Research Catalog

Title

Voting behavior in Uji, Japan, 1961 [electronic resource].

Author

Miyake, Ichirō, 1931-

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976.

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Additional Authors

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• University of California, Berkeley. Survey Research Center. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87911633

Summary

Respondents to this study were interviewed in five waves in an effort to trace changes and patterns of voting behavior, party support, and interest in politics during several different elections. Wave 1 explored the respondents' political awareness in general: aspects of politics that interested them most, their satisfaction with the Kyoto prefecture, support of the political parties in Japan, and the kinds of elections in which they were most involved. Wave 2, conducted the next year, prior to the gubernatorial election in Kyoto, examined public exposure of the candidates, sources of campaign information, the respondents' interest in the election, and specific facts they had learned about each candidate. Wave 3 interviews were held just after the gubernatorial election and established the effects that issues, mass media, and family and friends had had upon the respondents' votes. Waves 4 and 5 were conducted following elections for the upper house and for mayor, respectively, and each investigated patterns of voting: influences on respondents' votes, their assessments of the qualifications and achievements of the candidates, their tendency to vote for the party or the candidate, and their interest in the election itself. A number of derived measures were developed by the investigator. Among these are scales of political efficacy, conservatism, political party support, traditional/progressive approach to national issues, and familiarity and preference indices for the candidates.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7072

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7072.

Subjects

• Elections
• Political participation
• dataset
• Political campaigns
• Political attitudes
• Party loyalty
• Elections > Japan > Public opinion
• Political interest
• Political awareness
• Political participation > Japan > Public opinion
• dataset > 1961
• Voting behavior
• Candidates
• Conservatism
• Public opinion > Japan > Uji
• Political efficacy
• Political parties

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1961.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on January 25, 2006).
• The codebook of this study is bound together with ICPSR 7070.

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: 1960-1963.
• Time period: 1961.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Kyoto, Uji, Japan.

Cite As (note)

• Miyake, Ichiro. VOTING BEHAVIOR IN UJI, JAPAN, 1961 [Computer file]. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, Survey Research Center, International Data Library and Reference Service [producer], 196?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: card image.
• Extent of processing: FREQ.PR.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library