Four-County Study of Chinese Local Government and Political Economy, 1990

This survey focuses on the views and behaviors of the mass
public in China with respect to economic and governmental factors at
the local countryside level in the post-Mao era. The data were
collected approximately eight months after the June 1989 conflict in
Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in
the household by advanced students from Beijing University. Major
topics addressed include perceived seriousness of problems such as
health care, pricing, public order, industrial development, economic
well-being, consumer behavior, personal problems and how to overcome
them, perceived local problems, views about leaders and important
groups, political interest, media behavior, civic competence and
political reform, and perceptions of injustice. Demographic variables
include sex, age, ethnicity, education level, occupation, marital
status, military service, household income, political party
affiliation, age and number of children, and the number of people in
the household.