DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38160.v1
title: East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Work Life in East Asia, 2015
title: Version 1

description: The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is a biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of the following four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia: Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and comparatively examines diverse aspects of social life in these
regions. Since its 1st module survey in 2006, EASS produces and disseminates its
module survey datasets and this is the harmonized data for the 4th module survey, called 'Work Life in East Asia,' which was carried out during 2015 in China, Japan, and Taiwan.
Survey information in this module focuses on work related issues such as equity at work place, work orientation, and work-family balance. Additionally, respondents were asked about global economic crisis, social disparity and mobility as well as entrepreneurship.
Demographic information specific to the respondent and their spouse includes age, sex, marital status, education, employment status and hours worked, occupation, earnings and income, religion, class, size of community, and region.
description: The purpose of this study is to provide students and scholars in the social science community with integrated East Asian Social Survey datasets collected by coordinated efforts of the participating institutions in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
description: For more information on study design, users should refer to the Original P.I. documentation in the ICPSR Codebook, as well as visit the East Asian Social Survey (EASS) Web site.
description: The data is not weighted, however, this collection contains the weight variable <b>weight</b> that should be used in analysis. Each participating country weighed the data differently. For further information on the weight variable, please refer to the "Study Description Form".
description: Response Rates: China: 69.7%
Japan: 52.6% (JGSS official formula)
Taiwan: 49.7%
description: Each participating country conducted its own multi-staged area probability sample. Specifically: China: Four-stage PPS sampling Japan: Two-stage stratified random sampling Taiwan: Three-stage stratified PPS sampling
description: Datasets: 
DS1: East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Work Life in East Asia, 2015
description: Adult populace drawn from the national sample in the three countries. Specifically: China: Chinese citizens 18 and up who are living in the China mainland Japan: Japanese citizens 20-89 years of age living in Japan Taiwan: Individuals aged 18 or over. Smallest Geographic Unit: Region
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI); face-to-face interview; self-enumerated questionnaireThe East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is based on the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), and Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and is distributed by the East Asia Social Survey Data Archive (EASSDA).Please note that this study does not include responses from the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS).Other topics in the EASS data series includes two individual studies on families for the years 2006, and 2016-2018, culture and globalization, health, and network social capital.For additional information on the East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Work Life in East Asia, 2015, please visit: East Asian Social Survey (EASS) Web site.