESS's International
Partners." There was an announcement by Korean researchers for the closingof the first day's schedule, with in-depth discussions on topics such as"Classification of Familism in Korea," "Who Feels Depressed?" and"Commonalities and Differences in the COVID-19 Experiences of the Korean
People."DATA COLLECTION AND RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTSFirst-time EASSDA users are expected to create EASS accounts and log in. To obtain an(1) 2006 <Family> Data
The EASSDA released the data for
EASS’s 1st (2006) module, “Families in
East Asia,” on Jan. 1, 2009. The
integrated and harmonized data files are

EASSDA account, each user is required to provide personal information and create an ID
and password. EASSDA membership is available only to individuals. Individual members
include students, scholars, and researchers. To become a member, please fill out the User
Registration Form.

readily available after submitting theAfter logging in, the user is encouraged to fill out the Data Request Form. The EASSDA“DataRequest Form” on the website.

will review the submitted data request form and inform the user on how to access the EASS
data. Users should agree to the User Agreement after submitting the Data Request Form.

(2) 2008 <Culture> Data
Data for the EASS’s 2nd module,“Culture and Globalization in East Asia,”
was released Jan. 1, 2011 and theUsers can receive data from the EASSDA by direct download only.

harmonized file is available on thewebsite.
(3) 2010 <Health> Data
The EASS’s 3rd module, “Health inEast Asia,” was fielded in each of thesocieties and the data was released
globally Jan. 1, 2013.

(4) 2012 <Network Social Capital>Data
Questionnaires for the EASS’s 4th
module, “Network Social Capitalin East Asia,” were finalized in the 2011
General Meeting in Taipei, Nov.2011.
Fielding for the module was completed in2012 and the data sets were archived andreleased by Jan. 1st, 2015.
(5) 2014/ 2015 <Work> Module
The modular topic for the EASS’s 5th
module was decided to be ‘Work Life in
East Asia at the 2011 General Meeting(Taipei, Nov., 2011). Korea could notconduct the 2014 module.

(6) 2016 <Family> Module
The 2016 <Family> module was surveyed
with the same questions and additionalquestions as 2006.

(7) 2018 <Culture> Module
The 2018 <Culture> module was surveyed
with the same questions and additionalquestions as 2008.

(8) 2020 <Health> Module
The 2020 EASS module’s
harmonization is in progress.

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Data Access

Access to the studies’ descriptions, method reports, questionnaires,and other related documentation is free and does not requireregistration. However, in order to download the data sets, users are
expected to go through data access procedures shown below.

First-time EASSDA
users are encouraged tocreate an EASS accountand log into one’s own
account. To obtain an
EASSDA account, eachuser is required to provide
personal informationand create an ID andpassword.
EASSDA membershipis available only toindividuals. Individual
members include
students, scholars, andresearchers. To become amember, please fill out
the Registration Form.

After logging in, users
are expected to fill out theData Request Form. The
EASSDA will review thesubmitted data requests
ASAP and inform the user
on how to gain access to
EASS data.

Users are encouraged
to agree to the User
Agreement after
submitting the Data
Request Form. They canreceive data from the
EASSDA by means of adirect download only.

CONFERENCES (MAJOR)●

Dec. 2003. Representatives of JGSS, KGSS, TSCS Convened for the <EASS Preparation Meeting> at Sungkyunkwan Univ., Seoul, to Talk about Launching the EASS●

May. 2004. KGSS Proposed to Organize a Session “General Social Surveys in East Asia” at the IIS (International

Institute of Sociology) in Beijing● June. 2004. EASS Drafting Meeting (Family module) in Beijing●

Nov. 2004. EASS Inaugural General Meeting and Academic Conference in Seoul●

June. 2005. EASS Drafting Meeting (Family module) in Seoul●

Oct. 2005. EASS General Meeting in Osaka●

Nov. 2006. EASS General Meeting in Taipei

May. 2007. EASS Drafting Meeting (Culture module) in Taipei● July. 2007. EASS General Meeting in Hong Kong●●

Nov. 2007. EASS Drafting Meeting (Culture module) in Osaka●

Mar. 2008. Conference on “Data Archives and Their Prospects in East Asia” and EASS Drafting Meeting (Health module)in Tokyo● June. 2008. JGSS Symposium <Development on EASS: Result on 2006 Family Module> and EASS Drafting Meeting (Healthmodule) in Osaka●

Nov. 2008. KGSS-EASS Conference <Family and Social Life in East Asia> and EASS General Meeting in Seoul

May. 2009. EASS Drafting Meeting (Health module) in Beijing● Nov. 2009. EASS General Meeting and TSCS Seminar in Taipei●●

May. 2010. EASS Drafting Meeting (Network module) in Seoul●

July. 2010. EASS Organized Integrative Session in ISA World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg●

