East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Work Life in East Asia, 2015

The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is a biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of the following four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia: Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and comparatively examines diverse aspects of social life in these
regions. Since its 1st module survey in 2006, EASS produces and disseminates its
module survey datasets and this is the harmonized data for the 4th module survey, called 'Work Life in East Asia,' which was carried out during 2015 in China, Japan, and Taiwan.
Survey information in this module focuses on work related issues such as equity at work place, work orientation, and work-family balance. Additionally, respondents were asked about global economic crisis, social disparity and mobility as well as entrepreneurship.
Demographic information specific to the respondent and their spouse includes age, sex, marital status, education, employment status and hours worked, occupation, earnings and income, religion, class, size of community, and region.