v1   EASS Study Year v2  Country/Region v3   Respondent Number
A. Social Networks
A1. Are you a member of the following organizations or groups? If so, please indicate whether you are actively involved or not. [Note: A membership includes both online and offline activities.]

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A2-1. Among the organizations/groups you mentioned in A1, in which of them did you participate most actively in the last 12 months? [Circle one] 2. B 3. C 1. A 4. D 5. E 6. F 7. G 8. H 9. I 10. None of them Note: Since the questionnaire of KGSS does not include "10: None of them," we cannot distinguish "None of them" from "DK, refused." Those Korean respondents who did not choose any options among 1 through 9 are given a new code of "77 KR: Either 'None of them’ or ‘DK, refused’ is unknown.”]
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A2-2. Of this organization/group, which of the following best describes the relationships among the members? [Circle one] 1. There are clear authority lines between superiors and subordinates 2. There are superiors and subordinates, but members rotate in those roles 3. There are not clear authority lines, and members are mostly equal to each other 4. Members are fundamentally equal to each other
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A2-3. Are members in this organization/group different from each other in the way they think and do things? [Circle one] 1. Almost all members are similar to each other 2. There are more members who are similar than those who are different. 3. There are more members who are different than those who are similar. 4. Almost all members are different from each other 1
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A3-1. On an ordinary day, with how many family members or relatives, excluding those who live with you, do you have contact through telephone, mails, internet, or face-to-face? Your best estimate is: 1. O 3. 3-4            4. 5-9 2. 1-2 5. 10-19 6. 20-49 7. 50-99         8. 100 or more 88. DK V17 A3-2. On an ordinary day, with how many people other than family members or relatives do you have contact through telephone, mails, internet, or face-to-face? Your best estimate is: 2. 1-2 1.0 5. 10-19 6. 20-49 7.50-99 8. 100 or more 88. DK V18 A3-3 Among nonkin contacts with whom you frequently socialize, which of the following best describes social characteristics of these people? From your viewpoint, [Circle one] 1. You have contact more with people who are socially higher than those who are lower. 2. The majority of people with whom you have contact are socially equivalent to you. 3. You have contact more with people who are socially lower than those who are higher. Note: TSCS does not ask A3-3 for those who do not have nonkin contacts with whom he or she frequently socialize (v17=0). A4. Do you have any relatives, friends, or acquaintances that fit the following occupational descriptions? An
V29 A5-1 Do you have relatives, friends, or acquaintances in a foreign country? 1 Yes 2 No V30 A5-2 Do you have acquaintances of foreign origin? [Foreign origin means the person is not a legal citizen of your country] 1 Yes 2 No V31 A6-1. During the process of getting your current/last job, how many people (relatives, friends, or acquaintances) helped you in all kinds of ways, e.g., telling you job opportunities, putting a good word for you, etc. If you do not work for pay at this time, please tell us about your last main paid job. Never has had a job    [SKIP to A7-1] [SKIP to A7-1] 0 1__2__3__4__5__6 or more V32 A6-2. Were the kinds of help provided useful to getting/securing your job? 1. No 2. Yes, to some extent 3. Yes, to a great extent 9. Not applicable V33 A7-1. How often do you go out to eat or drink with three or more nonkin others? 1. Never [→SKIP to A8] 4. Often 5. Very often 2. Few 3. Sometimes A7-2. Do the following situations occur to these occasions? V34 1. Someone with special status often speaks first 1 yes V35 2. One or two people often dominate the conversation 1 yes 3. Seating is often carefully managed even on informal occasions        1 yes V36
V37 A7-3. How often do you meet new friends on these occasions? (2) Few (3) Sometimes (4) Often (5) Very often (1) Never A8. When people encounter problems, they may go to formal and informal channels for help. In dealing with the following problems that occurred to you last time, tell me the one channel from which you sought help first. [This is about respondent's actual experience, not hypothetical situation.] 1. Co-residence family; 2. Other relatives; 3. Work colleagues; 4. Neighbors; 5. Friends; V38 V39 V40 V41 V42 V43 A9-1. For a close estimate, with how many neighbors are you on greeting terms? (1) 0 (2) 1-2 (3) 3-4 (4) 5-9 (5) 10 or more V44 A9-2. With how many neighbors could you ask for a favor when needed, such as watering plants, feeding pets, and giving an advice? [Teams have discretion to delete or add new examples after "such as"] (1) 0 (2) 1-2 (3) 3-4 (4) 5-9 (5) 10 or more

