Unification Perception Survey, 2007
https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2007-0002-V1.0
Principal Investigator(s)
Park, MyoungKyu / The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
Abstract
Korean society has yet to reach an agreement on neither a concrete action plan on reunification nor an ideal image of a unified society. Thus a practical discussion on reunification must take place and an appropriate approach to achieving reunification and policies are in need. Problems related to the current rise in North Korean defectors, North Korean nuclear program, and increase in South-North economic exchanges and their effects on diplomacy between neighboring countries is becoming an important issue. The purpose of this survey is to provide preliminary data for the establishment of effective reunification policies by examining the average citizen’s opinion on reunification and South-North relations on a comprehensive and diversified level.
The questionnaire is composed of five sections including opinion of reunification, attitude towards North Korea, evaluation of North Korean aid, attitude towards sae teomin (North Korean refugees), and attitude towards relations with neighboring countries. The section on opinions on reunification includes the reasons and need for reunification, possible time period for reunification, level of contribution of South-North exchange and cooperative efforts on reunification, urgent issues in achieving reunification, and questions on social changes before and after reunification. The questions on attitude towards North Korea includes democracy in North Korea, trust in the North Korean government, North Korea’s degree of change, experience related to North Korea, differences between South and North, possibility of North Korea’s provocation by armed forces, and attitude towards dangers of North Korea’s nuclear program. The section on evaluation of North Korean aid includes evaluation of improvements in the lives of North Koreans through aid, appropriateness of the amount of aid, and the evaluation of government policies. The questions on sae teomin include familiarity with sae teomin and onions on the accommodation of sae teomin. The section on attitude towards relations with neighboring countries include attitude towards the amity and threat of neighboring countries, relations with neighboring countries, expectation of neighboring countries’ on Korea’s reunification, and the need of cooperation.
Keywords
reunification attitude towards reunification reunification policy Inter-Korean relations North Korea-South Korea relations Inter-Korean exchange North Korea-South Korea exchange policy toward North Korea aid to North Korea North Korean aid Assistance to North Korea North Korean defector North Korean nuclear weapon problem security in Northeast Asia Northeast Asia security social change political tendencies economic situation national pride
Citation
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Citation
- ID Number
- A1-2007-0002
- Title(KOR)
- 통일의식조사, 2007
- Title
- Unification Perception Survey, 2007
- Project Title(KOR)
- 통일의식조사, 2007
- Project Title
- Unification Perception Survey, 2007
- Principal Investigator(s)
- Park, MyoungKyu / The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
- Co-Investigator(s)
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Kim, Philo / The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
Kim, Byeong Jo / Korea National Defense University
Seo, Ho-Chul / Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, Seoul National University
Eun, Ki-Soo / Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
Jeong, Eun-Mee / The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
- Copyright
- The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
- Depositor(s)
- The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
- Date of Deposit
- 2008-04-04
- Distributor(s)
- Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA)
- Date of Version
- 2008-04-18
- Date of Distribution
- 2008-04-18
- Citation
- Park, MyoungKyu. Unification Perception Survey, 2007 [Dataset]. The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2008-04-18, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2007-0002-V1.0.
Methodology
- Date of Collection
- 2007-07-04 ~ 2007-07-20
- Countries
- Korea
- Geographic Coverage
- South Korea including Jeju
- Time Method
- one time cross-sectional study
- Unit of Analysis
- individual
- Universe
- persons aged 19-65
- Data Type
- Survey data
- Data Collector(s)
- Gallup Korea
- Freq. of Data Collection
- 2007년부터 매년 조사
- Mode of Data Collection
- face to face interview
- Sampling Procedure
- multistage stratified sampling
- Number of Cases
- 1,200 (valid)
Dataset Contents & Version
- Extent of Collection
- Questionnaire(pdf) ; Codebook(sav) ; Data(sav)
- Language
- Questionnaire-English ; Codebook-English ; Data-English
- Version
- V1.0
- Date of Version
- 2008-04-18
- Date of Distribution
- 2008-04-18
Access
- Availability Status
- Member Access
- Notes
- 서울대학교 "통일연구소"는 2008년 8월 22일 "통일평화연구소"로 명칭이 변경되었으며, 현재 "통일평화연구원"을 공식명칭으로 사용하고 있다.
| File Type | File Name | File Description | File Format | File Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related Documents-Questionnaire(Korean) | kor_que_20070002.pdf | 설문지 (한글) | 470.1 kB | Download | |
| Related Documents-Codebook(Korean) | kor_codebook_20070002.pdf | 코드북 (한글) | 419 kB | Download |
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