kossda-korea social science data archive

Principal Investigator(s)

Kim, Sang-Wook / Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University

Producer(s)

Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University

Abstract

The「Korean General Social Survey (KGSS)」is an annual national sample survey aims to provide widely used basic social science data for the study of changes in Korean social structure as well as international comparative studies. The KGSS is designed based on the「General Social Survey (GSS)」of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, with the partial inclusions of contents used in the GSS-like surveys conducted in European and East Asian countries and accommodating the distinctive particularities of Korean society.
The questionnaire is organized with the replicating core questions, the annual topic modules of the「International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)」, and the biennial topic modules of the「East Asian Social Survey (EASS)」four member states including Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan collaborate in, as well as special topic modules. The「Korean General Social Survey, 2010」is the 8th annual survey of the KGSS since 2003 and the questionnaire is composed of replicating core questions, the ISSP 2010 topic module on "Envirionment", the EASS 2010 topic module on "Health"and the special topic modules on "Immigration and international migration".

Keywords

KGSS Korean General Social Survey national pride attitude towards reunification evaluation of state administration evaluation of government administration evaluation of state affairs evaluation of government affairs political attitudes party identification political party support vote political tendencies political satisfaction class consciousness satisfaction with economy economic outlook business outlook religious activities household composition economic activity employment type form of employment hours of work working hours earned income household income health mental health emotional states diseases disease pain long term illness smoking alcohol use stress (psychological) healthcare health checkup health screening use of medical care social support social trust interpersonal trust trust in institutions residential environment aged life life in old age life of the elderly addiction happiness sense of wellbeing domestic labor household labor domestic work environmental issues environmental pollution environmental protection environmental movements environmental organization climate change nationality national identity aliens foreigners foreign workers North Korean defectors North Korean defector Korean-Chinese Ethnic Koreans in China Chinese Korean emigration international migration migrants emigrants immigration policy social distance

Subjects

General

Series

Korean General Social Survey

Citation

Kim, Sang-Wook. Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), 2010 [Dataset]. Survey Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University [Producers]. Korea Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA) [Distributors], 2011-10-12, https://doi.org/10.22687/KOSSDA-A1-2010-0074-V1.0.

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