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JoongAng Ilbo

Abstract

This survey was conducted around the anniversary of JoongAng Ilbo (daily newspaper) to collect data for a special article on the public awareness of major issues in areas of politics, economy, society and daily life. The survey was conducted in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008. The questionnaire was designed to allow for a time-series analysis by including replicating questions each year.
This data was collected in 2007 and includes contents on health, household finances and quality of life, political and social issues, economic issues, reunification with North Korea, educational environment, work life, leisure and consumption, marriage and sexual issues, and information and communications. Each topic’s major questions include the following:
Health: level of interest in health, whether he/she exercises, preferred sport
Household Finances and Quality of Life: level of life satisfaction, quality of life, determinants of quality of life, changes in household finances, main household expenditures, intention of investing in stocks, type of asset investment, desired type of residence, subjective class awareness
Political and Social Issues: stability of current state of affairs, current social problems, prevalence of corruption, prevalence of individualism, evaluation on government, party identification, ideal type of government
Economic Issues: evaluation on current economic conditions, economic outlook, attitude towards government regulations, attitude towards large conglomerates
Reunification with North Korea: attitude towards other countries, need for reunification, willingness to bear the costs of reunification, outlook on the timing of reunification, attitude towards policy on North Korea
Educational Environment: expenses on private education, experience of bribe, attitude towards early study abroad, attitude towards donation-based admission system, seriousness of environment harmful to youths, evaluation on the younger generation, seriousness of environmental problems, participation in environment friendly activities, preferred type of funeral
Work Life: job satisfaction, requirements of a good job, desired occupation, requirements for success, awareness of differences between the abilities of men and women, ease of women entering the workforce, seriousness of sexual assault within the workplace
Leisure and Consumption: how to utilize leisure time, monthly allowance, experience of delayed credit card payment, experience of foreign travel, desired destination of overseas travel
Marriage and Sexual Issues: attitude towards marriage and divorce, attitude towards premarital sex, attitude towards sexual culture, attitude towards child education
Information and Communication: use of the internet, purpose of using internet, monthly expenditure on telecommunications

Keywords

national consciousness attitude survey life satisfaction quality of life household expenditure investment housing conditions subjective class consciousness social problems government role corruption evaluation of state administration evaluation of government administration evaluation of state affairs evaluation of government affairs Roh Moo-hyun government party identification political party support form of government economic situation government regulation conglomerate national affinity Korean reunification Reunification of Korea attitude towards reunification policy toward North Korea private education costs chonji bribe early study abroad youth study abroad donation based admissions contribution based admissions youth consciousness environmental issues funeral job satisfaction level social success women entering the workforce women's advancement in society women's entry into society sexual harassment in the workplace leisure time activities pocket money allowance credit card travel abroad view of marriage perception of marriage attitude toward marriage premarital sex sexual culture child education internet use

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General

Series

JoongAng Ilbo Anniversary Public Opinion Survey

Citation

JoongAng Ilbo Anniversary Public Opinion Survey, 2007 [Dataset]. JoongAng Ilbo [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2010-03-12, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2007-0061-V1.0.

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