EASS study number
Country/region
Respondent number
How many family members
R: Number of siblings: older brothers
R: Number of siblings: older sisters
R: Number of siblings: respondent him/herself
R: Number of siblings: younger brothers
R: Number of siblings: younger sisters
R: Total number of siblings including R and deceased
R: Total number of siblings alive
SP: Number of siblings: older brothers
SP: Number of siblings: older sisters
SP: Number of siblings: spouse him/herself
SP: Number of siblings: younger brothers
SP: Number of siblings: younger sisters
SP: Total number of siblings including spouse and deceased
SP: Total number of siblings alive
R: Total number of sons including deceased
R: Total number of daughters including deceased
Family2: Relation to R
Family2: Sex
Family2: Age
Family2: Marital status
Family2: Co-residence status
Family2: Reason for living elsewhere
Family2: Employment status
Family3: Relation to R
Family3: Sex
Family3: Age
Family3: Marital status
Family3: Co-residence status
Family3: Reason for living elsewhere
Family3: Employment status
Family4: Relation to R
Family4: Sex
Family4: Age
Family4: Marital status
Family4: Co-residence status
Family4: Reason for living elsewhere
Family4: Employment status
Family5: Relation to R
Family5: Sex
Family5: Age
Family5: Marital status
Family5: Co-residence status
Family5: Reason for living elsewhere
Family5: Employment status
Family6: Relation to R
Family6: Sex
Family6: Age
Family6: Marital status
Family6: Co-residence status
Family6: Reason for living elsewhere
Family6: Employment status
Family7: Relation to R
Family7: Sex
Family7: Age
Family7: Marital status
Family7: Co-residence status
Family7: Reason for living elsewhere
Family7: Employment status
Family8: Relation to R
Family8: Sex
Family8: Age
Family8: Marital status
Family8: Co-residence status
Family8: Reason for living elsewhere
Family8: Employment status
Family9: Relation to R
Family9: Sex
Family9: Age
Family9: Marital status
Family9: Co-residence status
Family9: Reason for living elsewhere
Family9: Employment status
Family10: Relation to R
Family10: Sex
Family10: Age
Family10: Marital status
Family10: Co-residence status
Family10: Reason for living elsewhere
Family10: Employment status
Family11: Relation to R
Family11: Sex
Family11: Age
Family11: Marital status
Family11: Co-residence status
Family11: Reason for living elsewhere
Family11: Employment status
Family12: Relation to R
Family12: Sex
Family12: Age
Family12: Marital status
Family12: Co-residence status
Family12: Reason for living elsewhere
Family12: Employment status
Child1 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child1 not co-residing: Age
Child1 not co-residing: Marital status
Child1 not co-residing: Employment status
Child1 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child1 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child1 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child2 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child2 not co-residing: Age
Child2 not co-residing: Marital status
Child2 not co-residing: Employment status
Child2 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child2 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child2 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child3 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child3 not co-residing: Age
Child3 not co-residing: Marital status
Child3 not co-residing: Employment status
Child3 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child3 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child3 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child4 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child4 not co-residing: Age
Child4 not co-residing: Marital status
Child4 not co-residing: Employment status
Child4 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child4 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child4 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child5 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child5 not co-residing: Age
Child5 not co-residing: Marital status
Child5 not co-residing: Employment status
Child5 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child5 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child5 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child6 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child6 not co-residing: Age
Child6 not co-residing: Marital status
Child6 not co-residing: Employment status
Child6 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child6 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child6 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Child7 not co-residing: Sex and birth order
Child7 not co-residing: Age
Child7 not co-residing: Marital status
Child7 not co-residing: Employment status
Child7 not co-residing: How far he/she live
Child7 not co-residing: How often f-to-f contact
Child7 not co-residing: How often any other contact
Rs father: Alive or not
Rs father: Age
Rs father: Marital status
Rs father: Employment status
Rs father: With whom is he living
Rs father: How far he live
Rs father: How often f-to-f contact
Rs father: How often any other contact
Rs mother: Alive or not
Rs mother: Age
Rs mother: Marital status
Rs mother: Employment status
Rs mother: With whom is she living
Rs mother: How far she live
Rs mother: How often f-to-f contact
Rs mother: How often any other contact
SPs father: Alive or not
SPs father: Age
SPs father: Marital status
SPs father: Employment status
SPs father: With whom is he living
SPs father: How far he live
SPs father: How often f-to-f contact
SPs father: How often any other contact
SPs mother: Alive or not
SPs mother: Age
SPs mother: Marital status
SPs mother: Employment status
SPs mother: With whom is she living
SPs mother: How far she live
SPs mother: How often f-to-f contact
SPs mother: How often any other contact
Attitude to financial support: unmarried man to own parents