B. Social Engagement
B1. To what extent do you have a hard time discussing with the following people/acquaintances if they had
B2. How often have you participated in group discussions (either formal or informal discussion among 3 or more people) about the following community or local issues during the last 12 months? [Teams have discretion to modify description in parenthesis] Response categories: 1. Never, 2. Several times, 3. About every month, 4. About every week [Group discussions include both online and offline discussions] V48 V49 V50 V51
B3. Have you participated in the following activities of public interest during the last 12 months? [Activities of public interest include both online and offline activities; Teams have discretion to modify description in parenthesis] V52 1 Volunteer activities to improve my community V53 V54 (improve environment, increase safety, revitalize the town, etc.) 2 Volunteer activities associated with sports, culture, arts, and/or scholarliness (sport coaching, promoting traditional culture, providing technical knowledge, etc) 3 Volunteer activities associated with socially vulnerable groups (disabled, children, elderly, etc) 4 Activities associated with political issues V55 (signed a petition, took part in a demonstration or protest, etc) B4 How likely do you think the following types of disaster will occur in your current residential region, in such a scale as to force the residents into the emergency evacuation? 81_jptw 82_jptw 83_jptw 84_jptw Note: Only JGSS and TSCS include Question B4.
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B5. To what extent do you agree that people in your residential community are able to collaboratively cope with the situation caused by a natural disaster? 2 Agree 1 Strongly agree 3 Somewhat agree 4 Neither agree nor disagree 5 Somewhat disagree 6 Disagree 7 Strongly disagree
B6. In the last major election that occurred to you, did someone ask you to vote for a specific candidate or to engage in some other type of political activity? [CHECK ALL THAT APPLIES] V57 (1) Family member or relative V58 (2) Co-worker V59 VB0 (3) Neighbor (4) Friend V61 V62 (5) Religious leader or member (6) Fellow member of a club or voluntary organization V63 (7) Campaign worker (8) Other (Specify) V64 B7. Do you agree or disagree on the following opinions concerning citizenship, government, and neighborhoods? [Response categories: 1 Strongly agree; 2 Agree, 3 Somewhat agree, 4 Neither agree nor disagree, 5 Somewhat disagree, 6 Disagree, 7 Strongly disagree] V65 V66 V67 V68 a. People like me don’t have any say about what the government does. b. Politics and government are too complicated for me to understand what is going on. c. I am personally interested in politics. d. I want to make contributions towards society. e. The neighbors are mutually concerned for each other. f. The neighbors are willing to provide assistance when I am in need. V69 V70
C. Social Trust
C1. How much do you trust the following people? V71 V72 V73 V74 V75 V76 V77 V78 V79 V80 V81 V82 V83 V84 V85 V86 V87 C2. What do you think of human nature? Choose a number from 1 to 7. Human nature is basically bad. 2 3 4 5 6 7
Human nature is basically good. 1
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C3. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted? 1. People can almost always be trusted 2. People can usually be trusted 3. You usually can’t be too careful in dealing with people 4. You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people
D. Other Items
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D1. How long have you been living in the same area (township/city district)? 1. Since I was born 2. Less than a year 3. 1-2.99 years 4. 3-4.99 years 5. 5-9.99 years 6. 10-19.99 years 7. 20-29.99 years 8. 30 years and more
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D2. Do you feel that you have the power to make important decisions to change the course of your life? (1) Mostly unable to change life (2) Somewhat unable to change life (3) Somewhat able to change life (4) Mostly able to change life. D3. At present, do you own any of the financial products listed below? Choose all that apply. v91 (A) Publicly traded stocks 1 Yes (B) Bonds (Government bond, Foreign bond, Local bond, Corporate bond) 85_1_cjt 85_2_cit (C) Foreign currency account 85_3_jt (D) Investment trust 1 Yes Note: Only CGSS, JGSS and TSCS include options (B) and (C); JGSS and TSCS include an option (D).