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The 2008 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) contains 5,159 completed telephone interviews of self-identified Asian/Asian American residents of the United States. Interviewing began on August 12, 2008, and ended on October 29, 2008. The survey instrument included questions about political behavior and attitudes as well as personal experiences in immigration to the United States. Topics include attitudes toward government, politics and political issues, extent of political involvement, party affiliation, sources of political information, voting behavior, health and financial status, racial and ethnic identification, linked fate and discrimination, and religious and ethnic social networks. The overall length of the interview was approximately 29 minutes. The NAAS includes adults in the United States who identify any family background from countries in Asia, exclusive of countries classified as the Middle East. Survey interviews were conducted in eight languages (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Japanese, and Hindi) -- chosen according to the interviewee's preference -- and yielded sample sizes of at least 500 adult Asian American residents in the six largest national-origin groups. The final breakdown was 1,350 Chinese, 1,150 Asian Indian, 719 Vietnamese, 614 Korean, 603 Filipino, and 541 Japanese origin respondents, with 182 additional respondents who are either from other countries in Asia, or who identify as multi-racial or multi-ethnic. Overall, 40 percent of the sample chose English as their preferred language for the interview. The sample is weighted, using a raking procedure, to reflect the balance of gender, nativity, citizenship status, and educational attainment of the six largest national-origin groups in the United States, as well as the proportion of these national-origin groups within each state. Demographic information includes age, race, language, gender, country of birth, religion, marital status, educational level, employment status, citizenship status, household income, and size of household.

2008年全美亚裔美国人调查（National Asian American Survey, NAAS）共完成5159份针对美国境内自我认定为亚裔/亚裔美国人居民的成功电话访谈。调研于2008年8月12日启动，至2008年10月29日结束。本次调研问卷涵盖政治行为与态度、赴美移民个人经历等相关问题，具体议题包括对政府、政治及政治议题的态度，政治参与程度，党派归属，政治信息来源，投票行为，健康与财务状况，种族与族裔认同，共同命运感知与歧视经历，以及宗教与族裔社交网络。单份访谈总时长约为29分钟。本次调研的受访对象为美国境内任何拥有亚洲国家（不含中东国家）家族背景的成年居民，调研采用8种语言开展访谈，分别为英语、粤语、普通话、韩语、越南语、他加禄语、日语及印地语，由受访者自主选择访谈语言，且针对全美六大亚裔族裔群体均实现了至少500名成年亚裔美国居民的样本量。最终样本构成如下：华裔1350人、亚裔印度裔1150人、越南裔719人、韩裔614人、菲律宾裔603人、日裔541人，另有182名来自其他亚洲国家或认定为多种族/多族裔的受访者。整体而言，40%的受访者选择英语作为访谈语言。本次样本采用比率加权法（raking procedure）进行加权处理，以匹配美国六大亚裔族裔群体的性别、出生地、公民身份状况与教育程度的分布，同时匹配各该族群在各州的占比。调研收集的人口统计学信息包括年龄、种族、语言、性别、出生国家、宗教信仰、婚姻状况、教育水平、就业状态、公民身份状况、家庭收入与家庭规模。