AsiaBarometer, 2003

The AsiaBarometer, 2003 represents a cross-national effort to study the lives of the peoples of East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia on physical, psychological, and sociological dimensions. The project was designed to capture the extent to which respondents experience the affective and cognitive qualities of life, focusing on their assessments of their own lives as well as their relationships to family, neighborhood, workplace, social institutions, political institutions, and the marketplace. Attitudes toward development, democracy, and regionalization were examined, as were the types of goods and services desired and consumer habits. Respondents were queried on their overall personal satisfaction as well as their satisfaction with their friendships, family life, marriage, standard of living, housing, household income, health, education, neighbors, job, leisure time, public safety, the condition of the environment, the social welfare system, and the political system. Data were gathered on the respondents' personal priorities and those they had for their children, as well as their level of trust in others, their inclination to help others, and what characteristics and affiliations they used to identify themselves. Respondents were asked to rate the efficacy of their national governments in handling the economy, political corruption, human rights, unemployment, crime, public services, immigration, ethnic conflict, religious conflict, and environmental problems. Additional questions asked whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, what type of political systems respondents favored, and the extent to which the national government, the local government, the army, the legal system, the police, the national legislative branch (e.g., Parliament, Congress), the public education system, large domestic companies, multinational companies, trade/labor unions, the media, and other nongovernmental organizations (e.g., environmental, social advocacy groups, nonprofit organizations) could be trusted to operate in the best interest of society. Participants were asked which macro-socioeconomic issues they were most concerned with and what matters they believed the government should spend more or less on. Respondents were polled on their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, the inclusiveness of the government, and their perspectives on the importance of political and electoral participation. Additional questions addressed respondent exposure to and opinions of foreign companies, peoples, governments, and cultures. Market analysis inquiries included what products respondents owned, planned to own in the near future, or desired to own, as well as what consumer services they had used or would like to use. Respondents were asked about their modes of transportation, their current types of residence, whether or not they planned to own their own residences, and the availability of public utilities. Respondents were surveyed on what foreign and domestic companies they were familiar with and which forms of media they used to obtain consumer and political information. Background information includes age, sex, occupation, employment status, household income, family structure, number of people in household, number of children, education, marital status, English proficiency, religious affiliation, and religious participation.

《亚洲晴雨表》，2003年版，代表了对东亚、东南亚、南亚和中亚各国人民生活的研究，涵盖了生理、心理和社会维度。该项目旨在捕捉受访者对生活情感和认知品质的体验程度，重点关注他们对自身生活及其与家庭、邻里、工作场所、社会机构、政治机构以及市场的评估。研究考察了受访者对发展、民主和区域化的态度，以及他们渴望的商品和服务类型以及消费习惯。受访者被询问他们对个人总体满意度的看法，以及对友谊、家庭生活、婚姻、生活水平、住房、家庭收入、健康、教育、邻里、工作、休闲时间、公共安全、环境状况、社会福利制度以及政治制度的满意度。数据收集了受访者的个人优先事项以及他们对孩子的期望，以及他们对他人信任的程度、帮助他人的倾向以及他们用来识别自己的特征和归属感。受访者还被要求评价其国家政府在处理经济、政治腐败、人权、失业、犯罪、公共服务、移民、民族冲突、宗教冲突和环境问题方面的有效性。附加问题询问政府官员是否对普通大众的问题做出响应，受访者偏好的政治体制类型，以及国家政府、地方政府、军队、法律体系、警察、国家立法机构（例如，议会、国会）、公共教育体系、大型国内公司、跨国公司、贸易/工会、媒体以及其他非政府组织（例如，环保组织、社会倡导团体、非营利组织）在为社会谋取最大利益方面是否值得信赖。参与者被询问他们最关注的宏观社会经济问题，以及他们认为政府应该更多或更少地支出的事项。受访者被调查他们在政治、政府和社区事务中的个人参与程度，政府的包容性，以及他们对政治和选举参与重要性的看法。附加问题还涉及受访者对外国公司、人民、政府和文化的接触和看法。市场分析调查包括受访者拥有、计划在近期内拥有或渴望拥有的产品，以及他们使用过或希望使用的消费服务。受访者还被询问他们的交通方式、他们目前的居住类型、他们是否计划拥有自己的住所，以及公共设施的可获得性。受访者还被调查他们熟悉哪些国内外公司，以及他们使用哪些媒体获取消费和政治信息。背景信息包括年龄、性别、职业、就业状况、家庭收入、家庭结构、家庭人数、子女数量、教育、婚姻状况、英语水平、宗教信仰和宗教参与。