Attitude to financial support: unmarried woman to own parents
Attitude to financial support: married man to own parents
Attitude to financial support: married woman to own parents
Attitude to financial support: married man to SPs parents
Attitude to financial support: married woman to SPs parents
How frequently provided financial support: R to own parents
How frequently provided care work: R to own parents
How frequently listened personal problems: R to own parents
How frequently provided financial support: Own parents to R
How frequently provided care work: Own parents to R
How frequently listened personal problems: Own parents to R
Adult child with whom R contacts most frequently
Most frequently contacting child: co-reside or not
How frequently provided financial support: R to adult child
How frequently provided care work: R to adult child
How frequently listened personal problems: R to adult child
How frequently provided financial support: adult child to R
How frequently provided care work: adult child to R
How frequently listened personal problems: adult child to R
How frequently provided financial support: R to SPs parents
How frequently provided care work: R to SPs parents
How frequently provided financial support: SPs parents to R
How frequently provided care work: SPs parents to R
How often R prepare evening meal
How often R do the laundry
How often R clean the house
How often R shop for groceries
How often R take out the garbage
Preferred sex of child
Most responsible persons for caring parents
Husband should be older than wife
Not necessary to have children in marriage
Married men happier than unmarried
Married women happier than unmarried
OK to live together w/o getting married
Divorce after children grown up
Divorce is best when cant work out marriage
Important for wife to help husbands career
Husband job to earn money wife job to care home
Men ought to do more housework than they do now
OK for women to be laid-off during recession
Authority of father should be respected
Filial piety: Children must do something for honoring parents
Eldest son should inherit larger property
Child who takes care of parents should inherit larger property
Filial piety: One must have at least one son
Should take care of ancestral grave
Be grateful to parents for raising me
No matter how one should treat parents well
Should give up interest to fulfill parents expectation
Support parents to make them more comfortable
Married woman should help SPs family first
Must put familial well-being before ones own
How satisfied with Rs life
How R feel about own life
How often family have supper together
How often family do leisure together
Married and widowed: When R married current SP
Married and widowed: Age of current marriage
Married and widowed: Current marriage is Rs first one
Married and widowed: Age of first marriage
Married and widowed: Current marriage is SPs first one
Married and widowed: How R got to know SP
Arranged marriage: who arranged the first meeting
Love marriage: Where R met SP
Parents influence on the decision of current marriage partner
Economic situation of families when married
How true: SP listens to my troubles
How true: SP speaks his/her troubles to me
How often SP prepare evening meal
How often SP do the laundry
How often SP clean the house
How often SP shop for groceries
How often SP take out the garbage
Who decides: Children discipline and educ
Who decides: Support for Rs parents
Who decides: Purchase higher cost items
Who decides: Allocation of living expenses
Marital satisfaction
Financial assistance from Rs parents since marriage
Financial assistance from SPs parents since marriage
Health condition: R
Health condition: SP
Health condition: Rs father
Health condition: Rs mother
Health condition: SPs father
Health condition: SPs mother
Where R lived the longest before age 15
How often use for supper: Eating out at restaurants
How often use for supper: Boxed meals on the market
How often use for supper: Delicatessen or frozen meal
Desirable for three generations
Ideal number of children for a family
Have R ever provided nursing care to family member
Have SP ever provided nursing care to family member
If R have taken care: Whose care have R done: Spouse
If R have taken care: Whose care have R done: Rs parents
If R have taken care: Whose care have R done: SPs parents
If R have taken care: Whose care have R done: other family members
If SP have taken care: Whose care have R done: Respondent
If SP have taken care: Whose care have R done: Rs parents
If SP have taken care: Whose care have R done: SPs parents
If SP have taken care: Whose care have R done: other family members
R: Sex
R: Age
SP: Age
R: Marital status
R: Education I: years of schooling
SP: Education I: years of schooling
PA: Education I: years of schooling
MA: Education I: years of schooling
R: Education II-highest education level
SP: Education II-highest education level
PA: Education II-highest education level
MA: Education II-highest education level
R: Country specific education: China
R: Country specific education: Japan
R: Country specific education: South Korea
R: Country specific education: Taiwan
R: Current employment status
SP: Current employment status
R: Hours worked weekly
SP: Hours worked weekly
R: Occupation ILO,ISCO 1988 4-digit
SP: Occupation ILO,ISCO 1988 4-digit
R: Earnings: China
R: Earnings: Japan
R: Earnings: South Korea
R: Earnings: Taiwan
SP: Earnings: China
SP: Earnings: Japan
SP: Earnings: South Korea
SP: Earnings: Taiwan
Household income: China
Household income: Japan
Household income: South Korea
Household income: Taiwan
R: Religious main groups
R: Top Bottom self-placement 10 pt scale
R: Class identification: China
Family: Class identification: China
Household income compared
Region: China
Region: Japan
Region: South Korea
Region: Taiwan
Size of Community: China
Size of community: Japan
Size of community: South Korea
Size of community: Taiwan