Nov. 2010. EASS General Meeting in Osaka●

May. 2011. EASS Drafting Meeting in Osaka

Sept. 2011. Joint Panel of EASS and Kyoto Univ. Global Center of Excellent Program in ISA RC06 Seminar in Kyoto● Sept. 2011. EASS Proposed and Organized a Panel in WAPOR Conference in Amsterdam●●

Nov. 2011. EASS General Meeting (Network module) in Taipei

June. 2012. JGSS Symposium and EASS Drafting Meeting in Osaka● Nov. 2012. EASS General Meeting in Xian●●May. 2013. EASS Drafting Meeting (Work Life module) and Conference in Seoul●

July. 2013. INSNA Conference in Xian

Oct. 2013. EASS General/Drafting Meeting (Work Life module) in Beijing● July. 2014. EASS General/Drafting Meeting (Work Life module) in Yokohama● July. 2014. EASS Organized Integrative Session in ISA World Congress of Sociology in Yokohama● Sep. 2015. EASS General Meeting and EASS Symposium in Taipei●

Apr. 2016. EASS General/Drafting Meeting (Family module) in Beijing● Nov. 2016. EASS Drafting Meeting (Culture module) and International Conference in Seoul● June. 2017. EASS Drafting Meeting (Culture module) in Osaka●●

Oct. 2017. EASS Organized a Session in Survey Research and the Study of Religion in East Asia in Washington D.C.

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July. 2018. EASS Organized a Session in ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto●

Oct. 2018. EASS General Meeting and EASS Symposium in Osaka.

●Nov. 2018. EASS 2018 General Meeting and Conference in Seoul● Aug. 2019. EASS Conference 2019 in Zhèng zhōu
● Jan. 2020. JGSS Symposium and EASS Drafting Meeting in Osaka● Sep. 2021. EASS Drafting Meeting (Network module) online● Feb. 2023. EASS 2023 Workshop and Conference in Seoul● June. 2023. EASS Organized National Association Sessionin ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne

MEMBERS OF PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS

Teams

Names

Affiliations

CGSS

BIAN, Yanjie

Professor, University of Minnesota, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science,
Xi’an Jiaotong University
EASS Secretariat for 2010-2011, <EASS 2012 Convener>,

LI, Lulu
HAO, Dahai
YANG, Juhua
WANG, Weidong
XIE, Guihua
HUANG, Yingying
Zhao Zhong
Tao Tao
Wang Yujun

JGSSTANIOKA, Ichiro
IWAI, Noriko

President, Professor, Osaka University of Commerce
Director, JGSS Research Center, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration,
Osaka University of Commerce

SHISHIDO, Kuniaki
NISHIKAWA,Kazuji
LIN, PingPing
HIRAO, Keiko
IKEDA, Ken’ichi
IWAI, Hachiro
KOHARA, Miki
OKABE, Takeshi
NAKAYA, Tomoki

Professor, Faculty of Public Affairs, Osaka University of Commerce
Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka University of Commerce
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Public Affairs, Osaka University of Commerce
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Shirayuri University
Professor, Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University
Faculty of Contemporary Sociology, Setsunan University

TSCS

Professor, School of International Public Policy, Osaka University

SASAKI, Takayuki

Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor, College of Policy Studies, Tsuda University

KIM, Jibum

Professor, Department of Sociology, Director, Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University

Kim, Seokho
Lee, Yun-Suk
Park, Won-ho
Choi, Seulki
Kang, Jeong-han
Kim, Changhwan
Sori Kim

Professor, Department of Sociology, Seoul National University
Professor, Department of Urban Sociology, University of Seoul
Professor, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Seoul National University
Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Professor, Department of Sociology, Yonsei University
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
Research Consultant, Gallup Korea

FU, Yang-chih
Wu, Chyi-In
Liao, Pei-Shan

TSCS Principal Investigator, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
TSCS Co-Principal Investigator, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
TSCS Co-Investigator, Center for Survey Research, Research Center for Humanities and Social
Sciences, Academia Sinica
TSCS-Co-Investigator, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica.
<EASS 2008 Convener>
Drafting Committee of EASS 2006 Family Module, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
EASS Secretariat for 2014-2015, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

SASAHARA,Kazutoshi

KGSSInternational representative and a member of advisory committee of CGSS
Professor, Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China
Professor, Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China
Professor, Center for Population and Development Studies, Department of Demography,
Renmin University of China
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China
Assistant Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China
Professor, School of Labor and Human Resource, Renmin University of China
Assistant Professor, National Survey Research Center, Renmin University of China
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China

TSAI, Ming-Chang
YI, Chin-Chun
CHANG, Chinfen

East Asian Social Survey Data Archive
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